Farming Chit Chat

leg wax

i think magic day is here on this farm:).

johngalway

Done a bit of spraying today and just as I finished it starts drizzling :rolleyes:

td5man

johngalway wrote: »

Done a bit of spraying today and just as I finished it starts drizzling :rolleyes:

Thats what happens when you break the sabbath!!!

johngalway

td5man wrote: »

Thats what happens when you break the sabbath!!!

Yeah right

tismesoitis

Great weather forecast for the week ahead. mowers are pulling in on tuesday mornin:D looking forward to dirtying our new slab:).

Kovu

Anyone else noticed that the animal to the very left in the May photo of the IFJ calender appears to have no tags in?

(I may have a bit too much time on my hands:o)

whelan1

got rid of the excesses of the weekend by running after 2 angus heifers for the last hour:rolleyes: my mother was helping us,she was driving the jeep, she managed to bury it to the axle in the only wet spot in the field:rolleyes:

reilig

You know farming is doing well when Teagasc tell you that they've got "hundreds" of clients looking to incorporate in an effort to shelter themselves from big income tax bills

Farming Independent.

Is anyone here one of these Teagasc Clients?

whelan1

my husband was on a run in the lorry today, he got a pup on a farm where he was, our daughter has had a irrational fear of dogs since she was attacked 2 years ago... shes here on the sofa with the pup asleep on her lap;)

wesleysniper38

reilig wrote: »

Farming Independent.

Is anyone here one of these Teagasc Clients?

yes indeed.
as i write here from my yacht in the med...........:cool:

pakalasa

whelan1 wrote: »

my husband was on a run in the lorry today, he got a pup on a farm where he was, our daughter has had a irrational fear of dogs since she was attacked 2 years ago... shes here on the sofa with the pup asleep on her lap;)

That's great. Confront your fears, as they say. I saw a programme on RTE a while back where a young mother had a phobia about dogs. The only reason she was seeking help was, she wanted to bring her young child to play in the local park.

bbam

pakalasa wrote: »

That's great. Confront your fears, as they say. I saw a programme on RTE a while back where a young mother had a phobia about dogs. The only reason she was seeking help was, she wanted to bring her young child to play in the local park.

Our daughter was afraid of all animals after an incident with a dog let loose by a careless owner at a picnic site in France.
We got some laying hens a few weeks ago and she just adores them. Hopefully she will come round as time goes on. She trusted one dog owned by friends, 15 year old lab, but sadly it died.

johngalway

redzerologhlen

johngalway wrote: »

I think I will get into sheep John....looks like more fun than cattle, what breed are they

whelan1

never thought last week i would be saying this " i've got sunburn" :cool:

Kovu

johngalway wrote: »

What in the name of f**k did you google to find that??:eek:

redzerologhlen

Kovu Murr wrote: »

johngalway wrote: »

What in the name of f**k did you google to find that??:eek:

Sheep farmers :rolleyes:

johngalway

I found it on another farming forum

I was ready to sell up and retire there until around 1:40 :pac:

Charlie Charolais

Saw a man bringing his bull to service a neighbours cow this evening, a fairly rare sight

moy83

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

Saw a man bringing his bull to service a neighbours cow this evening, a fairly rare sight

A fella beside us has started up a bull service this year aswell . I dont know why I thought that craic was well over

roran

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

Saw a man bringing his bull to service a neighbours cow this evening, a fairly rare sight

In my (younger) day, it was always the cow that was brought to the bull...is this cow-lib??;)

bbam

We had a "bull man" round here when I was young... He brought his bull in a trailer behind the car and serviced the cow...

He was loading the bull one day and it killed him

It's allot of handling of a bull to be loading/unloading them constantly and then bringing them to/from cows in heat.. I'd say its asking for trouble at some stage!

Charlie Charolais

We had a bull man years ago too, can't remember his name, he was "the bull man"!
He always came to us and small farm neighbours, he used charge 10 pound, small money looking back.
Couldn't be good for transfer of disease, farm to farm, cow to cow etc

whelan1

devastation here, fox got the hens last night... he broke the wire into the coop- 5 left out of 12 ... we heard the commotion at 3 am and went out .:mad:

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

devastation here, fox got the hens last night... he broke the wire into the coop- 5 left out of 12 ... we heard the commotion at 3 am and went out .:mad:

Mother of god!
This is a Big fear for us as we don't have our hens long.
What size of wire? We have inch chicken wire, I've heard they eat through the two inch wire as there is less strands to break.
We put ours in at night and close the coop. I'm afraid about when we're away on hols, the brother mightn't bother!i
think I'll put up electric fence when I'm away

whelan1

its 2 inch chicken wire... f&cker made a hole in it... took the head clean off the guinea foul:eek: getting stronger wire today

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

its 2 inch chicken wire... f&cker made a hole in it... took the head clean off the guinea foul:eek: getting stronger wire today

I was told the one inch wire had too many strands for them to break. Now I'm worried
Was going to put up a permanent electric fence but the girls love feeding them through the wire and going in to pet them in the run.

reilig

that's just class! I never knew that the climate was so good in Roscommon!!

johngalway wrote: »

bbam

We just settled in three lovely weaned pigs too. Happy as pigs in the perverbial sh1te. Cute little things too but that's not going to save them later in the year!

bbam

Are we all breathing a little easier now that a growth has kicked in?
Our heifers have been eating an unreal amount of grass but in the last few days they've been basking in the sunshine and eating less.