Farming Chit Chat

Kovu · 30-10-2011 08:37PM

johngalway wrote: »

Just spent the last two hours before dark out on a foggy, drizzly and then rainy hill. Got a phone call that there was dogs chasing sheep, grabbed the rifle and off I went after making a couple of calls myself. Found a spot where a sheep had been put into a stream, lots of wool about but no ewe, either she got out herself - unlikely with dogs at the scene, or was removed by someone. Heard dogs barking twice in one spot but could see SFA.

As we all broke up for the night someone discovered the dogs had been out that morning :rolleyes: Why the fcuk people don't lift the phone sooner I'll never know :mad:

Off out at first light to walk the bogs, holes, lakes and streams.

Got myself into awful neighbour bother after I took the gun to his (wife's) dog that was chasing my cows. Had them terrorised for a few weeks until I caught him in the act. It's no joke to find cows on your front lawn that were a mile away the night before:o
Eventually had to get the guards to explain the rights to him.....

pakalasa · 30-10-2011 08:53PM

limo_100 wrote: »

ya c hes not an easy calving bull i was expecting a decent sized calf. av u used him yet??

No,
But I plan to, next year. I would like to hear how others got on with him too.

johngalway · 30-10-2011 08:57PM

Karen112 wrote: »

Got myself into awful neighbour bother after I took the gun to his (wife's) dog that was chasing my cows. Had them terrorised for a few weeks until I caught him in the act. It's no joke to find cows on your front lawn that were a mile away the night before:o
Eventually had to get the guards to explain the rights to him.....

Yep, a visit from the boys in blue often calms the rantiest of ranty panties :pac: That or a letter! If it turns out these belong to who I think they belong to I'm none too worried about neighbourly relations as we're not on good terms anyway! They never lock in their dogs.

rancher · 30-10-2011 10:42PM

johngalway wrote: »

Yep, a visit from the boys in blue often calms the rantiest of ranty panties :pac: That or a letter! If it turns out these belong to who I think they belong to I'm none too worried about neighbourly relations as we're not on good terms anyway! They never lock in their dogs.

I can't see why farmers don't report irresponsible dog owners to the county council, the damage dogs do on sheep farms every year is serious, any time that I have done it, it has been sorted pronto.

just do it · 30-10-2011 11:19PM

johngalway wrote: »

Just spent the last two hours before dark out on a foggy, drizzly and then rainy hill. Got a phone call that there was dogs chasing sheep, grabbed the rifle and off I went after making a couple of calls myself. Found a spot where a sheep had been put into a stream, lots of wool about but no ewe, either she got out herself - unlikely with dogs at the scene, or was removed by someone. Heard dogs barking twice in one spot but could see SFA.

As we all broke up for the night someone discovered the dogs had been out that morning :rolleyes: Why the fcuk people don't lift the phone sooner I'll never know :mad:

Off out at first light to walk the bogs, holes, lakes and streams.

Cattle are work, sheep are a vocation!!

johngalway · 30-10-2011 11:29PM

just do it wrote: »

Cattle are work, sheep are a vocation!!

Best way to meet the neighbours they say :pac:

tismesoitis · 30-10-2011 11:57PM

limo_100 wrote: »

ya c hes not an easy calving bull i was expecting a decent sized calf. av u used him yet??

we have used him hoping for heifers. have got either 4 or 5 bulls so far no heifers but have to say he puts serious cattle. they get great weights at d weanling stage give the calf time he could surprise u

Bizzum · 31-10-2011 12:40AM

Anyone going to Elphin on the 14th Nov for the Mc Gee Reduction sale.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2672439

Serious looking stock in the pics!

Kovu · 31-10-2011 09:15AM

Bizzum wrote: »

Anyone going to Elphin on the 14th Nov for the Mc Gee Reduction sale.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2672439

Serious looking stock in the pics!

I may be.
This animal made me laugh! http://www.donedeal.ie/donedeal/classifieds/viewFullPhoto.jsp?cid=8532008&ad=2672439

A free, teeny weeny cow!

vanderbadger · 31-10-2011 09:57AM

Bizzum wrote: »

Anyone going to Elphin on the 14th Nov for the Mc Gee Reduction sale.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2672439

Serious looking stock in the pics!

serious looking cattle indeed, cows seems to have serious muscle, would you be worried about calving some of those cows?

pakalasa · 31-10-2011 02:18PM

Bizzum wrote: »

Anyone going to Elphin on the 14th Nov for the Mc Gee Reduction sale.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2672439

Serious looking stock in the pics!

