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Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏻 Aye, she definitely has been a reliable machine for us now. 8.5k hours on the clock and still starts on the button 👌🏻 Maybe a classic some day?

@@fredaewalker2665 Thanks for watching and commenting Fredae 👍🏻 Aye that would definitely be safer for the engine til she heats up 👍🏻 will do that more in the future. Thanks

@@tadhgpheaitwillie Cheers Tadhg 👌🏻 Yes, efficiency is key 🤣 Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks for watching John. Awk naw, she's been around for a long time so will like to hold on to her 👌🏻

Cheers Paul. Yes might start that in the spring time 👌🏻 Needs a new radiator in it I think so might give that a go in the spring when she's not need as much 😊

@@Ivan-Archer Thanks Ivan. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻 it's definitely handy enough for all I need it for. It'll not be getting used to often at our place👍🏻 Thanks again

@@YourPoliticsNI Thanks. It's cheap and cheerful 😊 Happy New year to yourself too

Useful piece of kit it's nice when Santa brings you something useful 👍

@@paulthompson8467 Cheers Paul. Save the socket set a wee bit 👌🏻 If I find myself using it a lot might go out and buy a dewalt one 🤔 Have a great weekend

@@paulthompson8467 cheers Paul. Yourself too 💪🏻

Cheers Tadhg!! And same to yourself. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Haha 🤣 Scared to try it incase it would do a good job and I'd get myself a job 🤣🤣 Thanks for commenting John. Hope you had a peaceful Christmas 👍🏻

Cheers Paul! Yes they are doing well. Keeping the meal at them which helps but and expense. Aw very good. I work over in the Western Trust 👍🏻 Hope you had a peaceful Christmas 👍🏻

@@paulthompson8467 Thank you very much Paul 😊 Same to you, hope you have a relaxing one 👍🏻

Was a good video again. I did like the quiz

@Capitaliseuk Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it 😊

​@@farmboi390cheers farmer boi 😊

@@paulthompson8467 cheers Paul!! And the same to you all too 👍🏻

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it! Really happy with the calves so far!

@@JohnSAgri Np John

Have a happy Christmas!!

@@Sean-fb7cy Cheers Sean.. I'm keeping them in separate sheds at the minute! They probably won't be in the same shed going forward. Thanks for the heads up 👍🏻👍🏻

@@quezwhitehurst they are soo good especially in the snow ❄️

Cheers Tadhg, really impressed with the coats. Lovely and warm on them. Out of the woods with the calves now hopefully. Next thing is getting them weaned on yo the nuts! Thanks for the comment

@@paulthompson8467 cheers Paul 👍🏻 Aye they are starting to push on now which is great to see.. Plan to get another batch yes but will leave it to after Christmas as would like a quieter Christmas this year! Hope all is well with you!

@@garymadden2656 cheers Gary 👍🏻

@@tadhgpheaitwillie Hi Tadhg, thanks for the comment.. He’s definitely looking better today. Was warm, muggy and foggy weather this week must have got him. That’s interesting and you’re not the first person I’ve heard mentioning coats. Might go buy a couple and see if those calves do any better. Weather to be down to freezing this week so calves will definitely use a lot more energy to keep warm. You might see coats in the next few videos 😊 Cheers and all the best with your cattle 👍🏼

@@JohnSAgri Good on you. Everything is worth a try! Yes, some colder weather on its way. We got away with mild weather for too long this last few weeks!

@@tadhgpheaitwillie Cheers Tadhg, have a good week 👍🏻

Hope your calf comes alright never thought of coats but it makes sense if you're not feeling well a little heat and comfort helps I've learnt more from people's TH-cam videos than anything else people's experiences teach you alot👍

Thanks Paul. Yeah, youtube is a wonderful place to see different ideas and hear how other people work. Also no 2 farms or sheds are the same so what works well for one farm won't always work best for the other but always good to try new things 👍🏻👍🏻

@@DonalHarte Cheers Donal. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻👍🏻 Thanks, hopefully sell them heading to grass in the spring. Stress levels definitely down with the feeder

Some tool that

@@Capitaliseuk Hi, yes I wouldn't be without it at all! Days of standing mixing milk are over for me 🤣

@@farmboi390 Thanks for the comment. Money well spent. Makes checking the calves easier and more reliable

@@paulthompson8467 Cheers Paul.. It's some tool there 👌🏻 Anything to make life easier is a welcome addition 👍🏻

@@paulthompson8467 cheers Paul. Its a handy job alright 👍🏻

Good luck with the calves. Did you get the from a dairy farm, dealer or mart? Also, do you think an auto feeder is viable for that number of calves?

@DM-eq1fq Thanks for the comment :) bought the calves direct from a dairy farmer out of AI bull... I still think it is worth it as I can turn it on for 1 calf or 30 calves at anytime of the year. Stress levels well down and have a lot more free time to do other things.

Thanks for the feedback. One of the first videos I ever made so trying to improve on that. Hopefully my latest videos are better. John S

@@ArthurDavies-lm3fp Not mine no. A neighbour man! In great condition!!

@@paulthompson8467 Hi Paul. Thank you very much 😊 Be great to have some time off and recharge the batteries! All the best, John 👍🏻

@@cecilbates5423 Cheers Cecil 👍🏻 Thanks for the comment 👌🏻

Cheers Sean 👍🏻 Takes the milk to get them going!

