Farming Chit Chat

donacarney

Hi guys,Any one out there need any crop protection done with pigeons in the meath/louth area. Have full insurance and would respect the land, Thanks.

donacarney

Hi guys,Any one out there need any crop protection done with pigeons in the meath/louth area. Have full insurance and would respect the land, Thanks.

naughto

what the hell is that^^^^^^

just do it

hugo29 wrote: »

Lads and ladies, has anyone come across a constipated calf, few days ago he had milk scour, gave him a shot of bimostat, now he going around as if he is trying to push a bale of silage out of his ass,

Is he any bit wobbly on his feet? Could be acidosis either in which sodium bicarbonate (bread soda) will sort him. Effydral tablets via stomach tube is a great job. I use them a good bit and find them good, the bovine equivalent of Andrews .

Just thinking of it, is milk of magnesia still out there? I hated that stuff as a kid:(

1chippy

Manoffeeling wrote: »

I have had it. He would get up and walk a bit then sit down. He didn't look sick but knew he had a pain. Had a temp of 38. I assume you know how to arouse the bowel, for want of a better word. Plenty of parrafin oil and an antibiotic.

And would you not just get yourself a laxative or prune juice or something. id say parafinn tastes awful.:D

Bizzum

limo_100 wrote: »

Was your hard calved did ya pull him?

Big calf coming backways..............Big pull. I wasn't there for it though.

Any sign of a calf yet?

Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

had michael o leary of ryanair and his family in our group:o

Birds of a feather flock together

You could have given him a few tips on the AA! (For a small fee;))

just do it

Bizzum wrote: »

Big calf coming backways..............Big pull. I wasn't there for it though.

Do you restrict their diet in the last six weeks?

Bizzum

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Plenty of parrafin oil and an antibiotic.

1chippy wrote: »

And would you not just get yourself a laxative or prune juice or something. id say parafinn tastes awful.:D

Just incase anyone is wondering what farmers dose their calves with, I should point out that medicinal liquid parafinn is what's used. :cool:

Bizzum

just do it wrote: »

Do you restrict their diet in the last six weeks?

We would keep them tight enough. She was never the easiest calving cow, this was her first Charolais calf she's had a couple of Lims. She would have been in good condition calving, with the summers grass behind her. She's the black lim cow by Jaguar in the Photo thread.

Manoffeeling

1chippy wrote: »

And would you not just get yourself a laxative or prune juice or something. id say parafinn tastes awful.:D

Nah, just root it out with a biro.

bob charles

whelan1 wrote: »

yup. very down to earth

I taught he would have his head in the clouds

Bizzum

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Nah, just root it out with a biro.

Isn't that how a mathematician deals with constipation? He works it out with a pencil:)

bogman_bass

whelan1 wrote: »

went to causey farm in county meath today, for the santa experience, anyone thinking of opening an open farm should go there, it was fantastic... kids loved it, had michael o leary of ryanair and his family in our group:o

spent manys a summer working there. Loved it. great family to work for!

freedominacup

bob charles wrote: »

I taught he would have his head in the clouds

From what I saw of him quite the opposite. He was on a flight to Portugal with us last year Aer Lingus natch:rolleyes:. He queued up with the rest of us with his wife and kids in tow, just got on with it. When we landed in Faro he took off at a good pace towards the terminal and when we got inside he was standing at the carousel right at the point where the bags are discharged on to it. I remember thinking that an experienced traveller like he was bound to know that they'll come when they come and hopping from one foot to the other at the carousel ain't gonna speed it up. I should have known better the first bags off were his though in fairness if you're running the airline and can't get that organised for yourself it's a poor look out.

whelan1

bogman_bass wrote: »

spent manys a summer working there. Loved it. great family to work for!

there was actually a real camel there:eek:

reilig

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Reilig I might throw a spanner in the works here but what happens if you do diy ai? Do I just go into icbf and record ai and fill it in and should I be ok?

Yea, you just fill it in yourself.

reilig

An update on this - the information has to be submitted to ICBF by tuesday lunch time if you want to be paid in this round

reilig wrote: »

Lads and ladies,

The payment for the Suckler Discussion group is due to be paid out before christmas. All BTAP advisors have received confirmation by email of who in their group has met the 2 required measures and who has not in the last 5 days. It may be worth a call to your BTAP advisor to ensure that you have been approved for payment.