These are the guys that had the Beef open days? They produce the BB weanlings.
Serious looking cattle. Maybe Legs will go !!:D

leg wax · 31-10-2011 04:12PM

pakalasa wrote: »

These are the guys that had the Beef open days? They produce the BB weanlings.
Serious looking cattle. Maybe Legs will go !!:D

no wont be going :rolleyes:.

limo_100 · 31-10-2011 04:17PM

tismesoitis wrote: »

we have used him hoping for heifers. have got either 4 or 5 bulls so far no heifers but have to say he puts serious cattle. they get great weights at d weanling stage give the calf time he could surprise u

bad luck a well u'll get heifers this year. were they born small last year for ya??

5live · 31-10-2011 04:30PM

Karen112 wrote: »

I may be.
This animal made me laugh! http://www.donedeal.ie/donedeal/classifieds/viewFullPhoto.jsp?cid=8532008&ad=2672439

A free, teeny weeny cow!

:Dlol. Took me a minute to cop it though

johngalway · 31-10-2011 06:54PM

Had a long walk about the hill this morning. Made some rain last night, stream where the wool was, was at least 1 foot higher today. Checked the marsh and all the streams, some lakes and cut away bog holes, saw no sign of anything.

Local Garda was about so dropped into him for a long chat about that and certain people not locking up their dogs.

Waste of a feckin day all in all!

Bizzum · 31-10-2011 10:05PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

serious looking cattle indeed, cows seems to have serious muscle, would you be worried about calving some of those cows?

Certainly the heifers anyway!
Anyone on here calving that type of heifer?

Muckit · 31-10-2011 10:32PM

They are serious animals alright. But to me i don't think they are suitable for breeding as they have too much muscle. Perhaps I'm wrong. The best looking cows and heifers don't always male the best cows overall. Jusat ask yourself, if they were that good, why would he be selling them? Wouldn't you sell your cull cows and keep these on, or am I missing something?

What are they worth? €2000? They'I go more though if lads go cracked and fall in love with them. Madness

vanderbadger · 31-10-2011 10:34PM

Muckit wrote: »

They are serious animals alright. But to me i don't think they are suitable for breeding as they have too much muscle. Perhaps I'm wrong. The best looking cows and heifers don't always male the best cows overall.

What are they worth? €2000?

they may be worth a bit more id say, 900kg culls making 1800 :eek:

tismesoitis · 31-10-2011 10:36PM

limo_100 wrote: »

bad luck a well u'll get heifers this year. were they born small last year for ya??

as far as i can remember they were all handy calves not too big or too small and just looked back on records all unassisted calvings. when u say small how small do u mean??

Bizzum · 31-10-2011 10:47PM

Muckit wrote: »

They are serious animals alright. But to me i don't think they are suitable for breeding as they have too much muscle. Perhaps I'm wrong. The best looking cows and heifers don't always male the best cows overall. Jusat ask yourself, if they were that good, why would he be selling them? Wouldn't you sell your cull cows and keep these on, or am I missing something?

What are they worth? €2000? They'I go more though if lads go cracked and fall in love with them. Madness

The amount of milk they'd produce would be a concern to me aswell!

Muckit · 01-11-2011 05:09PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

they may be worth a bit more id say, 900kg culls making 1800 :eek:

Sold good culls there myself last Wed in bsloe. 836kg limo made €1550. 1800 is mad money!

pakalasa · 01-11-2011 05:22PM

Bizzum wrote: »

Anyone going to Elphin on the 14th Nov for the Mc Gee Reduction sale.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2672439

Serious looking stock in the pics!

Anyone else think they have bullish looking heads on them? I never like to see that in heifers. Too much condition too for my liking.

whelan1 · 01-11-2011 07:58PM

went to mart with 2 br/fr bull calves today got €200 each, price back a bit, nearly all frbull calves there today, not near as many buyers... still happy enough, they where 2 weeks old

reilig · 01-11-2011 08:35PM

pakalasa wrote: »

I never like to see that in heifers. Too much condition too for my liking.

+1

whelan1 · 03-11-2011 10:31PM

got a big surprise today, was callibrating feeders in parlour... they are supposed to give out 1kg per pull... some where giving out 2.2kg:eek: while one was giving out .5kg.... also got my goal tonight have lost 3 stone !

jerdee · 03-11-2011 10:39PM

Well done

reilig · 03-11-2011 10:44PM

Good Stuff Whelan.

mjcom4d · 03-11-2011 10:47PM

Well done

Kovu · 03-11-2011 10:52PM

whelan1 wrote: »

got a big surprise today, was callibrating feeders in parlour... they are supposed to give out 1kg per pull... some where giving out 2.2kg:eek: while one was giving out .5kg.... also got my goal tonight have lost 3 stone !

Congrats!!

Tell me your secret, All the walking I do at work and still no change in me!

whelan1 · 03-11-2011 10:57PM

Karen112 wrote: »

Congrats!! Tell me your secret, All the walking I do at work and still no change in me!

joined slimming world, theres a lad in our group has lost nearly 12 stone in the last year:eek:

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