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

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  • #102
    larrymiller
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    Fire lighting for the winter ;)


  • #103
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    larrymiller wrote: »
    Fire lighting for the winter ;)

    Love the heat from fires like that


  • #104
    Justjens
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Justjens


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Did the vet give him any shot to straighten his knees out Justjens? Would be no harm to help him along.

    Couldn't see how bow-legged he was when he landed, only saw that when I turned him out.

    I've had a lot worse when I used CH bulls, to the point they were not able to straighten their legs enough to get their feet under them, and I never injected them, so reckon this guy will soon come right. Let nature take it's course, a few days will tell a lot and it doesn't impede him much.


  • #105
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Good stuff!

    I wonder if she's a sister of our heifer! Only for the butt of a horn I'd be asking if you'd stolen her:D
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  • #106
    larrymiller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭larrymiller


    ganmo wrote: »
    Love the heat from fires like that

    Lovely smell too


  • #107
    Limestone Cowboy
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    A few weanlings.


  • #108
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,479 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    larrymiller wrote: »
    Lovely smell too

    Now your talking


  • #109
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    A few weanlings.

    Looks like your eye for replacements is paying dividends. Any of those out of heifers you've put pictures up over the last few years


  • #110
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    just do it wrote: »
    Looks like your eye for replacements is paying dividends. Any of those out of heifers you've put pictures up over the last few years

    The 2 reds are out of 2 lim x sim springers alright. Nice to see an improvement in them but it's a slow process. Another 3 or 4 years should get me to where I want though.


  • #111
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    stretch film wrote: »
    Whats your next cover .1800 here . Gonna finish a walk now and see how we stand . Should be max cover now :(

    2500


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  • #112
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    C'mon what's keeping you?

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    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #113
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    frazzledhome wrote: »
    Strip wires. Heavy covers

    Where's the strip wire?? Or heavy covers for that matter. Would heavy not be up to their hocks? I can see their claws! :)


  • #114
    sandydan
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    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Did the vet give him any shot to straighten his knees out Justjens? Would be no harm to help him along.

    what injection helps to straighten knees had one here last year worse than that tried everything vet put him down after three weeks said getting too heavy to straighten legs ,tried stretching and supports but ..


  • #115
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    sandydan wrote: »
    what injection helps to straighten knees had one here last year worse than that tried everything vet put him down after three weeks said getting too heavy to straighten legs ,tried stretching and supports but ..

    Contracted tendons?
    Can't say for certain if it was the injections or time that fixed ours but any calves like that we always give them a Vit E/Selenium shot. No harm to them at all in either case but it's what we used one year when we had half our calves appear with 'knuckled' fetlocks in front. Put it down to the lick buckets not being used and switched to a vit/mineral powder over the silage OAD.
    Haven't seen any with it since anyway!


  • #116
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    Cottage Devon bull calf that had mange
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  • #117
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    Tb test today so gathered up the cattle

    Suck calf I bought to suck cow ... She big animal now .. Calving at Xmas to my own lim

    I sold other heifers and at least 6 lads have called to house to see if Hereford was for sale, boys love a red white head ! Her calves again should be nice milky heifers and in the meantime she will have yellow whiteheads favoured over ****ty slate grey from a black whitehead

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  • #118
    Limestone Cowboy
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    Bodacious wrote: »
    Tb test today so gathered up the cattle

    Suck calf I bought to suck cow ... She big animal now .. Calving at Xmas to my own lim

    I sold other heifers and at least 6 lads have called to house to see if Hereford was for sale, boys love a red white head ! Her calves again should be nice milky heifers and in the meantime she will have yellow whiteheads favoured over ****ty slate grey from a black whitehead

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    Have a soft spot for a red whitehead myself bod but it's hard to pick up a good one now! Old fellow used to have a load of them when I was a young fellow and he had a sim bull with them. Their progeny made mighty cows for a Charolais bull.


  • #119
    Greengrass1
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    Better than milking cows


  • #120
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Lads we need someone to rescue Greengrass, he's drinking Closamectin:eek:


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  • #121
    RobinBanks
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    DEP heifer incalf to KOY

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    MBU heifer incalf to LSX

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  • #122
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
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    Better than milking cows

    We'll see about that in the morning ;). Enjoy the well deserved break GG and don't neglect the cailín for the sake of keeping an eye on boards!


  • #123
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Robin
    Nice heifers. Have you eurostar figures for them? I find them fairly accurate for my young stock


  • #124
    Bodacious
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Have a soft spot for a red whitehead myself bod but it's hard to pick up a good one now! Old fellow used to have a load of them when I was a young fellow and he had a sim bull with them. Their progeny made mighty cows for a Charolais bull.

    I bought her out of a trailer off of a dealer at midnight on side of the road as wasn't taking a day off , calves were dear at the time but I gave 440 euro at the time ! But other calves in trailer weren't great so I am happy enough how she turned out for the extra 40 euro !


  • #125
    Reggie.
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    tfjHwh.jpg
    Better than milking cows

    God you've lovely fairy liquid hands there green :D


  • #126
    Kovu
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    God you've lovely fairy liquid hands there green :D

    Ooooh and he has the pinky out! He was brought up well;)


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  • #127
    RobinBanks
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    just do it wrote: »
    Robin
    Nice heifers. Have you eurostar figures for them? I find them fairly accurate for my young stock

    I have but I ignored them when I decided to keep the heifers. If I based my decision on the figures the blue would already be dead! But the lim heifer has 4 stars for maternal.

    I don't think I will keep the blue for to long. Hoping to get a couple of heifers from her for breeding.


  • #128
    just do it
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    RobinBanks wrote: »
    I have but I ignored them when I decided to keep the heifers. If I based my decision on the figures the blue would already be dead! But the lim heifer has 4 stars for maternal.

