Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I suppose it's like show us your pets ! but I thought it was a good idea for the few people left who own or like cattle not big tractors and whatever I'll post pictures up in a while. James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 ( these two charolais calves have really come on, now 6-7 months and going to Carrigallen mart in two weeks , there both great calves and we hope to get good prices for them ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 ( the two of them waiting to get in and suck ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Excellent topic, James. Personally I'd be delighted to see what sort of livestock you guys keep. Perhaps we can expand the subject to include pigs, sheep and anything else considered to be a farm animal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_scrivener Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Excellent topic, James. Personally I'd be delighted to see what sort of livestock you guys keep. Perhaps we can expand the subject to include pigs, sheep and anything else considered to be a farm animal? For future reference, it would be easiest if there were separate threads for say: (1) pigs (2) sheep (3) horses (4) poultry (5) anything else First person with relevent photos to start each thread. Not sure whether some exotics, such as wild boar, buffalo, ostriches belong in 'pigs', 'cattle' or 'poultry', or in 'anything else'. Up to poster to decide I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Is anyone interested in seeing any other photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 post em up.look in the new zealand dairy farming in winter topic to see ones i work with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My kind of topic this James ;D EDIT: Found em! ;D Some calves off bought in replacement cows this year. First a limmy bull calf which has a nice back end to him Second a limmy x BB which has been nicknamed "titus" grandad is toying with the idea of keeping him on as a spare bull Thirdly (left to right) Angus x bull, hereford x heifer and hereford x bull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 Thats a nice limousin bull what age is he? Pat any more pictures??? There's good muscle on the limo cross blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 Some of the cows in the shed Their calves are being weaned off and being sold in the mart next Saturday A nice heifer calf should make a good price,, hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 More,, I would really like to keep this 3/4 bred bb (Belgium Blue) for a cow and get some good calves off her with ai bulls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 My Belgium Blue bull he's not a great bull but I'm hoping for a good price in the mart for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jdeere6910 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Thats a nice limousin bull what age is he? Pat any more pictures??? There's good muscle on the limo cross blue Not sure on the age of that limmy bull actually James, I think about 6 months old. No more pics yet but if the weathers good I will have a walk round them this afternoon :) The Lim x BB has an amazing back end, one of the reasons we might keep him as second bull to our Blonde. Probably use him on the angus/Hereford types rather than the blues, blondes or limmys. That way we can expand the herd size a bit more without compromising the quality of the fatstock as we sell through Market as fat cattle rather than D/W or stores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Not sure on the age of that limmy bull actually James, I think about 6 months old. No more pictures yet but if the weathers good I will have a walk round them this afternoon :) The Lim x BB has an amazing back end, one of the reasons we might keep him as second bull to our Blonde. Probably use him on the angus/Hereford types rather than the blues, blondes or limmys. That way we can expand the herd size a bit more without compromising the quality of the fatstock as we sell through Market as fat cattle rather than D/W or stores Whats the herd size now Pat? Whenever your getting photos ( If its alright, could you get some of the good calves this year, I would appreciate it I'm hoping to put ai bulls with my new heifer calf( bb heifer x limo stock bull thats now been sold) and get some good calves off her, I might buy a purebred bb , probably my favourite breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Whats the herd size now Pat? Whenever your getting photos ( If its alright, could you get some of the good calves this year, I would appreciate it I'm hoping to put ai bulls with my new heifer calf( bb heifer x limo stock bull thats now been sold) and get some good calves off her, I might buy a purebred bb , probably my favourite breed We have 27 cows and the Blonde stockbull. Hopefully increasing to about 35 over the next couple of years. What about your herd? Im thinking about AI on heifers as well, use of new bulls, better calves etc. I like belgian blue,especially as cows when crossed with a dairy cow, ideal suckler cow for us. Especially when used with our Blonde bull. Have you considered blonde James? they produce phenomenal calves to BB with great growth rates and so easy calving. Plus the calves look pretty great as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 We have 27 cows and the Blonde stockbull. Hopefully increasing to about 35 over the next couple of years. What about your herd? Im thinking about AI on heifers as well, use of new bulls, better calves etc. I like belgian blue,especially as cows when crossed with a dairy cow, ideal suckler cow for us. Especially when used with our Blonde bull. Have you considered blonde James? they produce phenomenal calves to BB with great growth rates and so easy calving. Plus the calves look pretty great as well Yes Pat well I have had a few chats with my neighbour about blondes he has two cows crossed with limousins I think, I saw some show calves at a sale once, good muscly bulls alright. The herd size is 28 or 29 cows with 26 calved two of the calves were sold and two still to calve. And then 6 weanling heifers and a bullock that I reared off a bucket. Those heifers will be put with one of the bulls soon enough. We have two bulls , A bb bull that was off one of the better bb cows and one of the top ai bulls at the time, hes a fierce good bull and he has made great calves,, some limo x bb's this year. And a 20 month old charolais purebred that we bought at a special bull sale in a county called Leitrim in a place called Carrick on Shannon. And the ch bull is from a county called Roscommon. I would hope to buy a purebred bb heifer to put her on ai bulls everyyear, but sure you have to hope for something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 Forgot to say we'll put the bb heifer of mine with a limo bull for first calving then all bb's I hope the limo will be ai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 And now just a limo Pbr heifer bought on monday forgot to say which is with my uncles limo bull that we sold to him a few years ago!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Gough Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I finally got round to taking some pictures to put here. If you have any questions i will try to answer them but it may take some time for me to find out answers. Most of the pictures are of the young stock. I will get some of the milkers when I get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Gough Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Two pictures from the milkers that I took before the camera battery died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Great photos Tommy! Thanks for putting some up Are you milking many now? Is it ai or stock bulls that you put with the cows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Gough Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Great photos Tommy! Thanks for putting some up Are you milking many now? Is it ai or stock bulls that you put with the cows? I believe that there are around 85 being milked at the moment. Nearly all ai now but we used to have an aberbeen angus stock bull to serve the heifers for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Lovely cows Tommy, do you feed TMR or silage with concentrate in the parlour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 You must get alot of lame cows in England with standing on cement floors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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