Lovely heifers and armour (sward) on the the ground . Its like walking on Axminster carpet for them and giving them the full hedge is a rare sight indeed. Lots of diverse pickings and a bit of silage and no housing or grain supplements all year nor slurry nor fertiliser polluting the ground . Less inputs = big job satisfaction and a few bob. 👍
Well Colum yes it's all about the soil armour. And all we need to do is allow the grass to express it's natural potential and let there gardeners aka ruminats trim and go.
Another good looking calf, three for three on heifers, that belty looks like a good mom too. I know James Rebanks loves his belties, seem to do well in rough country. Hopefully more heifers to come, have a great day Sean
Well George how are you getting on. Yes there as close to mountain sheep as cattle can be. I'm going to go all in with them for 2023🙌 hope the snow goes soon 🤞
It seems like you're coming 'round on the Galloways. They're looking great and responding to your management. I've had cattle like that before that take a season and a bit to really calm down; glad they're working out for you. - Peter
Well Peter yes I might have learned the practices of regenerative farming but I was slow to recognise or adapt to the animal I needed. Learnt the hard way too this year I guess. Feeling re-energised thank you Peter 👌
Congratulations, my friend. You're having a great run after your bad luck with the cow who didn't make it a few weeks ago. And you deserve it, because you worked so hard and patiently ith that cow, that you deserve some good luck. Well done, buddy.
@@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 wow see how she develops. 😊 I remember you said your blue was a different colour before. It’s amazing how nature can surprise.
Fantastic , the Galloways seem that little bit less domesticated than other cattle. I think that’s what I like about them. They seem to have very strong instincts like wild animals. 3 heifers , I hope the rest are heifers too 👋🏻👏🏻
Well k yes that's it's. I was very close to giving up on them. The hassle her daughter gave me was crazy. And the pucking with the head. But I had to realise I needed to adapt and with the culling of the weaker animals the herd would settle down. Also that young Galloway lady is a wee pet altogether now. Amazing turn around 🤘
People say they are very quiet animals the Galloways in general. Maybe it’a because the mother was from Connemara, the Connie’s can be a handful . And I’m not talking cattle or ponies 😉
Regarding the comments on Galloways, the heady shepherds land is possibly higher but very similar land. Very wet heavy land, bands of clay run through and 70-80” of rain but doubt he would say they are doing badly 🤷♂️. I pass them and they seem to be doing well, holding condition through the winter and calves appear to be growing well. But he is leaning towards show cattle, bigger calves more calving problems which I fear could be an increasing problem in the breed. Some of your cattle look closer to dairy using a lot of energy to keep warm and the shorthorn heifers might be very different cows. It will be interesting to see 👍 A lot of breeds have been probably grown soft with wintering indoors. The Stabalisers look very interesting and may suit keeping the size down to reduce poaching. Just an outsider looking in nowadays.
Hi John very interesting. Yes there is still a dairy strain in a few of my cows I'm planning to move them on now that I have some nice hiefers coming through. The next few years will see big chances. Really looking forward too it. Nice to be in a position to sell stock too. The fee pound back is always handy👌
Looks like the new calf will have plenty of milk. Nice active calf and a heifer too. I'll be curious to see what the blue roan looking cow throws. She's a good looking husky cow for sure. 🙂
Well Joel yes it's great not to be worried about up an sucking. The bull we had produced real March hares. That blue hiefer I'm excited for too she's an Ai bred shorthorn out of a bb/bf and carrying to our red and white shorthorn. She's due the 5th of April plus. Should be a colourful calf. Also the first calf to be born from a cow that never saw the inside of a shed. 🙌
Field up the road from my house has maybe 15 of those Galloways, see them Everyday on my travels , high enough field kinda sandy ground. Spotted a calf there sunday morning. They seem to trive in the Irish climate
I was complaining about them earlier this year. But I realised if I want Hardy and tough there the way to go. But it was her daughters turning out so quiet that sealed the deal👍
Great run of heifers, you will have options to keep the ones you want and move on some cows that suit your system least. Nothing better than when things go well in farming.