@@Sean-fb7cy Hi Sean, thanks for the comment! I've played the system out in my head for a while now and think I'll have to come to terms with compromising a bit on quality to save the few months stress around calving/serving! The cows are great and milky just wouldn't be the best at calving themselves which is the issue... Going forward in a year or 2 I might end up back in sucklers but would maybe start over with a batch of Stabiliser heifers/cows for the ease of calving. From my research they look like the ones that would suit my system the best but until then I think it's back to the drop calves. Keep an eye on the channel over the next while and we will see how it works out 😊 Thanks again 👍🏻👌🏻

Thanks a million Jonny!!👍🏻 Takes time and effort to get them to that 🤣

@@JohnSAgrikeep them cows 😂

@@mannionjonny695 Don't be putting bad ideas in my head 🤣🤣

I don't know. Wouldn't be for me. The most expensive time is the first few months and last few months of a beasts life. I'm not sure you would see the money out of them if you add up the straw, meal and milk in the first few months then sell them on but if it works for you go for it 👍🏻💪🏻

Cheers Gary. Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

Aye Paul, they are apparently the most popular telehandler in Germany! We seem to be more JCB over here. The problem is getting a tractor with a low enough cab for a few of the sheds around the yard👍🏻 Thanks for the comment as always. Hope you're keeping well 👍🏻

Cheers for your comment Thomas 👍🏻 With a lack of good grading calves you should get better prices for your beef bred calves in the future. Dairy farmers are nearly all moving towards A.I. so with sexed semen, they should get the heifers they want then the rest all beef calves. Just won't be as good quality. Glad you've found a system that works for you 👍🏻 What breed of cows have you?

@@JohnSAgri stabiliser

@@JohnSAgri trouble with the dairy bred calves we reared some few years back anything with any Jersey in them were a total waste of time was talking to a dairy farmer today was getting 410 for bbxholstein at 4 weeks old wouldn't cost much more to keep the suckler cow especially when you take it that calf will be 200 less to kill its 600 odd before you turn around

Stabiliser great suckler cattle.. If I was to start up again would be on the look out for a batch of them 👌🏻 Dairy man doing well out of those calves, he does have all the risk and the cost of raising them the first month too I suppose. What works for one man doesn't work for another. For my set up I was buying them in cheaper than that Fleckveigh xBB and they were powerful wee calves and one killed out at U grade. It seemed to work for me better than the sucks. Keep at the sucklers though if the sums are working for you 💪🏻

@@garymadden2656 Cheers Gary 👍🏻👍🏻

@@DonalHarte Cheers 👍🏻 Takes the AI bulls I think. And a good milky cow!!

@@captainteeling7002 Absolutely, you're right! The worst thing is everyone thinks the farmers are taking home a fortune! Need to be on a big scale now to do well in farming it's starting to look like 🤔 Thanks for watching and your comment 👍🏻

@JohnSAgri Not a bother ,just for the craic, what is the price of the red diesel with ye and Fertiliser??

Compound fert £340 a ton and Diesel about 90p so we are getting away a bit cheaper up here. I'd love a telehandler just trying to keep up the payments on one!

@JohnSAgri Thanks, we got Some Fertiliser in Belleek, and it worked out cheaper than buying it from Connacht Gold, and Diesel is @ 98p just on the border at Belleek and cheaper than in Ballyshannon or Sligo

@@captainteeling7002 Every penny counts.. Worth driving a few extra mile to get some cheap fert! The grass doesn't grow without it!

@@ciaranconeely8579 cheers for watching 👍🏻

@@DM-eq1fq I have used a few but main ones is an angus-Matteo, a limousin-Knell and a Simmental-Earp... All good bulls, fairly easy calving. Really like earp 👍🏻 Didn't lose any calves in the calving with any of them bulls all natural born 👍🏻

@@DM-eq1fq Hi, thanks for watching and your comment 👍🏻 Aye the diary stock won't be as good as the beef bred calves but when you do the sums you mightn't need need as much for them at the other side to make money 🤔 Definitely quality stores will be harder to buy going forward with the suckler herd numbers dropping each year... Hard to know what the future is for the suck cow?

@@DM-eq1fq Had no bother with flies this year thankfully. Sometimes would do them with 'spot on' but as it's been so cold and breezy this year haven't seen them bothered with flies 👍🏻

@@paulthompson8467 Aye Paul, what works for one man doesn't work for another and you're in the same boat as myself! Weanlings would be nice to buy in, less straw and risks etc but think I'll try the calves on milk again and see how that goes. Smaller cattle are handier worked with and easier on the ground which is nice too especially after the past few weeks we've had. Thanks for the comment, glad you've found a system that suits you. Don't know what the future is for sucklers? Time will tell

​@@JohnSAgrigood video about hay

​@@farmboi390thank you for watching 💪🏻

What age roughly do you buy them in? And how long do you keep them? I have sucklers cows and it’s tough work the last few years. Thinking of changing.

​@@digitalguyzzzI normally bought them in maybe 2/3 weeks old and would have put them on to eringold once a day powder worked for me then weaned them off. Also had the lend of an automatic calve feeder for a couple of months was a savage job. Calves got milk when they needed it just had to check if they drank yeno. Sucklers not an easy life! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

@@aidanmurphy6845 Hi Aidan. Aye, you're right. Still a lot of risks with calves on milk but at least you can leave them in the evening and shouldn't have any emergencies to look at over night! Thanks for the comment. Still have a soft spot for the sucklers but giving it a break for a year or two and you never know, might buy a few of these stabiliser cattle in the future to restart the suckler herd 👍🏻 Cheers

@@paulthompson8467 Thanks Paul. Always good to have you in watching 👍🏻

@@richardmcclean9485 Thanks Richard! Glad you liked it 👍🏻👍🏻