Farming Chit Chat

whelan1

for any one that uses scissors to cut cows tails , theres a 5 pack of scissors in lidl for €2.99 and they're a great job:)

Black Smoke

whelan1 wrote: »

for any one that uses scissors to cut cows tails , theres a 5 pack of scissors in lidl for €2.99 and they're a great job:)

I got a tin snips at lidl, years ago to do a bit of cutting on some bit of DIY stuff I was doing at the time.
Been using it since to cut cows tails. Super job. Slices through hair and caked in dirt, with the greatest of ease. No messing with doing little bits at a time. It will snip through, a good handfull in one go. Still as good as ever. Must be ten years plus at this stage.

wesleysniper38

reilig wrote: »

Nice calf. Gay is probably the best hoof man in the country! He knows his stuff with cattle too and you will probably be competing with one of his heifer's if you bring her to elphin that day.

Agreed. He's a good fellow surely and not a bit excitable.

Bodacious

whelan1 wrote: »

for any one that uses scissors to cut cows tails , theres a 5 pack of scissors in lidl for €2.99 and they're a great job:)

That's gas I got them sunday evening too for same thing ... I thought it was aldi I got them tho but could be in both

TMSHope

The weather is to get very cold at the weekend, down to single figures. Think I'll have to put the cows in at the weekend. They are out eating a field of aftergrass.

Kovu

wesleysniper38 wrote: »

Agreed. He's a good fellow surely and not a bit excitable.

Strong as an ox. I've seen farriers with less muscle! Good bit of craic too, me and him like to wind the auld fella up:D

blue5000

Nice calf Kovu.

I reckon every slurry tank in the country is on the move today, hope the nimbys don't get too upset over the country air:D

towzer2010

Lovely calf Kovu.

Ya Blue its slurry everywhere the last few days around here.

Nice pungent aroma in the air as I tell my non farming wife:D

I know this was posted before but I advertised something on DoneDeal yesterday. Now I dont know whether it was a full moon or the asylum let people have their monthly phone call, but whatever it was I got loads of calls from what can only be described as lunatics.

One tosser from Cavan even blinded me out of it for not answering his call when I was out of coverage. Crazy stuff. Why do these nutters ring? They really must have no one else to talk to. I'd say only about one in 10 calls were actually genuine.

vanderbadger

towzer2010 wrote: »

Lovely calf Kovu.

Ya Blue its slurry everywhere the last few days around here.

Nice pungent aroma in the air as I tell my non farming wife:D

I know this was posted before but I advertised something on DoneDeal yesterday. Now I dont know whether it was a full moon or the asylum let people have their monthly phone call, but whatever it was I got loads of calls from what can only be described as lunatics.

One tosser from Cavan even blinded me out of it for not answering his call when I was out of coverage. Crazy stuff. Why do these nutters ring? They really must have no one else to talk to. I'd say only about one in 10 calls were actually genuine.

id say that the norm for donedeal, i sold a bull last year..nothing but tossers called, one genuine caller and he bought him

bbam

towzer2010 wrote: »

I'd say only about one in 10 calls were actually genuine.

Yes.. we buy/sell through DD a fair bit and there are some very "special" people out there ready to call.

I got a text from one lad offering half the asking price in cash, today "if I was very badly stuck" nice lad !!

Black Smoke

vanderbadger wrote: »

id say that the norm for donedeal, i sold a bull last year..nothing but tossers called, one genuine caller and he bought him

Put one item on DD, few years back. Was nearly driven round the block, with nuts, calling.
Lesson learned. I now have an old phone, with a pay as you go sim. I use that as my DD phone. Once I sell the item, I switch it off, and let the headbangers, hammer away at it:cool:

Tipp Man

Black Smoke wrote: »

Put one item on DD, few years back. Was nearly driven round the block, with nuts, calling.
Lesson learned. I now have an old phone, with a pay as you go sim. I use that as my DD phone. Once I sell the item, I switch it off, and let the headbangers, hammer away at it:cool:

now thats a good idea

pakalasa

Or you could put SOLD on the add....:)

whelan1

pakalasa wrote: »

Or you could put SOLD on the add....:)

Doesnt stop them.

td5man

pakalasa wrote: »

Or you could put SOLD on the add....:)

Then theyd ring to ask if it was really sold.
Had a lad arrive once to buy a digger that wasnt for sale it took an hour to convince him that it wasnt for sale.