Well James yes. I'm excited about getting through the generations and getting more adapted year by year. Eventually all cows will never have seen the inside of a shed
This time last year we were on 3 bulls . It's amazing really. And here's the next interesting thing. If the next cow to calve is the white shorthorn, which is very likely, and she as a bull it will be her 4 bull in a row. However if she has a hiefer 😀 You know the rest 🤞
Congrats on that beautiful heifer calf! I didn't hear you mention what breed the Sire was? Shorthorn? I'd wager that will be one of your fastest growing calves for the season with that bag of milk and a good mother. Cheers!
Well done Seàn, nice little heifer. Do you think she will go a bit red? I do like the Shorthorns although the Galloways are beginning to capture my interest😊 great stuff.
Well Padraig thank you, she has lightened up today she's a kind of chocolate brown and gets lighter around her underside. Hard to know will she keep that colour darken or lighten further. Interesting to see for sure. I expect the daughter to be similar or red would be great. Her sire is red gene positive too.
Seems to be the case with everyone I know this year. We r all getting heifer calves. 4 heifers so far this year for me no bulls. Only thing I’m worried about is that I’ll have no bull calves to catch the cows for ai this summer.
@@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 I’ve 5 more to calve this month and then another 3 stragglers in June and another 2 in October. Ya I agree with ya over the statement over smaller herds swinging. Seems to happen to me a lot of the time with certain years being a majority sex
Well lad I take it all back tbh. Yes there tough and head strong but not wild like I thought. They just really really don't like to be separated on there own. They would go through iron but once we know that it's easy to manage
Idea world we be able to leave cattle out for winter, but some places have heavy soil, no shelter etc, my question is, is it not fair on Galloway's to be housed in sheds for over 5 months,
Now you have it G K. We got rid of the cattle that suited our land and spent thousands on trying to change it to suit big and bigger grainavores. We ripped out all of our hedges and opened up big draughty meadows ploughed and reseeded them and can only be grazed in a dry summer. All very costly 🤔
is it wrong to house Galloways for winter. i know they are hardy, great coats. but i have to house my livestock due to very heavy ground. be ploughed even by light cattle?
Well G K great question. That's the very thing I'm out to prove. In short, the only thing I think about and what governs my ever move all year is to prepare for the 6 months of winter. I'm just days away from releasing the shackles and speeding up the herd full time grass grazing. On average I'm doing a 6 rotation to year system. Give or take in different areas. With daily moves that means for 359 days of the year there is no cattle on the farm. That is more than enough time for land to heal after each major but short animal impact event that land and a ruminant ecosystems needs. Personally I believe land does better when rested but a 6 month rest ritually is not optimal for building soil fertility 🤞
You’re beginning to change your mind on the belted beasts!! Lovely calf
Well Tom yes and further more I'm going all in this year with a bull on hire for the month of July 🤞 a red beltie bull
Lovely heifers and armour (sward) on the the ground . Its like walking on Axminster carpet for them and giving them the full hedge is a rare sight indeed. Lots of diverse pickings and a bit of silage and no housing or grain supplements all year nor slurry nor fertiliser polluting the ground . Less inputs = big job satisfaction and a few bob. 👍
Well Colum yes it's all about the soil armour. And all we need to do is allow the grass to express it's natural potential and let there gardeners aka ruminats trim and go.
Amazing characters. They graze on the hills and do a great job. Sadly some in the herd came down with TB which might be down to the cold wet winter.
Well Dominic sorry to hear that. It's a bad concern always. Our test is tomorrow 🤞
Another good looking calf, three for three on heifers, that belty looks like a good mom too. I know James Rebanks loves his belties, seem to do well in rough country. Hopefully more heifers to come, have a great day Sean
Well George how are you getting on. Yes there as close to mountain sheep as cattle can be. I'm going to go all in with them for 2023🙌 hope the snow goes soon 🤞
Excellent stockmanship Sean, calved inside 12months. You can't get much better than that, well done and good luck
Thank you John appreciate that 👍
It seems like you're coming 'round on the Galloways. They're looking great and responding to your management. I've had cattle like that before that take a season and a bit to really calm down; glad they're working out for you. - Peter
Well Peter yes I might have learned the practices of regenerative farming but I was slow to recognise or adapt to the animal I needed. Learnt the hard way too this year I guess.
Feeling re-energised thank you Peter 👌
@@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 We're all learning as we go. Only fools say they know it all.
