Farming Chit Chat

blue5000

I'm trying to register calves online and dept website is fooked. Just wondering if anyone else is having problems with AIM.

PS I am wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a jumper+pierre cardin socks for anybody with a bad imagination:D

Bizzum

Bizzum wrote: »

I think the local expert may have been basing his argument on the fact that you are advised not to vacc within a couple of weeks of breeding. I think it's more to do with the stress associated with handling as much as anything else that may effect conception rates.
We try and do them a month or 6 weeks before the bull.

Sorry folks. Im my head I was talking about Lepto, but I see everyone else was talking about BVD. This heat must be getting to me!

Bizzum

blue5000 wrote: »

PS I am wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a jumper+pierre cardin socks for anybody with a bad imagination:D

Going commando Blue?

blue5000

Bizzum wrote: »

Going commando Blue?

As you said yourself the heat is getting to you:D

And the jeans are semi-crotchless too, Will have to be careful of the papparazzi when I'm getting out of the jeep/ off the tractor:eek:

A meal bag might be handy

Kovu

blue5000 wrote: »

Sh1t my big secret is out now, hope you're seein me in a blue dress with a respectable knee length hemline:o:o:o:o:o

If you're wearing one of mine you're fooked so!:D

Finno59

Where do i find a pedigree cow's genetic dam number?

blue5000

Finno59 wrote: »

Where do i find a pedigree cow's genetic dam number?

Should be on her blue card, unless she is ancient

whelan1

Just calved a heifer, jack slipped twice, she went dow in crush,calfs head was swollen, was barely breathing when we got him out.... now has his head up and she is standinf... i am bet though:o

Richk2012

whelan1 wrote: »

Just calved a heifer, jack slipped twice, she went dow in crush,calfs head was swollen, was barely breathing when we got him out.... now has his head up and she is standinf... i am bet though:o

If I were you whelan Id replace that jack straight away. Once they start slipping its the warning sign to fcuk it out , because as true as eggs are eggs , it will let you down when you most need it .
And your better off with no jack than a bad jack , because at least then you wont try and calve the tougher ones and get caught out .
Hope the heifer and calf go on for you

sea12

Isnt farming great when things are going well and the weather like this.
Had three sets of triplets lambs over the past few days and most ewes are having twins. Weather is so good I can let them out after a day (not the triples yet) Even let a big single born this morning out this evening too. Its healthier and shed is a bit full.
Farm full of grass.

Hope it continues this way.:D

Richk2012

sea12 wrote: »

Isnt farming great when things are going well and the weather like this.
Had three sets of triplets lambs over the past few days and most ewes are having twins. Weather is so good I can let them out after a day (not the triples yet) Even let a big single born this morning out this evening too. Its healthier and shed is a bit full.
Farm full of grass.

Hope it continues this way.:D

I was out checking the ewes last night at 3.30 in a t-shirt . So mild its great. No foxs around your way i take it .

dar31

honda quads are really gone pi** poor as of late.
have a 420 that is only 9 months old, and the front wheel bearings are gone in both sides, as well as the track rod ends.
seat cover split open for no reason as well.
had a 420 for 2 years previous to this one as well, and nothing but trouble with it:mad::mad:

dar31

Richk2012 wrote: »

I was out checking the ewes last night at 3.30 in a t-shirt . So mild its great. No foxs around your way i take it .

the problem with the warm weather now, is i dont have a hat on during the day, they are great for fixing up dodgy bits of electric wire

Birdnuts

dar31 wrote: »

the problem with the warm weather now, is i dont have a hat on during the day,

Doing a bit of fencing today and forgot the hat = big sore red head:(

jerdee

spent a whole hour after washing a bull for sale this evening down on my knees scrubbing the todax of f
the fecking floor tis some sh. to stain
..

Kovu

jerdee wrote: »

spent a whole hour after washing a bull for sale this evening down on my knees scrubbing the todax of f
the fecking floor tis some sh. to stain
..

Try red hair dye. Looks like a psychopath went on a spree in the bathroom!

jerdee

Karen112 wrote: »

jerdee wrote: »

spent a whole hour after washing a bull for sale this evening down on my knees scrubbing the todax of f
the fecking floor tis some sh. to stain
..

Try red hair dye. Looks like a psychopath went on a spree in the bathroom!

looks like my fingers have been smoking a hundred fags a day ........and I don t smoke......

