tractorbob Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 hi great pictures.. is the 590 your only tractor also what implements you got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 where abouts in ireland is killeshandra great pictures by the way Thanks for the comment Dennis Killeshandra is in Co. Cavan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 hi great pictures.. is the 590 your only tractor also what implements you got We also have a mf 65 and a 35x which are both being restored at the minute We have a bale trailer, x2 bale spikes, bale lifter, old drum mower, haybob, fleming transport box, hydralic transport box, major topper, and a nut trailer and a small cattle trailer) and maybe a new mower sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Its been a while, and lots have changed Our herd is moving in the right direction and we now have 35 cows and about 8 in calf heifers that will calve late summer We're rearing some of the better heifer calves of last year and they have come on well, and I am halter training a pedigree charolais bull for selling at a big pure bred mart in a place called Carrick on Shannon. At the moment I own two calves, one a 8 month old belgium blue heifer and a two week old bull calf that I am bucket fed The cows and in calf heifers are eating more than 5 kg of DM silage and no concentrates (meal) but are given a bucket of lick which is full of nutrients. We are hoping that all 30 scanned cows are all pure bred calves and a good lot of heifers We are renting about 90-100 acres of fairly good grass land, I was very happy with the growth rate over the summer, and I recorded about 40-50kg of DM grass a day I would hope to buy more land and not to be renting as much over the future, I'll leave you with some pictures of the charolais pedigree bull and a few others, James One of the stock bulls My blue bull calf Land isn't good any more- those were the good days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 A few more I will try to have the camera with me to show you the other cattle More of the bull The calf licking me leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 The Charolais again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 What some lovely animals, good solid looking cattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 What some lovely animals, good solid looking cattle. Thanks Tris, yes I would say that our stock is quite good trying not to fatten them , Was feeding my calf today hes some calf! he runs after me trying to lick me leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Are you in and out of market at all? Continentals seem to have picked up in the trade down here quite a lot so Howards have been buying Herefords and Angus weaners to fill the shed up, 50 odd now. They came after a good sale of 40 or 50 stores, some bought last year and others reared from the farms Continental calves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 19, 2011 Author Share Posted November 19, 2011 Are you in and out of market at all? Continentals seem to have picked up in the trade down here quite a lot so Howards have been buying Herefords and Angus weaners to fill the shed up, 50 odd now. They came after a good sale of 40 or 50 stores, some bought last year and others reared from the farms Continental calves. What do you mean mate? Its nearly all continentals down our way, except a few dairy farms, its what were good at Even my family , like my grandad has sold that many pedigree bulls to farmers he would be known as a good farmer, one time when he was starting out, he had 3 or 4 herefords and some lads from Sweden came over and bought all off him And as he says everytime he tells the story, he always says, those Swedish men only bought the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Do you buy and sell at market either buying and selling or just going along to keep an eye on prices and so on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Do you buy and sell at market either buying and selling or just going along to keep an eye on prices and so on? Yes sorry I'm not very tuned in We buy and sell , we sell our weaned calves , usually which are the bulls or bad heifers. Our last buys were two pedigree limousin heifers, one has calved 3 days ago, to a pure bred bull calf and the other is heavily in-calf. we will be going to a pedigree sale in Carrick on Shannon where I hope to buy a Ped Charolais heifer, or maybe two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Nice, struck it luck with the pedigree calf then. Good going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Yes I suppose so Tris, but you see when a heavily in calf animal comes into the ring and saying shes about to calve in next few weeks puts up the starting bid by a fair bit and also when they claim its in-calf to a pedigree ai easy calving bull The calf is keeping well, I wasn't sure if he was standing up yet, but a few days ago I saw him up, I must take a photo of him and me blue We had a herd test in our second herd , I hope it went well, wasn't there was in school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Nice photos James, that blue especially should turn out to be a weighty beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Nice photos James, that blue especially should turn out to be a weighty beast I hope so Pat, I've been flatout working so not been on this, I'll have pictures up tomorrow of stock, James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 A few pictures, We are thinking about selling one of our pedigree charolais cows that is empty this year and has been a few times \ I'm not happy, she is a good animal. The charolais, 8 females, one male , and 6 females pedigree and pedigree bull These cattle were brought home for herd test tomorrow The stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 A few pictures, We are thinking about selling one of our pedigree charolais cows that is empty this year and has been a few times \ I'm not happy, she is a good animal. Being a dairy farmer at heart I can see the difficulty in having to get rid of an unproductive cow, but for overall herd viability sometimes you have to cull/sell those cows and get in some new blood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Being a dairy farmer at heart I can see the difficulty in having to get rid of an unproductive cow, but for overall herd viability sometimes you have to cull/sell those cows and get in some new blood I know Pat, but you see I asked him if we could buy a pedigree heifer then he said no, we'll have to start selling off stock :'( I hope it doesn't get to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I know Pat, but you see I asked him if we could buy a pedigree heifer then he said no, we'll have to start selling off stock :'( I hope it doesn't get to that Hopefully not, I was too young to remember when we sold our dairy cows but for my grandad it must have been hell as they were a big part of his life at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hopefully not, I was too young to remember when we sold our dairy cows but for my grandad it must have been hell as they were a big part of his life at the time. I know too well, when my uncle stopped, I remember when i was only five, bringing freisans out to grass after milking I hope none go, but he annoyed me when he said it. Our neighbour is down with tb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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