Congratulations, my friend. You're having a great run after your bad luck with the cow who didn't make it a few weeks ago. And you deserve it, because you worked so hard and patiently ith that cow, that you deserve some good luck. Well done, buddy.
Thank you too and I appreciate your support. We are definitely moving towards the more hardy beast one generation at a time. 🙏
Fair play Sean, lovely calf. Those beasts are happy out having gotten through the worst of the winter.
Well bird thank you. Yes I'm definitely gonna go down the Hardy hooer route. I'll sleep better on a wet windy winters night for sure😁
Love the Galloway. New calves are looking fantastic.
Thank you Declan. I'm going to go all in I think this year. We've a red beltie bull booked for the month of July 🙏
Beautiful calf and the bonus is she is a heifer. Super hardy. It makes my day when I see them up feeding and skipping. .
Thank you Marie. I'm definitely now moving towards the Hardy beast needed. One generation at a time 🤞
Congratulations on the new calf looking class
Thank you 👌
Got to love the galloway! Well done Sean, things are flying for you now. Best of luck with the rest of them lad. 👍
Thank you Seamus 3 more very close 🙏
Well done Sean, great outfit, good luck to them all
Thank you John 👌
Congratulations - such a cute calf with quirky white socks 😁
Thank you Amir just I'm home after my night checks. There is a red/brown colour to her too Know more in the morning 🙌
@@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 wow see how she develops. 😊 I remember you said your blue was a different colour before. It’s amazing how nature can surprise.
Another lovely calf sean God bless her
Thank you Michael. She's a brown and white. Should be a nice hiefer 🙌
Good looking calf✔️
Another beautiful girl! Really happy for you. 🎉
Thank you Deborah she's flying about the place today 😁
@@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 Can’t wait to see. 😃
Beautiful calf Sean and no bother at all
Fantastic , the Galloways seem that little bit less domesticated than other cattle. I think that’s what I like about them. They seem to have very strong instincts like wild animals. 3 heifers , I hope the rest are heifers too 👋🏻👏🏻
Well k yes that's it's. I was very close to giving up on them. The hassle her daughter gave me was crazy. And the pucking with the head. But I had to realise I needed to adapt and with the culling of the weaker animals the herd would settle down. Also that young Galloway lady is a wee pet altogether now. Amazing turn around 🤘
People say they are very quiet animals the Galloways in general. Maybe it’a because the mother was from Connemara, the Connie’s can be a handful . And I’m not talking cattle or ponies 😉
Checking in Sean.
Keeping an eye on them from kilkenny.
They are looking grand 👍
Super stuff Clare thank you 👌
Regarding the comments on Galloways, the heady shepherds land is possibly higher but very similar land. Very wet heavy land, bands of clay run through and 70-80” of rain but doubt he would say they are doing badly 🤷♂️. I pass them and they seem to be doing well, holding condition through the winter and calves appear to be growing well. But he is leaning towards show cattle, bigger calves more calving problems which I fear could be an increasing problem in the breed. Some of your cattle look closer to dairy using a lot of energy to keep warm and the shorthorn heifers might be very different cows. It will be interesting to see 👍 A lot of breeds have been probably grown soft with wintering indoors. The Stabalisers look very interesting and may suit keeping the size down to reduce poaching. Just an outsider looking in nowadays.
Hi John very interesting. Yes there is still a dairy strain in a few of my cows I'm planning to move them on now that I have some nice hiefers coming through. The next few years will see big chances. Really looking forward too it. Nice to be in a position to sell stock too. The fee pound back is always handy👌
Looks like the new calf will have plenty of milk. Nice active calf and a heifer too. I'll be curious to see what the blue roan looking cow throws. She's a good looking husky cow for sure. 🙂
Well Joel yes it's great not to be worried about up an sucking. The bull we had produced real March hares.
That blue hiefer I'm excited for too she's an Ai bred shorthorn out of a bb/bf and carrying to our red and white shorthorn. She's due the 5th of April plus. Should be a colourful calf. Also the first calf to be born from a cow that never saw the inside of a shed. 🙌
Field up the road from my house has maybe 15 of those Galloways, see them Everyday on my travels , high enough field kinda sandy ground. Spotted a calf there sunday morning. They seem to trive in the Irish climate
I was complaining about them earlier this year. But I realised if I want Hardy and tough there the way to go. But it was her daughters turning out so quiet that sealed the deal👍
And i mean EVERYDAY for the last 3 years
Once, twice, three times a heifer...you're all luck 👌😁
Great run of heifers, you will have options to keep the ones you want and move on some cows that suit your system least. Nothing better than when things go well in farming.