JohnBoy

eh, ye do realise you can mark an item as sold, and then it is actually removed from the site?


sold a jeep on there a few weeks ago, not a bother with it.

wesleysniper38

Black Smoke wrote: »

Put one item on DD, few years back. Was nearly driven round the block, with nuts, calling.
Lesson learned. I now have an old phone, with a pay as you go sim. I use that as my DD phone. Once I sell the item, I switch it off, and let the headbangers, hammer away at it:cool:

The amount of clowns does vary depending on whats being sold I find but
Yeah, I do the very same but with a little extra...
I put it straight to voicemail and it goes like this:
Hello?........(5 second pause).......Thats right, its sold...beep!


A bit cruel to that genuine 5% of callers but the others will yap away and some of the voicemails are priceless!!

whelan1

also the amount of people that ring really late at night like wtf:eek::eek::eek: we turn our phones off at 10pm often had missed calls from half 12 at night about ads, so what we do now is ring them back at 6am:D

wesleysniper38

Indeed! Late night callers are another feature. Probably after coming from the pub.
The 6am callback is a good one. If you don't get enthusiasism in the morning, then theres no enthusiasism for that day- (ancient Sligo proverb)

towzer2010

JohnBoy wrote: »

eh, ye do realise you can mark an item as sold, and then it is actually removed from the site?


sold a jeep on there a few weeks ago, not a bother with it.

I know you can but my add is gone and I'm still getting calls.

Great idea about the second phone. Defo do that for my next add.

Kovu

Cow-heifer for killing that's getting 4 saucepans of nuts a day stopped eating them today. Build up of acid or her stomach off sorts? She's getting plenty of silage ad-lib too. Gave her a good heap of ivy there now to see if it may be mineral lacking. Any ideas?

Kevin1150

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Cow-heifer for killing that's getting 4 saucepans of nuts a day stopped eating them today. Build up of acid or her stomach off sorts? She's getting plenty of silage ad-lib too. Gave her a good heap of ivy there now to see if it may be mineral lacking. Any ideas?

4 saucepans be roughly 8-10kgs? If so I would try to go another few kilos to adlib meal gradually along with good clean straw adlib and cut the silage out at the same time. Silage and a good bit of meal can cause the acid.

Black Smoke

Kevin1150 wrote: »

4 saucepans be roughly 8-10kgs? If so I would try to go another few kilos to adlib meal gradually along with good clean straw adlib and cut the silage out at the same time. Silage and a good bit of meal can cause the acid.

Sausepans, come in a vast variety of sizes:cool:
I'm using a saucepan myself, for dishing meal out af a barrell.
Filled with calf crunch level to the brim, it contains 0.8 kgs.
Filled with beef nuts level to the brim, it contains, 1.1 kgs.

So the OP, needs to "borrow", the kitchen scales;)

Kovu

Black Smoke wrote: »

Sausepans, come in a vast variety of sizes:cool:
I'm using a saucepan myself, for dishing meal out af a barrell.
Filled with calf crunch level to the brim, it contains 0.8 kgs.
Filled with beef nuts level to the brim, it contains, 1.1 kgs.

So the OP, needs to "borrow", the kitchen scales;)

I'll rephrase it, 2kg a pan so 8kg. she was weaned onto them gradually in the first place 2 weeks ago and she went off them just now.

vanderbadger

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Cow-heifer for killing that's getting 4 saucepans of nuts a day stopped eating them today. Build up of acid or her stomach off sorts? She's getting plenty of silage ad-lib too. Gave her a good heap of ivy there now to see if it may be mineral lacking. Any ideas?

bit of hay might be good for her if you have some

Kovu

Hay we have is last years but a mix of half and half may be better than full silage maybe?

whelan1

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Cow-heifer for killing that's getting 4 saucepans of nuts a day stopped eating them today. Build up of acid or her stomach off sorts? She's getting plenty of silage ad-lib too. Gave her a good heap of ivy there now to see if it may be mineral lacking. Any ideas?

is she eating otherwise?

Kovu

whelan1 wrote: »

is she eating otherwise?

Yea, eating grand at the silage and picked a bit of hay. Horsed into the armful of ivy I threw into her though.

stanflt

whelan1 wrote: »

is she eating otherwise?

that picture of the crash you shared on fb happened up the road from me the other night- no boby injured tk.

tractor on left(jd) jack knifed and came down the hill sideways, broke the drawbar on trailer and ploughed into the nh who was coming in the other direction- luckily nobody else involved

just do it

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Cow-heifer for killing that's getting 4 saucepans of nuts a day stopped eating them today. Build up of acid or her stomach off sorts? She's getting plenty of silage ad-lib too. Gave her a good heap of ivy there now to see if it may be mineral lacking. Any ideas?

Who told you it was acid buid-up, your vet? Bicarbonate is good to neutralise acid i.e. dose her with bread soda and even if it does nothing for her, it won't do her any harm;)