Farming Chit Chat

reilig

Sitting in the airport waiting for a flight to London.

Username John

reilig wrote: »

Sitting in the airport waiting for a flight to London.

Oh - very nice. Well, enjoy London.

Don't be coming on here now over the weekend, checking that we're all behaving... we'll look after the place just grand

JohnBoy

feeling sorry for myself swilling vast quatities of exputex mostly.

watch the match sunday and tomorrow we've a reliving our childhood family day out where we're going to the woods for a picnic then on to the beach in the afternoon then a bbq at my sisters afterwards.


or if the weather doesnt play ball we're all bringing ourselves and our childer to the parents house for the day.

Viewtodiefor

bob charles wrote: »

its friday, so who is going where for the weekend

Night away and Dinner with d girlfriend tomorrow night followed by few drinks, dinner Sunday at her parents and watch d match also

Charlie Charolais

Going to check out the cattle trade in the mart, we have stores to sell in the coming weeks so we want to see what sort of stock the demand is for.
Putting the finishing touches to a new slatted tank we dug out of existing hayshed
Finding a fault with a mains fencer
Updating the Bord Bia book
Championship match on Sunday

whelan1

got up this morning to a cow calving, this cow puts jordans bust to shame, has had milk running for about 4 days, thought she's never calve, she was one of the "too posh to push" brigade :rolleyes: so had to bring her in and jack the calf out, a fine big belgian blue heifer out of idb...all well

Tipp Man

whelan1 wrote: »

got up this morning to a cow calving, this cow puts jordans bust to shame, has had milk running for about 4 days, thought she's never calve, she was one of the "too posh to push" brigade :rolleyes: so had to bring her in and jack the calf out, a fine big belgian blue heifer out of idb...all well

how come you don't use Angus on the dairy herd when you have a supply of bulls?

whelan1

Tipp Man wrote: »

how come you don't use Angus on the dairy herd when you have a supply of bulls?

i use the angus bull to clean up at end of the year, the ones that are calving now are ai, this one was a carryover from the spring herd that hadnt gone in calf, decided to have a bit of variety:) have angus bull with heifers after ai also

Tipp Man

Variety is the spice of life - or so they say

pakalasa

whelan1 wrote: »

... a fine big belgian blue heifer out of idb...all well

Just wondering how long would you typically keep the BB calves before selling. I know these BB calves can be very plain when born, especially if B&W colour. Is it worth your while to keep them for a few weeks till they throw out some shape?

whelan1

will keep it for 2 weeks on the cow... then mart all going well, nice shapely calf, big hips and a big head:rolleyes:

leg wax

had my first dbz calf this morn at 3, a heifer,big enough cant tell what she will be like as she has a hairy ass.

simx

what are freasin bullocks square enough sorts making in your area,400kgs. . . around me(mid leinster) it can be 300-400 along with kg

snowman707

after a care free few months

pneumonia in a weanling and a lamb this evening , fecking lamb is dodgy enough,

pakalasa

Funny but tonight I took a real close look at the weanlings for signs of pneumonia. This is the weather for it alright.

Bodacious

Had today off so was spraying mad all day... i seemed to get no chance to get at it this Summer done bits here and there but not as much as id like

Put MCPA on grassland few rush patches and buttercups/flowers etc to clean up

Grazon 90 on few briars round the perimeter under fences etc

Then in the evening i put out one tank 95ltr of spot spraying asulox on ferns and im sorry to say the "spray window" for the ferns seems to have passed they gone brown so i concentrated on the green and smaller fronds.. its a bitch knowing that ill have to go over some of them again next year:mad:

Hope it all dried in time for the shower at 21.00

whelan1

wish the rain would just **** off:mad:

who the fug

I take ye are having one of them summers that made run the feck away from farming as a teenager

just do it

who the fug wrote: »

I take ye are having one of them summers that made run the feck away from farming as a teenager

Keep running!!! What's the summer like where ever you are?

whelan1

so long peoples, off to get pissed:D:D:D am actually wearing a dress, going to my brothers wedding, will be:cool: tomorrow

who the fug

just do it wrote: »

Keep running!!! What's the summer like where ever you are?

Not great in London, but operating a desk in air conditioned office I can live with it

Mind you looking after cows as a kid, is great training for dealing with customers.

just do it

who the fug wrote: »

Not great in London, but operating a desk in air conditioned office I can live with it

Mind you looking after cows as a kid, is great training for dealing with customers.

Great few weeks with the Olympics I'd say - was the place buzzing?

td5man

who the fug wrote: »

just do it wrote: »

Keep running!!! What's the summer like where ever you are?

Not great in London, but operating a desk in air conditioned office I can live with it

Mind you looking after cows as a kid, is great training for dealing with customers.

1/2" water pipe to keep them in line

who the fug

td5man wrote: »

1/2" water pipe to keep them in line

some rations rattling in a bucket works better ;)

1chippy

At a wedding yesterday. dying today and trying to get ssuits organised for my own.

just do it

1chippy wrote: »

At a wedding yesterday. dying today and trying to get ssuits organised for my own.

Fair duece chippy, and yesterday's wedding hasn't deterred you!

Best of luck, when's the big day?

1chippy

start of Oct. same week cows start calving, wasnt great planning on my part.

blue5000

1chippy wrote: »

start of Oct. same week cows start calving, wasnt great planning on my part.

Got hitched around then myself, after the wheat and before the maize:D
Where are you headed for the honeymoon?

td5man

1chippy wrote: »

start of Oct. same week cows start calving, wasnt great planning on my part.

Sure you were only doing what you were told!!!!

1chippy

Vietnam for three weeks. seen a wee bit before.