Farming Chit Chat

pakalasa

Dupont wrote: »

did ya see the young man working on the farm in the out back and living in the caravan . the farm is 18 thousand acres:eek:

Ya something else alright. You know when you're doing a bit of fencing or something and you forgot to bring something like the staples.... must be a long trek back to get them.
18 k acres - that'an area of over 5 miles by 5 miles square.

whelan1

was at a farm walk yesterday, one of the lads that was there had a pair of really dirty wellies on him, i was disgusted, someone is letting you on to their farm and you arrive with mucky wellies ifit was my farm i would have asked him to wash them

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

was at a farm walk yesterday, one of the lads that was there had a pair of really dirty wellies on him, i was disgusted, someone is letting you on to their farm and you arrive with mucky wellies ifit was my farm i would have asked him to wash them

We've had one or 2 farm evenings on our farm for our suckler discussion group. We always leave a half beer barrel of water with footwear disinfectant at the gate. The group leader stands at teh gate and tells everyone to wash their footwear - even if they are wearing boots. There's nothing like dirty wellies to spread disease!!

darragh_haven

Dupont wrote: »

did ya see the young man working on the farm in the out back and living in the caravan . the farm is 18 thousand acres:eek:

Normal enough in that part of Oz. Visited a few farms when i was in Oz, one was 30,000 acres and was told of a farm nearly 50,000 acres:eek:

Muckit

reilig wrote: »

We've had one or 2 farm evenings on our farm for our suckler discussion group. We always leave a half beer barrel of water with footwear disinfectant at the gate. The group leader stands at teh gate and tells everyone to wash their footwear - even if they are wearing boots. There's nothing like dirty wellies to spread disease!!

Yet lads will walk into a mart off their own farm, be they a buyer or a seller, and boot washing is not compulsory.

Same on the cattle front. Freely traded in marts without them being checked clear for alot of diseases.

Bodacious

Muckit wrote: »

Yet lads will walk into a mart off their own farm, be they a buyer or a seller, and boot washing is not compulsory.

Same on the cattle front. Freely traded in marts without them being checked clear for alot of diseases.

I agree with you here Muckit on both points - no foot baths or measures
- Dept guys as well as checking horns could be alot more vigiliant on visual diseases like e.g. ringworm, and/or calves not weaned or signs of stress/illness

whelan1

got my money back from tax man:D:D

blue5000

Got my maize cut today, thanx O'Brien bros.

whelan1

blue5000 wrote: »

Got my maize cut today, thanx O'Brien bros.

what was it like?

blue5000

Better than I expected to be honest, 1 field had much better grain than the other one, yield wise I'd guess about 12-13ton fresh wt/acre.

stanflt

got the shed finished last night-cattle in this morning


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Kovu

Lads/lassies, what should I get my Dad for Christmas, I'd like it to be practical for the sucker farm, he doesn't have many more interests. Calving Camera isn't needed, neither is a new jack etc. I'm stumped this year.
(Sorry if it's a bit early but if I need to order something, I'd like it to be here!)

polod

Just bought a Pb non-reg hereford incalf heifer, never had a hereford cow before, shes incalf to a limousine bull.......Im not that fond of the limmo's What kind of a CH or BB (AI) would a hereford cow bring ?

whelan1

just had a breakout from the slatted shed, i dont know how they opened the u bolt on the gate

leg wax

Karen112 wrote: »

Lads/lassies, what should I get my Dad for Christmas, I'd like it to be practical for the sucker farm, he doesn't have many more interests. Calving Camera isn't needed, neither is a new jack etc. I'm stumped this year.
(Sorry if it's a bit early but if I need to order something, I'd like it to be here!)

a calf resusitator.

bbam

Was rushing yesterday to feed cattle as my daughter needed to get to hospital..
I ended dropping a round bale into a feeder catching the head of a weanling under the bale in the feeder, didn't see from tractor
When I found him he was passed out... got tractor and got bale of him..

He came round and we shifted him to a bedded shed with the loader..
He got up after 6/7 hours and is staggery still today but a bit better..

Didn't call the vet out but spoke to him... got some pain killer injections but he says there is nothing else can be done only wait and see...

HE should be OK but it made a bad day a hell of allot worse..

