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Livestock/General Farming photo thread TAKE #2 ::::RULES IN 1st POST::::

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    #5582
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    My pick of the calves this year is the Cavelands Jolly heifer.
    6/7 weeks old now & the cow is in heat today so going for a repeat of this lady :)

    CFK7X7zl.jpg


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    #5583
    patsy_mccabe
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    I was dehorning calves yesterday and this fella was the youngest of the lot. Just gone 2 weeks so thought him too young to do. It wasn't till I grabbed him that I realised how big he was. He'll be a monster I think. Horn buds plenty big too.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5584
    High bike
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    I was dehorning a calves yesterday and this fella was the youngest of the lot. Just gone 2 weeks so thought him too young to do. It wasn't till I grabbed him that I realised how big he was. He'll be a monster I think. Horn buds plenty big too.
    you worked up a bit of a sweat ther Patsy, plenty power in that lad is he purebred?


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    #5585
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭High bike


    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    My pick of the calves this year is the Cavelands Jolly heifer.
    6/7 weeks old now & the cow is in heat today so going for a repeat of this lady :)

    CFK7X7zl.jpg
    shes a cracker


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    #5586
    patsy_mccabe
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    High bike wrote: »
    Zyou worked up a bit of a sweat ther Patsy, plenty power in that lad is he purebred?

    Ya purebred. He's the third calf out of a cow I bought in the local mart. She breeds great stock but poor stars, so I decided to hell with it and went with XGL as he has is good for size and muscle and I seen a lot of good stock from him. Well, he delivered that anyway.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5587
    Lady Haywire
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    Has the cow height? Smashing calf for sure Patsy, similar to an XGL we have, length & shape, ours just lacks a bit of upward momentum :pac:


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    #5588
    patsy_mccabe
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    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    Has the cow height? Smashing calf for sure Patsy, similar to an XGL we have, length & shape, ours just lacks a bit of upward momentum :pac:

    Ya, she is a big framey type. Not muscley though. XGL does scrore 74% for height.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5589
    Base price
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    One of the pedigree heifers was bulling this evening so tomorrow morning heralds the dawn of a new chapter in pedigree breeding for me.
    I bought straws of this bull and hopefully he works out.
    Edit: Oops, for some reason the pic was too big to attach. Straws are from SH4748 Buncraggy Fire Fox (RO) (P)


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    #5590
    High bike
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    Could a 5 mt old heifer be in heat, went out this morning and 2 weanlings bulls and the Limo bull chasing a heifer around the field??


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    #5591
    Albert Johnson
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    Yes it's possible, I've seen heifers calving unexpectedly at 14 and 15 months of age so they had to have been bulling at that age. In my experience AAx, SHx and LMx type heifers seem to mature faster in that regard, rarely see a CHx or other continental showing signs of heat that early. I'd separate out any of my own heifer calves at that age from the bull or strong weanlings for that reason, it's not that common but accidents do happen.


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    #5592
    Grueller
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    High bike wrote: »
    Could a 5 mt old heifer be in heat, went out this morning and 2 weanlings bulls and the Limo bull chasing a heifer around the field??

    Yes. Belgian blue are noted for early puberty at around 5 months


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    #5593
    K9
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    High bike wrote: »
    Could a 5 mt old heifer be in heat, went out this morning and 2 weanlings bulls and the Limo bull chasing a heifer around the field??


    Had a 5 1/2 month heifer in heat two weeks ago. Out of fifty cent. Earliest I’ve seen


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    #5594
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,699 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    I had a 8 month simm heifer bulling a few years back, so 5 months could well be possible.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5595
    High bike
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    Got caught with a lady going in calf at 10 mts a few yrs back. But didn’t think it was possible at 5 mts lucky I took her away so.


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    #5596
    milligan2
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    K9 wrote: »
    High bike wrote: »
    Could a 5 mt old heifer be in heat, went out this morning and 2 weanlings bulls and the Limo bull chasing a heifer around the field??


