WILF 44,273 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 minute ago, jetro said: The reason I asked is, they make it just over the road from me. Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, WILF said: A pretty nice picture from this week for those who like that sort of thing Lowline cattle ? Atb j 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SheepChaser 8,082 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, WILF said: I’m just eating an old Tex that I have had for 5 years, she just hung around as a pet really but she went lame and had a skin growth between her back hoof that was red raw all the time, treated it but it never got better and I wasn’t about to start cutting it off so off she went and I have to say she tastes great We hang up a good few two year olds, big chops, lots of flavour etc 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,273 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 minute ago, jetro said: Lowline cattle ? Atb j Yes mate.....you must be one of the few people in Ireland who know that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: I’m quite interested in the Viking era in the uk and if anyone else is also it’s worth reading about the battle of brunanbrugh Their like a cross between a Angus and a dexter, in a strange way Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, jetro said: Their like a cross between a Angus and a dexter, in a strange way Atb j Dont know what I did wrong there. Wrong topic Atb j 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,273 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 minute ago, jetro said: Their like a cross between a Angus and a dexter, in a strange way Atb j They are actually from an old pedigree Angus herd specially imported to Australia from Scotland. Because of the weather out there they wanted to try and breed an animal that did well just on forage, calved easily and also produced a decent amount of beef. They established 3 groups at the research centre out there, Top line, middle line and Low Line and the low line out performed the others over the 30 years they ran the experiment. They are about 60% the size of “standard” cattle but don’t carry the dwarfism gene like small dexter. Anyway, 30 years and they shut the experiment down and all the stock and genetics were bought by a group of cattlemen out there......hey presto, Low Line Cattle. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginger beard 4,652 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Hows the iron age.? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,173 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 24/09/2020 at 10:29, Francie said: Wilf I get my organic beef an milk an vegs boxes from Culmore farm in Kilrea, its more dearer but good clean quality. Are you thinking of setting up? Kilrea northern ireland??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,273 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, ginger beard said: Hows the iron age.? Dead ! Lol All the pork is in the freezer now mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SheepChaser 8,082 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Nice low lines! Good money to be had for breeding stock to! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginger beard 4,652 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, WILF said: Dead ! Lol All the pork is in the freezer now mate Nice.what was the dead weight.? And of those cattle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,273 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, ginger beard said: Nice.what was the dead weight.? And of those cattle. Have not got a clue mate, the last two I killed I probably came home with maybe 200kg of pork ?.....maybe more I’m hoping the cattle yield about 180kg of beef. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francie 6,362 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Lenmcharristar said: Kilrea northern ireland??? Yes len 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francie 6,362 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, WILF said: Have not got a clue mate, the last two I killed I probably came home with maybe 200kg of pork ?.....maybe more I’m hoping the cattle yield about 180kg of beef. Are the lowline pricey wilf, are they hard to get, much would a calf be? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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