I think it's all over. No more red belted Galloway calves. Regenerative farming on trail

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  • @padraigmacgabhann2045
    @padraigmacgabhann2045 Місяць тому +9

    All the calves look good I think, it's a shame you won't be getting a purebred Galloway from Beltie beag. I'm still looking forward to the rest of the calves to come. I find the whole process very interesting, great work Seán.

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому

      Thank you Padraig. We will be able to see what a shorthorn x galloway and a Galloway x shorthorn look like beside each other. And we should have different looking calves out of the belties this year too with the roan bulls

  • @georgeheller2281
    @georgeheller2281 Місяць тому +2

    Sean, I just heard yesterday that Greg Judy will be in northern Ireland this summer for a conference. I'm at his farm now, at his grazing school, listening to Ian Mitchell Inis. That grass is coming on now, have a great day.

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому +1

      Hi George super stuff thank you for the heads up. I'll check it out. Would love to meet him. Hope all is well over there. Great time of year. Have a good one 🙌

  • @irishdancer2753
    @irishdancer2753 Місяць тому +3

    Sean, once again a lovely video, with no rain!!!

  • @tadhgpheaitwillie
    @tadhgpheaitwillie Місяць тому +3

    That's a shame about no more Ruby calves, but the ones you have are go hiontach! Keep up the great work. And yes, that little heifer looks like a great calf! Well done!

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому

      Thank you Willie. Yes but our beltie cows might have a bit of roan this time after the bulls 🤔 a blue grey with a belt is a possibility too. Will be interesting to see the difference between a Galloway x shorthorn and a shorthorn x galloway 🤔

    • @tadhgpheaitwillie
      @tadhgpheaitwillie Місяць тому

      @@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 There's a silver lining to every cloud!

  • @quickdraw155
    @quickdraw155 Місяць тому +3

    May I wish yous a mighty May,
    it's here at last
    Hallefeckinlujah

  • @azamyahmad
    @azamyahmad Місяць тому +2

    Welcome back my friend and as always beautiful sharing adventure documentary countryside content video and a very interesting video to watch .. million thanks again from Montreal QC Canada

  • @fendt348
    @fendt348 Місяць тому +2

    Lovely video 👍

  • @philipmartin1192
    @philipmartin1192 Місяць тому +3

    If he's a longer gestation bull you might still get more.
    Average is 288, we have had cows go 2 weeks after that

  • @parishsuffolks924
    @parishsuffolks924 Місяць тому +2

    Lovely calfs

  • @ronaldlucas5360
    @ronaldlucas5360 Місяць тому +2

    Nice calves that you have.

  • @noellegraham9440
    @noellegraham9440 Місяць тому +1

    As you know I know nothing about breeds Sean, but those little calves look simple gorgeous 😊 just love, love them. Best of luck with remaining calving ❤

  • @pjdee5879
    @pjdee5879 Місяць тому +3

    Davy's heifer is the winning Shorthorn in your experiment. Davy might have another of the same abilities. Great luck anyhow to have 2 ruby heifers and maybe the red bull for a go next year especially on the existing belties and davy's. You will have some clearing out to do this year but sure that's what it's all about.

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому

      Well pj yes I'm going to sell hard this year after the test. The few pound is needed too tbh. I've not sold much this few years.

  • @joeldavis8851
    @joeldavis8851 Місяць тому +2

    You have some nice calves so far. In time if Ruby's son is considerably younger there should be a high chance of Belties next season. Fingers crossed. 🙂

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому

      Now you have it Joel. The roan bulls will definitely throw nice colours. We've a lot to look forward to yet 🤞

  • @johnsweeney1898
    @johnsweeney1898 Місяць тому +1

    Enjoying watching the calving season. It would be great if you could renind us of the breeding of cow as she calves.

  • @JohnWood-tk1ge
    @JohnWood-tk1ge Місяць тому +3

    Well you got some nice calfs out of the belt experiment.

  • @padraigking5185
    @padraigking5185 Місяць тому +2

    Good stuff

  • @user-qj2ge5hz4d
    @user-qj2ge5hz4d Місяць тому +2

    Twins I'd be thinking as she's big on both sides.

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому +1

      Very good. And I find there lots of movement too which I think is a sign. They get uncomfortable more than singles with the comrades pushing on them. We'll know soon 🤞

  • @ggjoy9541
    @ggjoy9541 Місяць тому +1

    A bright beautiful day, A fine breakfast they are having. Thank you. im waiting for the blue lady,, curious what her calf will look like. ,, since I know nothing I'm waiting for colors & patterns never seen before..Thank you ,always look forward to your videos

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому

      Hi gg thank you also. Yes one thing for sure is the roan bulls will definitely throw nice colours. And we will be able to see the difference in Galloway x shorthorn beside a shorthorn x galloway. The beltie cows could have roans too with belts so still all to look forward too 🤞🙂

  • @mariepower4260
    @mariepower4260 Місяць тому +2

    So disappointed that you will have no more ruby babies. But don't throw in the towel yet. The blue looks like she might be carrying twins and if so that may be why she is struggling bit. She looks very big. All looking great in the sunshine. You will have to name the heifer calf off your purebred cow so we can track her . The calves are very lively. Thanks for the update

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому +2

      Hi Marie yes it's a little disappointing however we will get to see a shorthorn x galloway along side a Galloway x shorthorn. We could also get some nice colours with the bulls being roan this time so all is not lost.
      The wee bull calfs are every bit pure bred in the markings too which is nice. We shall know very soon 🤞

    • @johnowen7156
      @johnowen7156 Місяць тому +2

      Funny old year last year lot of repeating cows for some reason or other?