    Had a 5 1/2 month heifer in heat two weeks ago. Out of fifty cent. Earliest I’ve seen
    Had one off 50 cent going after 5 months also,serious fertility off that bull


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    #5597
    tanko
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    Must be a trait with him, had a fifty cent weanling in the shed all winter. She was almost possessed every three weeks when she was bulling. Had to put her in a pen on her own for two days every time.

    Fifty cent calves are very plain tho, he’s not half the bull Lisnacrann Sunnyboy is.


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    #5598
    patsy_mccabe
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    ICBF have 50 cent in the top 1% for age at first calving, so you're not imagining it.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5599
    Pidae.m
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    I'd a ch heifer born mid Jan bulling last Sun week. I gave her a shot just in case.


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    #5600
    Limestone Cowboy
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    Put out the creep feeder yesterday. Hopefully they will figure it out now and start going into it.


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    #5601
    patsy_mccabe
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Put out the creep feeder yesterday. Hopefully they will figure it out now and start going into it.
    They're savage calves. Are they all out of that char bull?

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5602
    Muckit
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    Savage calves LC. Great height to them. Great every way really!


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    #5603
    AntrimGlens
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Put out the creep feeder yesterday. Hopefully they will figure it out now and start going into it.

    They’re as good stock as I’ve seen in a while, fair dues LC. Smashers.


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    #5604
    furandfeather
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Put out the creep feeder yesterday. Hopefully they will figure it out now and start going into it.

    Great calves. That bull you have is breeding well. Did you notice much of a difference calving the charlaois instead of the limos?


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    #5605
    High bike
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    That white bull in the last pic will be some animal


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    #5606
    Limestone Cowboy
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    They're savage calves. Are they all out of that char bull?

    Ya all out of him.


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    #5607
    Limestone Cowboy
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    furandfeather wrote: »
    Great calves. That bull you have is breeding well. Did you notice much of a difference calving the charlaois instead of the limos?

    Ya there was a big difference in fairness. Had to pull nearly all of the bull calves and had to section one that was coming backwards and upside down. Would probably have managed him if he was coming right. Had to put a head rope on a good few of them aswell. They weren't easy calved anyway but would come at the same time if you could get them straightened up. Great calves to get up and suck though even after a tough pull which really surprised me. Didn't have to put one of the sucking. Its hard to find a balance really. If you want the quality and weight gain I think a lot of them are going to need assistance. Have some nice calves off the lim bull and no problem calving but they are way behind the charolais calves that are the same age.


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    #5608
    Limestone Cowboy
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    High bike wrote: »
    That white bull in the last pic will be some animal

    Born the 7th of March. Had a big pull with him too. He was 230kg a fortnight ago when I weighed them for the beep scheme.


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    #5609
    Never wrestle with pigs
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    ICBF have 50 cent in the top 1% for age at first calving, so you're not imagining it.

    I have simx Heifers bulling at 5/6 months every year. They are very fertile. What is the top few Lim bulls for the same trait? Cheers


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    #5610
    patsy_mccabe
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    Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »
    I have simx Heifers bulling at 5/6 months every year. They are very fertile. What is the top few Lim bulls for the same trait? Cheers

    From ICBF May 2019, reliability over 80%, in desending order. All are 5 Star.

    Age at first calving;

    KAPRICO ERAVELLE
    JOCKEY
    CASTLEVIEW GAZELLE
    CARROWREAGH HONDURAS
    PROCTERS CAVALIER
    NEWTOWN BUNTY 1 (ET)
    SYMPA
    AMPERTAINE ABRACADABRA
    ON-DIT
    KELTIC HANDSOME
    GOLDIES TERENCE
    ELITE POPSI ET
    WILODGE ENRICO
    BROOKLANDS F0959
    CASTLEVIEW CASINO (ET)
    AMPERTAINE COMMANDER
    BROOMFIELD REGENTCEY
    OMER-MN
    ELDERBERRY GALAHAD
    KILSKEAGH HILL 16

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5611
    Muckit
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    Jaysus whatever about the price of beef, looking at those calves would do a lad good.


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