Farming Chit Chat

whelan1

first autumn calver calved this morning a tsk heifer calf from a 2000 gallon cow:)

whelan1

had a sick cow yesterday morning... got the vet:eek:.. not eating and back arched vet said he thought it was some sort of a perforation in the stomach.... so rather than treating her we decided to factory her. Vet wrote out a letter that he had examined her at 10am and that she had got no drugs etc... my husband brought her to the factory, 2 factory vets looked at her, 1 said shes fine work away the other says detain her. The factory- not the usual one we go to as that wasnt killing- rang the vets yesterday evening looking for a cert from the vet , then rang back saying they didnt need it and then rang back 5 minutes later saying they did need it will be interesting to see if i get a cheque or a bill for her:o

flat out !!

Wahoo, well done katie

Suckler

Great fight, trailing heading in to the 3rd round. Great footwork, I wouldnt fancy being stuck in the ring with the russian one meself!

whelan1

could've gone either way, well done katie

dar31

whelan1 wrote: »

first autumn calver calved this morning a tsk heifer calf from a 2000 gallon cow:)

only dried off the first off ours last week!!

whelan1

dar31 wrote: »

only dried off the first off ours last week!!

good to have some milk coming in for when the price increases:rolleyes:

Hay_man

Silage question


Contractor finished bailing at half 7 this evening, but said he will not be able to wrap the bales till tomorrow morning.

I'm wondering will this effect the quality of the silage?

I though I read some where that bales should be wrapped within four hours of bailing.......

whelan1

Hay_man wrote: »

Silage question


Contractor finished bailing at half 7 this evening, but said he will not be able to wrap the bales till tomorrow morning.

I'm wondering will this effect the quality of the silage?

I though I read some where that bales should be wrapped within four hours of bailing.......

at this stage iwould just be happy to get them wrapped at any time, never had an issue of a span of time between baling and wrapping , normally 2 machines would be in field at the same time

nashmach

Hay_man wrote: »

Silage question


Contractor finished bailing at half 7 this evening, but said he will not be able to wrap the bales till tomorrow morning.

I'm wondering will this effect the quality of the silage?

I though I read some where that bales should be wrapped within four hours of bailing.......

No effect at all in our experience.

With a long contrary draw we often do it this way and it suits our contractor.

tismesoitis

vanderbadger wrote: »

they must have been nice heifers to make those prices, fair play

Thanks vander.they were the pick of 9 in fairness 3 are plainer(1 byu 1stq and a kyr ) and 2 real good edj heifers that are a bit younger than the rest so we'l keep the 5 another month or 2. they were very well shaped thick square heifers but had'nt the pedigree b blue type doudle muscle.

blue5000

Oh the agony, decisions, decisions, decisions, can't decide whether to head to the beach or fix the topper and finish off a few thistles:o

reilig

Hay_man wrote: »

Silage question


Contractor finished bailing at half 7 this evening, but said he will not be able to wrap the bales till tomorrow morning.

I'm wondering will this effect the quality of the silage?

I though I read some where that bales should be wrapped within four hours of bailing.......

The only isssue with them will be if they sag a little bit over night. Slightly our of shape bales don't turn as well on the wrapper and he won't be able to turn them on the table as fast as freshly made bales. It will be the contractor's own problem, he'll just have to take his time.

leg wax

blue5000 wrote: »

Oh the agony, decisions, decisions, decisions, can't decide whether to head to the beach or fix the topper and finish off a few thistles:o

if you have a young family then go to the beech as the thistles will be there in years to come when kids are gone with memories of playing with dad on the beech.:rolleyes:

jpos

Today's line includes, reading off after TB test, a round of golf (hopefully) and on to Puck Fair in the evening/next three days.

who the fug

jpos wrote: »

Today's line includes, reading off after TB test, a round of golf (hopefully) and on to Puck Fair in the evening/next three days.

Christ is it that time of year already

Evening/Early Morning would be more apt

bob charles

leg wax wrote: »

if you have a young family then go to the beech as the thistles will be there in years to come when kids are gone with memories of playing with dad on the beech.:rolleyes:

thistles, nothing worse than trying to towel of sand from the craic of your ass when a tunder shower comes along. also taking kids to the beach would cost serious wedge I would imagine

Tora Bora

I'm only a mile from the beach ....... but I still have two more fields of ragwort looking at me. Easy decision. Ragwort. Sad but true. Looking at the stuff absolutely wrecks my head.

jpos

who the fug wrote: »

jpos wrote: »

Today's line includes, reading off after TB test, a round of golf (hopefully) and on to Puck Fair in the evening/next three days.

Christ is it that time of year already

Evening/Early Morning would be more apt

Afraid so. The wallet will be getting a serious exercising over the next few days.

kevthegaff

jpos wrote: »

Afraid so. The wallet will be getting a serious exercising over the next few days.

Fair pi""ing off trying to get a contractor to do work for me, im on hilly land and have 4 acres to bale, jes sick of begging lads:(

who the fug

jpos wrote: »

Afraid so. The wallet will be getting a serious exercising over the next few days.

So will the liver:D

redzerologhlen

Herd test done and dusted today, all clear thanks be to god *sigh of relief* :cool:

Kovu

Final three meadows of ours being mowed today, then off to do some bloody photography work for my brother. And I could be getting some nice sun on the lawn instead:p

whelan1

sitting out in the back yard-chilling;)- and a heifer walked out from behind a trailer, my son who is 4 says " hold on i will play some music for her " grabs a mouth organ and walks over to her... hillarious:D

1chippy

am i doing something seriously wrong or just the only (idiot) farmer that doesnt get time to sit down in the sun?
sorry rough day.

Bleating Lamb

Nope your not....I spent whole day in jeep moving cattle,took advantage of weather to get some rushes sprayed and was moving stock to fresh grass....roaster of a day to be moving cattle:(

leg wax

well a great day here silage finished home to a barbee with my wife and her friends from clare pissed now and good night:P

stanflt

-what a cracker of a day-got the last of silage bales in before 9this morning then picked up 35acres of silage and in between that got the straw baled and hay saved-didnt bale either myself:)
got a phone call at 10pm from land lordond on the out farm to say a cow had calved- a bull by tsk- she wasnt due for 17days, thats the oman blood for you-will have to have her home for 8 in the morning for the end of milking and the outfarm is 14km away- hard to believe were calving again only eighty days break

whelan1

stanflt wrote: »

-what a cracker of a day-got the last of silage bales in before 9this morning then picked up 35acres of silage and in between that got the straw baled and hay saved-didnt bale either myself:)
got a phone call at 10pm from land lordond on the out farm to say a cow had calved- a bull by tsk- she wasnt due for 17days, thats the oman blood for you-will have to have her home for 8 in the morning for the end of milking and the outfarm is 14km away- hard to believe were calving again only eighty days break

another calf this morning and 2 more will calve during the day... the one that was born this morning is a njo bull cow was served 11/11/11 so the exact 9 months, very big calf

whelan1

second cut silage in and covered , round bales of silage done and in... barley straw in... cheers.... come on john joe:)