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому +2

      @@johnowen7156. It could be the cows too but none repeated after the shorthorns is my only argument 🤔

  • @thefirstorder8298
    @thefirstorder8298 Місяць тому

    Thanks

  • @andrewcamp2201
    @andrewcamp2201 Місяць тому +1

    Lead cows heifer looks incalve to me.

  • @johnmcmccormack9203
    @johnmcmccormack9203 Місяць тому +2

    Separate your Galloway bullock Sean and give him a bit of meal every day and you won't be long fattening him. They are very easily fattened. Carves are looking great

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому +1

      Well John thank you yes think I will. Ihave the herd test in a couple of weeks, going to bring him home to the richer ground with a few others. Should make a good job of him 🙌

    • @44birdie44
      @44birdie44 Місяць тому

      Funny you mention the word 'richer'. There's a field near us called sabhair or rich as Gaeilge..

  • @JohntyNich
    @JohntyNich Місяць тому +2

    Do you know if Ruby’s owner got his fertility tested to see if it was down to the heat wave or something else?

  • @PeterOMep-fm6wl
    @PeterOMep-fm6wl Місяць тому +2

    Sean, I prefer the shorthorns anyway, not that I know anything about keeping cattle, so you wouldn’t want to be paying too much heed to me(!) For your sake, I was hoping you might get some more belties but it seems Ruby was a quality not quantity lad who didn’t believe in working overtime! Perhaps he might spring you a last surprise…
    🇮🇪🇸🇬

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому +1

      Well Peter I'm not giving up just yet 🤞. Whatever we have I think they'll be interesting looking for sure. For the first time we have a Galloway shorthorn calf and a shorthorn Galloway to judge

  • @kieranosullivan02
    @kieranosullivan02 Місяць тому +2

    Imagine having 3 sets of twins from one cow over 5 years I think? Crazy going 🙄 I do think similar of the AI tbh he will never be as good as in the book on a normal day

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому +1

      Did you ever hear about the quads in clare?
      A cow had 4 hiefer calves and they then grow up and 2 of them had a set of twins as springers.
      And now that you mention it I think any bull given the minding could look great in the Ai brochures. Throw him into a field and out winter him and take a picture in April and we'd see a different animal

    • @kieranosullivan02
      @kieranosullivan02 20 днів тому

      @@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 don't think I heard it tbh. I reckon they'll advise to go for a bull instead of AI in years to come for some reason or other, just a complete turn around like everything else at some point 🙄 The bull is real, at this stage the AI are mostly modified, whatever problems will arise there are yet to be seen

  • @kevinsweeney566
    @kevinsweeney566 Місяць тому +1

    is that madra,blue cow?she was very big last yr on her first calf. lovely calves Sean!

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому +1

      Well Kevin no madra is the sister out of our bull. The blue lady is Ai bred. Pampered to the last I suppose

  • @chrisoconnor5880
    @chrisoconnor5880 Місяць тому +2

    I don’t think that white cow will go 6 weeks without calving mate

  • @user-qj2ge5hz4d
    @user-qj2ge5hz4d Місяць тому +2

    Did you dose her for fluke or fluke and worm?

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому

      Just fluke. Dung samples showed a good news bad news story. I am ahead of the worms but I do have a fluke burden.
      However our vet makes his own concoction he calls magic.
      I used it on her👌

    • @user-qj2ge5hz4d
      @user-qj2ge5hz4d Місяць тому

      Sounds good.
      It's a good time of the year to dose with a Fluke and worm dose as the Fluke in the cows should all be in the adult stage. What did your vet use? Was it bluestone?

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому

      @@user-qj2ge5hz4d no I'm pretty sure it's pharmacy derived. I'd sooner the blue stone but I'm nervous about the amount to use. I've heard it's easy over dose

    • @user-qj2ge5hz4d
      @user-qj2ge5hz4d Місяць тому

      All the bluestone that you can lift on an old Irish Pound coin. Mix in boiling hot water for a few minutes then add water to cool it down.
      Dose the cow as soon as possible after mixing preferably within 20 mins. The bluestone doesn't kill the fluke but it hardens the lining of the stomach so the fluke pass out rather than migrating to her liver, so they tell me anyhow. I don't have any bluestone but I can lend you an old Irish Pound coin. 😉😉

    • @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569
      @seanofalluinregenerativefa4569  Місяць тому

      @@user-qj2ge5hz4d I love it thank you my friend. I've screenshot that msg to refare back 👌