    I don't think I will keep the blue for to long. Hoping to get a couple of heifers from her for breeding.

    I think the figures are geared more towards finishing animals for the Irish market (Simmentals in particular figure strongly). That blue heifer is a likely candidate for export quality weanlings. I'm not sure how the eurostar figures would be for her. A proven producer of quality export weanlings on here has commented quality and muscle in the dam is more important than milk. Once they can calve ok the rest can be managed.


  • #129
    ABlur
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    Cattle grazing a very poor field I had reseeded with a Guttler overseeder about 6 weeks ago. Fairly happy with the outcome but it will need a lot of minding.


  • #130
    Mad4simmental
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    just do it wrote: »
    Robin
    Nice heifers. Have you eurostar figures for them? I find them fairly accurate for my young stock

    Stupid question JDI that I should probably know. If I wanted to get euro star figures for heifers I bought how would I go about looking them up?


  • #131
    just do it
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    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    Stupid question JDI that I should probably know. If I wanted to get euro star figures for heifers I bought how would I go about looking them up?

    You need to have subscribed to ICBF ;)


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  • #132
    Farrell
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    On that point, If I (who is on ICBF), was looking to buy cows / Heifers of someone (not on ICBF), is there a way that I can look at the Eurostar rating, as what looks the best in the field could have the worst Eurostar etc.
    Under the bull search any male calf can be searched!


  • #133
    RobinBanks
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    Noticed these lesions on this cow. It's spread quiet a bit. She doesn't seem to be in any discomfort but I'm wondering what it is. Not a great pic but is seems like a rash and then caused the cut by scratching?

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  • #134
    onyerbikepat
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    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Noticed these lesions on this cow. It's spread quiet a bit. She doesn't seem to be in any discomfort but I'm wondering what it is. Not a great pic but is seems like a rash and then caused the cut by scratching?
    It looks like photosensitization! Get her into a dark shed by day and let her out at night to graze.


  • #135
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    +1 on that. We discussed it a couple of times this summer - Here and Here


  • #136
    trixi2011
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    onyerbikepat wrote: »
    It looks like photosensitization! Get her into a dark shed by day and let her out at night to graze.
    you can get a cream to rub on it too its called zink cream anyone ever see it in Ireland ??


  • #137
    larrymiller
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    After grass from silage cut a month ago. Short and leafy perfect for the little suckies


  • #138
    TITANIUM.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,313 ✭✭✭TITANIUM.


    larrymiller wrote: »
    After grass from silage cut a month ago. Short and leafy perfect for the little suckies


    And lovely clover in it aswell,


  • #139
    just do it
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    larrymiller wrote: »
    After grass from silage cut a month ago. Short and leafy perfect for the little suckies

    Lovely stuff. Mine are on reseeded aftergrass and I can see a big difference in thrive in comparison to other years when they were on good enough looking grass but on old swards.


  • #140
    larrymiller
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    just do it wrote: »
    Lovely stuff. Mine are on reseeded aftergrass and I can see a big difference in thrive in comparison to other years when they were on good enough looking grass but on old swards.

    Yeah they field was had beet 3 years ago corn 2 years ago and reseeded last year great field of stuff I must say.
    The grass grows so nice and leafy and shoots back up with a bit of rain


  • #141
    frazzledhome
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    Thought this was amazing. Completely off thread.

    Mods, sorry in advance


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  • #142
    Kovu
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    You're grand. It's er..... 'Exploration into the pragmatic possibilities of maritime agriculture within the greater aspect of oceanic life and culture'


  • #143
    frazzledhome
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    .Kovu. wrote: »
    You're grand. It's er..... 'Exploration into the pragmatic possibilities of maritime agriculture within the greater aspect of oceanic life and culture'

    I thought the health and safety message is also strong:)

    Was going to put in photo comp for the craic, thought this months topic didn't suit though


  • #144
    Kovu
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    Health and safety message? Like don't fall into an ocean> I obviously skipped that class:D


  • #145
    Bodacious
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    The hired tits... Fr x JE
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    Can't see her behind the 2 bucks now! She calving at Xmas , mud fat and carrying a lim heifer

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  • #146
    RobinBanks
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    The neighbours dog. He is 9 months old and is serving his apprenticeship along side 2 other cattle dogs. He's a lovely young pup, so friendly and obedient. According to the owner he will be very big - he is basing this on the size of his paws?? He has the pointiest ears I've seen on a dog when he point them. Bit like a fox

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  • #147
    Kovu
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    You have a better view than me right now:p
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  • #148
    Reggie.
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    .Kovu. wrote: »
    You have a better view than me right now:p
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    Nasty


  • #149
    Zr105
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    RobinBanks wrote: »
    The neighbours dog. He is 9 months old and is serving his apprenticeship along side 2 other cattle dogs. He's a lovely young pup, so friendly and obedient. According to the owner he will be very big - he is basing this on the size of his paws?? He has the pointiest ears I've seen on a dog when he point them. Bit like a fox

    Have heard/ seen the thing with the paws alright, one of the dogs here when she was a pup looked like she had massive paws compared to the rest of her! But she grew into them over time!


  • #150
    Kovu
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    Nasty

    Yerr, he managed to do a bit of a job on it. But he can still kick :mad:

    It's at jobs like that you realise how useful those foot winches on a crush would be. (when you've a horse lunge rope round his leg and twisted over a bar wedged into the wall!!)


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  • #151
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,479 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Yerr, he managed to do a bit of a job on it. But he can still kick :mad:

    It's at jobs like that you realise how useful those foot winches on a crush would be. (when you've a horse lunge rope round his leg and twisted over a bar wedged into the wall!!)

    Know all about it this year myself


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