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  • Birthday 09/09/1969

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  1. very smart matching cars eh?........... for me, a whole new clutch for the MF 590 and an alternator for the MF 20 buggy thing
  2. these are smart , think we discussed the merits or not of these minis before didnt we ,easier to accomodate, quick to change , I like very much
  3. well my poor relation of the phone world my wee but reliable almost 3 year old samsung solid gave up the ghost....after a bit of searching round and remembering the convos on here i decided to ignore all advice and bought another samsung............. B2100 edge................for anyone who doesnt know me, its a phone,i break phones so anything nice and fancy is no use to me .I only need a phone to send texts and make calls.........and so far this one is doing that nicely.Its not the extreme one you can drop in your pint and watch it ring , take it out and its fine but still looking a robust,damp proof,dust proof,not too large, pocket sized and one i have no problem recommending.Battery life is reasonably good ,i charge it every two or three nights and that keeps it right. hope thats of some use to someone
  4. there you go james , all the info you need and with the help of your vet,and grandad, you lookin after your cows well and you are away childs play.........NOT
  5. yes james.......sorry.........I remember your first question ..... Can anyone sum up what embryos are all about or has anyone ever done it? For people who don't know what embryos are its when you take the fertile eggs out of a purebred cow and mix it with the semen and then you can ai the crossbred cow, with the eggs of a purebred bull and a purebred cow and the cross holds to the bull. Would be interested to hear if anyone uses them, James. some folks have clearly done more than me with embryo work some very successfully as we can see and I think that highlights james that it does work, it just is not right for me , might be right for you tho???
  6. Markus , very very interesting......lovely cows all backed up with some world class production figures.well done you ......sorry james doesnt diminish from your initial question........think actually it goes to highlight the benefits of ET done well and properly.
  7. topper of a cow there............think you just summed up what I was trying to say and perhaps not making myself understood.
  8. ok, now theres the thing from anfield vario............its all about the quality, I thought you were just talking about a MOET program for your suckler cows ,multiple ovulation and embryo transfer... ..yes you can buy embryos from pedigree breeders implanting this embryo into your own suckler cows to get her to carry this high value pedigree beef calf of high genetic merit...if you want to keep and breed pedigree cattle then that might be a good option for you. I looked at this back in the late 80`s I was asked for 1200 uk pounds a pregnancy when I thought of doing this, I was gonna buy Simmental embryos to built myself up a herd of pedigree animals. As you say it saves you owning these expensive beef cattle...... the management issues I mentioned above still hold.............to get your recipients (in this case your suckler cows ) to get in calf you have to get it right.After all that expense so far remember this beef calf inside that cow could be the best animal you have seen, its quite likely to have a big backside and could quite possibly be too big for your cow to calve naturally anyway.in order to minimise the risk of losing this then several breeders I know who implant their own embryos will induce the recipients they use to calve and go for the elected ceasarian option. if you are just planning on selling calves in the livestock market as high quality 6 to 8 month olds whatever,like you are suggesting my point was the easiest way rather than trying to buy expensive bulls with the best beef value and competing with the pedigree breeders for theses bulls then you could use good proven AI bulls to get the best of blood to go over your own cows saving all the additional cost and work.you would still be better with a sweeper bull of some sort but doing that you would get away with one bull for your 30 cows as you would be hoping for at least 60% conception rate holding to the first AI
  9. can I add my twopenny worth.............?........ unless you are planning to breed pedigree cattle then I`d not be bothering with embryo transfer. The donor cow and recipient management needs to be pretty good to achieve any sort of acceptable level of firstly, good quality embryos suitable for implantation and then secondly conception rates in the recipient dams.Add to this the cost of inducing said recipient to calve and a caesarian section at the end to try to ensure you do get a live calf and every animal does begin to cost you a lot of money.All this on top of buying the best semen and donor cow(s).you`re gonna need deep pockets and a fat wallet!!! for a few rough cross bred suckler cows , I`d think you`d end up spending a fortune for very little extra reward , just look at the value of good quality ordinary everyday store calves. of course if you hit it right and got fatstock show winning calves everytime....then ,who knows....however ..look at the guys who do show calves regularily, its a more natural approach of nice shapey cows and good proven ai bulls. I suspect though that would be a more cost effective and ultimately more profitable way to go especially if you can do your own ai than all the work and costs associated with embryo work.
  10. sounds like the deosan hypochloride or similar right enough to me too. there used to be a heap of rather nasty chemicals left here from the dairy days for removing the milk stone and such. we used to sneak into the shed and do all sorts with some of it
  11. hoo roo alex, ive had dickies, arco riggers ,hoggs, royal mail issue boots, ex army boots.my faves were hoggs, i currently have riggers,agree with others I dont like them on all day, hoggs simon and of course my trusty wellies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the trousers,ive had all kinds except those snickers ones. a mate swear by his strauss gear.for me its now anything from ex army to £4 asda best makes no odds I wear them out in no time.
  12. mandy, bit like with the round bales, different balers make different sized bales. my straw man supplies me with krone bales at 0.8 x 1.2 x 2.6............. I have had 4 foot square by 8 foot long hesstons i believe and what I was told were claas quadrants which were different again but I cant recall the size of them......they were flatter and shorter than the krone more akin to a weetabix so i suspect anything along the lines of what you have , even two or three variations would all be very acceptable
  13. long overdue.....and long awaited .....something safer than my current model in this inverter welder.............
  14. definately agree with the Swaledale, Blackface look to these perhaps even Rough Fell or Dalesbred , just too wee and tidy for Lonks dalesbred swaledale rough fell blackface this fella made £90 000
  15. hi Adie, Mandy at holly loves toys used to have new ray deer, not too bad for the price , I have some of them and like them well enough....not as good as the now hard to find old britains stag in my opinion though.
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