I usually fence them off when feeding but thought just this once I'd get away with it..:rolleyes:

weefarmer

Sold a few heifers at the mart today and got on well thankfully, but there was one straggler there, born last july and she never really grew, she was 430kg and in good condition I was thinking pity the poor person that bought her,
Next thing a cousins husband rang me to see what kinda cow she was out of, it was him that bought her and I didnt know what to say. Maybe if she gets into a shed now she might grow :O hopefully lol

Bizzum

polod wrote: »

Just bought a Pb non-reg hereford incalf heifer, never had a hereford cow before, shes incalf to a limousine bull.......Im not that fond of the limmo's What kind of a CH or BB (AI) would a hereford cow bring ?

Something like this maybe? BB X HRx heifer calf. She is a young calf or she would have been tagged!

whelan1

Karen112 wrote: »

Lads/lassies, what should I get my Dad for Christmas, I'd like it to be practical for the sucker farm, he doesn't have many more interests. Calving Camera isn't needed, neither is a new jack etc. I'm stumped this year.
(Sorry if it's a bit early but if I need to order something, I'd like it to be here!)

ok, we normally geta deal off the internet , a day at the races or a night in a hotel.... failing that a notebook, a pen and a roll of insulating tape:D

just do it

Karen112 wrote: »

Lads/lassies, what should I get my Dad for Christmas, I'd like it to be practical for the sucker farm, he doesn't have many more interests. Calving Camera isn't needed, neither is a new jack etc. I'm stumped this year.
(Sorry if it's a bit early but if I need to order something, I'd like it to be here!)

A pair of wellies lined with neoprene. Very snug for the freezing winter conditions but were too expensive for me at ~€150. Maybe ideal as a present though;)

polod

Bizzum wrote: »

Something like this maybe? BB X HRx heifer calf. She is a young calf or she would have been tagged!

cheers Bizzum nice out fit I wounder what is the rear of her like

Pat the lad

stanflt wrote: »

got the shed finished last night-cattle in this morning


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nice shed stan fit. thinking of putting up something like that for some of the suckers next year. probably go with tank in front of cubicles and either creep at the opposite end of passageway or lean to on the side?

Bizzum

polod wrote: »

cheers Bizzum nice out fit I wounder what is the rear of her like

Nice but not extreme. I often think I should have kept her for the bull.

The same cow bred several nice early type of Charolais calves, always mousey coloured with a white head, indeed one that nearly killed her calving was a big heifer calf off Mozart. She had a plain enough Lim early on in her career too by Oilette, who was mad as a hatter!

Kovu

whelan1 wrote: »

ok, we normally geta deal off the internet , a day at the races or a night in a hotel.... failing that a notebook, a pen and a roll of insulating tape:D

Th wellies may be a good idea as suggested earlier. He does wear them a lot. ......Hotel for my parents.....emmmm.... no. Just no.:o

Muckit

stanflt wrote: »

got the shed finished last night-cattle in this morning


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Looks a great job there Stanfit. Best of luck with it!;)

Muckit

bbam wrote: »

I ended dropping a round bale into a feeder catching the head of a weanling under the bale in the feeder

How is the weanling today? Is he still alive? A misfortunate thing to have happen.

whelan1

Karen112 wrote: »

Th wellies may be a good idea as suggested earlier. He does wear them a lot. ......Hotel for my parents.....emmmm.... no. Just no.:o

jeez my parents head off at least once a month there are great deals with dinner included also great deals for "golden oldies" sure different folks different strokes....

bbam

Muckit wrote: »

How is the weanling today? Is he still alive? A misfortunate thing to have happen.

He's up and about but still very unsure on his feet.
Eating drinking and stands straight.
Time will tell I suppose, he'll be in on his own until he's strong enough to be back at the feeder again. Vet said it all depends what if any permanent damage is done buut he thought it was encouraging he got up so soon.

redzerologhlen

Bizzum wrote: »

Nice but not extreme. I often think I should have kept her for the bull.

The same cow bred several nice early type of Charolais calves, always mousey coloured with a white head, indeed one that nearly killed her calving was a big heifer calf off Mozart. She had a plain enough Lim early on in her career too by Oilette, who was mad as a hatter!

Plus one on OEI calves being mad, Gave him to a few cows there 2 years ago, Never again!!!

limo_100

polod wrote: »

Just bought a Pb non-reg hereford incalf heifer, never had a hereford cow before, shes incalf to a limousine bull.......Im not that fond of the limmo's What kind of a CH or BB (AI) would a hereford cow bring ?

did the same earlier this year bought two of them they calved pb calves. we put them in-calf to a simmental bull hoping to get heifers calves. just my twopence