The majority of people who haven't met the 2 measures are those who are doing task 3 (Genetic Merit). Many people opted to use this measure and use a 5 star AI bull on 25% of their herd. The problem is that some of the AI men have not sent back the records of insemination to ICBF as yet and therefore there is no record of you having used this 5 star bull. To get over this, you need to go onto the ICBF website and input the AI codes for each of your cows. If you do this today, it is likely that you may get the payment before christmas!!

If you want a small stocking filler, it might be worth your while to get on top of this!!

bbam

hugo29 wrote: »

Lads and ladies, has anyone come across a constipated calf, few days ago he had milk scour, gave him a shot of bimostat, now he going around as if he is trying to push a bale of silage out of his ass,

Good sugary warm water solution will help if he's truly constipated. The
Sugar draws liquid into the gut from surrounding tissue and loosens up the whole
Passageway.
This can happen if a calf isn't well hydrated when treated for scour. The whole system is out of whack so to speak.

As ever I'd be throwing a natural youghert into him. Then plenty of electrolyte.

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

went to causey farm in county meath today, for the santa experience, anyone thinking of opening an open farm should go there, it was fantastic... kids loved it, had michael o leary of ryanair and his family in our group:o

Great crack, brought our girls there last year.
Went to Tayto Park to see the man in red this year. Very good also.

whelan1

bbam wrote: »

Great crack, brought our girls there last year.
Went to Tayto Park to see the man in red this year. Very good also.

where you waiting long? sister went and said there where people going mad over the waiting times, kids crying etc

jfh

We went to Aillwee cave to see Santa, very good but at 33 euro per kid, twould want to be. Thankfully sports & social paid

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

where you waiting long? sister went and said there where people going mad over the waiting times, kids crying etc

No, we were there last Saturday, Q was about 15 minutes to see him about 4:30, nice heated marquee outside the Santas Grotto which was very well done, Santa was well done and friendly too... I'd heard the weekend before last WAS a nightmare though. The lights on every tree throughout the park were fab when we came out afterwards..

whelan1

jfh wrote: »

We went to Aillwee cave to see Santa, very good but at 33 euro per kid, twould want to be. Thankfully sports & social paid

:eek::eek::eek::eek: jeeny mac thats mental, was 20 euro per child yesterday and 12 per adult... one of the kids went to causey farm on their school tour , they got to jump in a bog, she said it was brilliant(was in june:o)

freedominacup

bbam wrote: »

No, we were there last Saturday, Q was about 15 minutes to see him about 4:30, nice heated marquee outside the Santas Grotto which was very well done, Santa was well done and friendly too... I'd heard the weekend before last WAS a nightmare though. The lights on every tree throughout the park were fab when we came out afterwards..

One of the neighbours has a setup like that. They used to open a few weekends in Dec for santa. The boss used to do santa himself and when the older 2 here were starting to get a bit skeptical it used to be great fun to see their faces when santa greeted them by name as they walked into the grotto.

dar31

jfh wrote: »

We went to Aillwee cave to see Santa, very good but at 33 euro per kid, twould want to be. Thankfully sports & social paid

we went there a few years back, worth every penny

probably the best Santa experience i ever came across.
would bring a tear to you eye hearing the kids singing xmas songs, as they walked down through the caves

going to tayto park to day.

anyone know if you have prepaid tickets with a set time do you have to que

whelan1

dar31 wrote: »

we went there a few years back, worth every penny

probably the best Santa experience i ever came across.
would bring a tear to you eye hearing the kids singing xmas songs, as they walked down through the caves

going to tayto park to day.

anyone know if you have prepaid tickets with a set time do you have to que

sister went last sunday, said you had to queue but sure what can you do... she said the people complaining ruined it for the kids:mad: but that the santa was brilliant

gozunda

whelan1 wrote: »

yup. very down to earth

Always found him a bit up in the air tbh....

Muckit

What are those truly Irish lads doing walking about, the green fields in the background?

Don't they rear their pigs the same as the majority of commercial pig producers..... in pig houses?!?

1chippy

I think the "a happier turkey is a tastier turkey" is the best line on their adds.