Kovu

jerdee wrote: »

looks like my fingers have been smoking a hundred fags a day ........and I don t smoke......

I've covered myself with the stuff before while injecting a cow and she leapt while I was injecting her. Ended up looking like I was jaundiced!
Another time I was helping a man vaccinate on the chutes at work and managed (somehow) to vaccinate myself! Cue trip to the doctor 2 days later when my finger was swollen like a balloon.

bob charles

dar31 wrote: »

honda quads are really gone pi** poor as of late.
have a 420 that is only 9 months old, and the front wheel bearings are gone in both sides, as well as the track rod ends.
seat cover split open for no reason as well.
had a 420 for 2 years previous to this one as well, and nothing but trouble with it:mad::mad:

If something is crap once, dont go back looking for more misery

johngalway

dar31 wrote: »

honda quads are really gone pi** poor as of late.
have a 420 that is only 9 months old, and the front wheel bearings are gone in both sides, as well as the track rod ends.
seat cover split open for no reason as well.
had a 420 for 2 years previous to this one as well, and nothing but trouble with it:mad::mad:

When I was looking up quads I did see a lot of people say to steer clear of the 420's. There also seems to be a lot of them for sale second hand.

reilig

johngalway wrote: »

When I was looking up quads I did see a lot of people say to steer clear of the 420's. There also seems to be a lot of them for sale second hand.

+1

I was advised to keep away from the 420.

I have my quad Honda 500 for 12 months this week. It has been pretty reliable and I have 400 hours on it and it has done some seriously heavy work. The old man said last night, after he came in from licking a 10 acre meadow with it, that we really couldn't live without it now. Its a big change for a man who wouldn't drive it for the first 3 months that we had it.

Only problem I have with it is that it needs a job done on the rear brakes as they just won't stop it dead anymore - they will hold it on a hill though. I checked the wear mark on the brakes and it looks like the rear brake shoes are well worn. Ordered a new set yesterday and studied the manual. it doesn't look too hard to replace them. There's even a video on how to do it on youtube. I'm going to take a chance and try to do them myself at the weekend. Anyone ever done it and know if it's a difficult job?

Muckit

Karen112 wrote: »

Another time I was helping a man vaccinate on the chutes at work

Do you work in a mart? Was it a lad doing them before he brought them home?

dar31

johngalway wrote: »

When I was looking up quads I did see a lot of people say to steer clear of the 420's. There also seems to be a lot of them for sale second hand.

honda's used to be great bike. and i thought the first 420 was just a once off, the current one just reinforces the fact that they are a piece of c!@p.
there is 6500km on this one but they usually lasted til well over 11000km before parts started to wear

Kovu

Muckit wrote: »

Do you work in a mart? Was it a lad doing them before he brought them home?

Yup I do:D

It was usually the Northern buyers who did it.

johngalway

dar31 wrote: »

honda's used to be great bike. and i thought the first 420 was just a once off, the current one just reinforces the fact that they are a piece of c!@p.
there is 6500km on this one but they usually lasted til well over 11000km before parts started to wear

The fella I borrow the quad off has a Yamaha, great bike. It's got Ultramatic written on the side of it and that's all I know from here. He was showing me when you put weight on the back tray how the tow bar comes UP, but he said on the new ones when you do that the tow bar goes DOWN, which makes no sense to me anyhow.

I think the 500 Hondas are supposed to be alright.

My view on them is get one with a bit of poke and only use it when it's needed. I've read a lot of people complaining about how much fuel they use, but sure that's only used when the bike is turned on, walk more I reckon They're a great tool, but I think some think of them as armchairs!

redzerologhlen

Muckit wrote: »

Any pics?? How old is he? Fair play to him for holding out

Got a pic of him today, he was actually 1150kg, by sylvain...might sos him for a few heifers off his shorthorn cows next september

whelan1

sold 2 fr cows straight from parlour, €800 and 750 .. happy enough, now off to pack:cool:

johngalway

whelan1 wrote: »

sold 2 fr cows straight from parlour, €800 and 750 .. happy enough, now off to pack:cool:

Where ya headin?

whelan1

johngalway wrote: »

Where ya headin?

benalmadena , spain flight at 7.30 am

johngalway

Have a good time