Meet the weanlings!!

[@neilritchie4035]

Lovely stock. Continental cattle are great. Fair play. Happy Xmas 👍

[@gerryfrawley5307]

Great video very interesting .lovely stock

[@aidandonaghy8853]

Great stock keep up the good work interesting video

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you, I'll do my best 👍🏻

[@Sean-fb7cy]

Happy Christmas

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Many happy returns 👍🏻🎅

[@patrickkeohane634]

Great video!! That crate & scales is a super job!! So true about dosing, most farmers guess the weight & end up under dosing the animal. Looking forward to seeing more videos👍👍

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thanks Patrick, the crate has been a game changer for handling cattle, we wonder now how we managed without it!! 👍🏻 Thanks for the comment 👍🏻

[@maireadkane5689]

Great work Dara Happy Christmas 🎄

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you Mairead and many Happy returns 🎅👍🏻

[@nenuphar2104]

Interesting comment about stock being more comfortable going through the crate, sounds like it was a worthwhile investment and makes weighing an easy job too. Thanks for sharing and happy Christmas

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Definitely worth the investment, it has speeded up the weighing process, it's a one man job now too! Thank you and many happy returns 🎅👍🏻

[@ruairicummins4886]

Super stock Dara happy Christmas and hopefully we ll all have a great farming 2025.

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you Ruairi and many happy returns, please God, 2025 will be a good year 🤞🏻

[@jamesdoyle3586]

Lovely stock, well done.

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you James 👍🏻

[@vincent-x2u1y]

Very good stock enjoyed your video Vincent from clare

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thanks Vincent 👍🏻

[@mourne]

Another great video dara. Happy Christmas to you and your family 🎄

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you and many happy returns 🎅👍🏻

[@denishickey6638]

Dara you have really good stock ,it's great to see the dairy beef side of your business also ,keep making the odd video on the dairy beef calf, not many people are doing it.🤙

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thanks Denis, I'll probably do something on them in the spring or maybe when I'm drafting out some for sale 👍🏻

[@johnthompson982]

Very interesting video you have a fine set-up for handling cattle and some fine stock their. I just found you're channel and subscribed looking forward to seeing more off you're videos HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you and you're family

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you for you nice comment and thank you for subscribing! And many happy returns to you and your family 🎅👍🏻

[@johnthompson982]

@Waltonsbeeffarm 👍

[@tomgreene1843]

Good stock there esp the suckler ones ...have they all been fed grass only over the Summer ?

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you 👍🏻 Suckler calves were obviously on their cows but grass only diet except in Sept when I introduced meal 3 weeks pre- weaning. They were fed for 3 weeks after weaning and then grass only again. Dairy weanlings didn't get any meal from June onwards 👍🏻

[@padraicpurcell6547]

Great content, keep it up 👍 Fine suckler stock. Why are you choosing to have the dairy calf to beef system along side the sucklers as opposed to carrying a larger number of suckler cows?

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you! I'll have to touch on this subject in a video some day! I suppose calves were a cheaper way of getting into more stock at the time and I just kept it up and expanded it! I'm caught with the reduction in derogation so carrying more cows isn't really an option going forward 👍🏻

[@seamus2035]

Lovely stock! What is your reasoning for buying dairy beef stock as opposed to having another 10 or 15 cows with more calves coming through? Do you take all stock through to slaughter?

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thank you! When i was getting into more stock, buying calves was a cheap way to do it, I've expanded it over the years. They help to maximise output on the farm Ideally, I'd love to have more cows, but the farms' stocking rate has also been affected by the reduction in derogation. I used to factory all animals but I can't now so all the suckler bred bullocks will be sold in the mart going forward

[@noelconvery2115]

Would you sell some of your heifer weanlings?

[@Waltonsbeeffarm]

Thanks for the enquiry! 👍🏻 Whatever isn't kept for replacements, I'll probably finish myself 👍🏻