Well James yes. I'm excited about getting through the generations and getting more adapted year by year. Eventually all cows will never have seen the inside of a shed
Another healthy vigorous heifer 😊
I'll probably end up selling my jack. Not used now in a long while 🤞
Well done sean heifer year for u hopefully, do they lotto 😂
This time last year we were on 3 bulls . It's amazing really. And here's the next interesting thing. If the next cow to calve is the white shorthorn, which is very likely, and she as a bull it will be her 4 bull in a row. However if she has a hiefer 😀
You know the rest 🤞
Congrats on that beautiful heifer calf! I didn't hear you mention what breed the Sire was? Shorthorn? I'd wager that will be one of your fastest growing calves for the season with that bag of milk and a good mother. Cheers!
Well Willie yes she's of our stock bull we sold before the end of year. Red and white shorthorn, this would be he's second crop coming now 🙌
First😁
🤕
Well done Seàn, nice little heifer. Do you think she will go a bit red? I do like the Shorthorns although the Galloways are beginning to capture my interest😊 great stuff.
Well Padraig thank you, she has lightened up today she's a kind of chocolate brown and gets lighter around her underside. Hard to know will she keep that colour darken or lighten further. Interesting to see for sure. I expect the daughter to be similar or red would be great. Her sire is red gene positive too.
Seems to be the case with everyone I know this year. We r all getting heifer calves. 4 heifers so far this year for me no bulls. Only thing I’m worried about is that I’ll have no bull calves to catch the cows for ai this summer.
Very interesting Andrew have you many left? I find it balances out eventually with larger herds but small holdings can be big swings some years 👌
@@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 I’ve 5 more to calve this month and then another 3 stragglers in June and another 2 in October. Ya I agree with ya over the statement over smaller herds swinging. Seems to happen to me a lot of the time with certain years being a majority sex
I have seven calved, 5 bulls 2 heifers
Great calf again. Bet your glad u kept that cow. Did u say they were hard to handle?
Well lad I take it all back tbh. Yes there tough and head strong but not wild like I thought. They just really really don't like to be separated on there own. They would go through iron but once we know that it's easy to manage
Sean, nice work. What bull did you use on the beltie cow?
Shorthorn bull his own
Idea world we be able to leave cattle out for winter, but some places have heavy soil, no shelter etc, my question is, is it not fair on Galloway's to be housed in sheds for over 5 months,
Now you have it G K. We got rid of the cattle that suited our land and spent thousands on trying to change it to suit big and bigger grainavores. We ripped out all of our hedges and opened up big draughty meadows ploughed and reseeded them and can only be grazed in a dry summer.
All very costly 🤔
is it wrong to house Galloways for winter. i know they are hardy, great coats. but i have to house my livestock due to very heavy ground. be ploughed even by light cattle?
Well G K great question. That's the very thing I'm out to prove.
In short, the only thing I think about and what governs my ever move all year is to prepare for the 6 months of winter. I'm just days away from releasing the shackles and speeding up the herd full time grass grazing. On average I'm doing a 6 rotation to year system. Give or take in different areas. With daily moves that means for 359 days of the year there is no cattle on the farm. That is more than enough time for land to heal after each major but short animal impact event that land and a ruminant ecosystems needs.
Personally I believe land does better when rested but a 6 month rest ritually is not optimal for building soil fertility 🤞
Are Galloways a bit hardier than Shorthorn or Herefords?
Well Tom absolutely. No comparison really. They have the same double insulated winter coat as the American boison.
How many acres do u have? 😀
Farming around 30 ish
The place will be littered with belties yet 😉
Hahaha very good. I was thinking I'll sleep far better on a cold windy winters night going down the Hardy hooer route 😁
@@seanofalluinregenerativefa4569 Hardy drumlin hoora's. Must be a new breed. Is that the people or cattle or both?.😂
I think the cows want you to expand the herd with all these heifers.
Haha maybe so very pleased so far Ian.. I'll have to move on some of the less desirables I think 🤔