Farming Chit Chat

whelan1

vanderbadger wrote: »

would you not just give him a spreadsheet from you herdprofile online? for my accounts I download the herd profile in xls format from my online profile for the start of the yr and again at the end of the financial year and thats seems to do him
also when still in reps the stock number thing for the record sheets was a pain but the icbf site does a very handy breakdown of your stock and the ages so it took the pain out of it

that would be too handy, must do that next year:) hate doing the figures

whelan1

ear to the ground on now!

moy83

Milking sheep , anyone here willing to give it a go ?

johngalway

moy83 wrote: »

Milking sheep , anyone here willing to give it a go ?

Looked into dairy goats last year but it didn't suit where I am, they don't like rain apparently...

bbam

moy83 wrote: »

Milking sheep , anyone here willing to give it a go ?

Hey... guys bought Lama so anything is possible in Ireland

hiscan

whelan1 wrote: »

ear to the ground on now!

Very interesting tonight.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1129362

1chippy

moy83 wrote: »

Milking sheep , anyone here willing to give it a go ?

worked for a farmer years back who got two of us to milk ewes which lambs were taken off.
Definately one of the worst days at work i ever had. it rained down all day on top of two ejits milking the fowlest smelling sheep ever. Part of the reason i cant eat lamb or stand the sight of sheep.

moy83

johngalway wrote: »

Looked into dairy goats last year but it didn't suit where I am, they don't like rain apparently...

I was looking into the goats too but would probably have had to start processing it and selling myself because none of the processors were buying it then

johngalway

moy83 wrote: »

I was looking into the goats too but would probably have had to start processing it and selling myself because none of the processors were buying it then

Yeah, and there's a considerable investment, and some risk, in getting into that end of it. Still though............

moy83

johngalway wrote: »

Yeah, and there's a considerable investment, and some risk, in getting into that end of it. Still though............

Its the "considerable investment "that gets me every time

johngalway

moy83 wrote: »

Its the "considerable investment "that gets me every time

Now that's a coincidence :pac:

If you want another pipe dream (or maybe not) look into micro dairy and Jerseys

- Dexters are my newest fascination...

Muckit

1chippy wrote: »

Yeh took a few cubicles out, welded a 45mm steel tube from about four cubicles down, then fixed it to the gable wall. works a treat.

I think it was me that posted the photo of that creep idea! Good to know it gave a lad an idea to do the same

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056180522&page=2

Bizzum

Muckit wrote: »

I think it was me that posted the photo of that creep idea! Good to know it gave a lad an idea to do the same

Looks a good job. Does it work to your satisfaction?

johngalway

hiscan wrote: »

Very interesting tonight.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1129362

Wonder what they do with all the lambs.

reilig

johngalway wrote: »

Wonder what they do with all the lambs.

That came into my head too. Also, they kept talking about keeping 15,000 ewes. But when the showed the milking parlour, they said that they milked 2400 twice daily. The rest must suckle lams. Maybe they foster the lambs of the ewes that they milk??

5live

reilig wrote: »

That came into my head too. Also, they kept talking about keeping 15,000 ewes. But when the showed the milking parlour, they said that they milked 2400 twice daily. The rest must suckle lams. Maybe they foster the lambs of the ewes that they milk??

The ewes have only 6 month lactation iirc so they will have 2400 ready to lamb again when the first lot are dry. And they would have 3 farms (of 2400 milking and 2400 dry) as the processing plant is near Invercargill so the milk lorry collects from the farms supplying. That was my reading of it anyway

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

Redz,
It would be no harm to get that cow PM'd. You might learn something.

Sorry, Wasnt on this since. Your right it would be nice to know whether it was something that could have been prevented (more than likely it could) but she went yesterday.

Bodacious

Fed up of this wind now... Cows heading for feeders leaning into the wind! It's harsh weather on them

johngalway

Bodacious wrote: »

Fed up of this wind now... Cows heading for feeders leaning into the wind! It's harsh weather on them

The sheep aren't happy either. Wind and rain, day in, day out. Dad, who is 77, and been farming since the 60's says he's never seen the land so wet.

just do it

Muckit wrote: »

I think it was me that posted the photo of that creep idea! Good to know it gave a lad an idea to do the same

What bedding do you use - much work involved with it?

1chippy

Thats the set up . cheers for that muck it. works a treat, .we just bed it with shavings every two days. find the calves always use it. We put ply wood on the last cubicle to stop any draught coming in the calves also. Also put half a 12 inch twin wall pipe on a frame for feeding a bit of crunch. will put in a low drinker at some stage to so they have there own supply of water. I was down with fabricator today and were starting a four bay open sided shed especially for cows and creep. 1 bay will be used as a dunkle two bays for sucklers and one for creep. was thinking of putting a small crush along the back of the pens exiting into the creep just for ease ofi ai. has anyone anything like this or a more inventive idea. Going cutting steel in two weeks so running out of tinker time.

Bodacious

johngalway wrote: »

The sheep aren't happy either. Wind and rain, day in, day out. Dad, who is 77, and been farming since the 60's says he's never seen the land so wet.

Hi John,

Your dad is bang on ,,.. place is saturated like ive never seen it! And no sign of wind easing tonight either

JohnBoy

What's a dunkle?

Kovu

JohnBoy wrote: »

What's a dunkle?

The pile of s**te that was left outside of the old byres.
My dad used to have heart failure when my brother and I ran across it for dares:o

On another topic, how does the icbf figures thing work? I only want to check one bull and I don't want to have to pay. Is there any other way of getting the info?

blue5000

Karen112 wrote: »

The pile of s**te that was left outside of the old byres.
My dad used to have heart failure when my brother and I ran across it for dares:o

On another topic, how does the icbf figures thing work? I only want to check one bull and I don't want to have to pay. Is there any other way of getting the info?

Type in his tag or ped name or ai code here

http://www.icbf.com/taurus/bull_search/index.php

Bizzum

1chippy wrote: »

was thinking of putting a small crush along the back of the pens exiting into the creep just for ease ofi ai. has anyone anything like this or a more inventive idea. Going cutting steel in two weeks so running out of tinker time.

If you already have a good crush available, would it be a runner to install the self locking feed barriers. You could AI away with them and they would stop the calves coming through the barriers!

Birdnuts

johngalway wrote: »

The sheep aren't happy either. Wind and rain, day in, day out. Dad, who is 77, and been farming since the 60's says he's never seen the land so wet.

Same with the in-laws in North Mayo - the weather has been pants since that fine spell at the end of April. The stock seem to spend most days in a heap under the nearest bit of shelter:(

reilig

Bloody house insurance has doubled in price since last year (€400 to €800) and I have no claims on it. Rang them up and they tell me that my contents insurance is a little high - mine is 26% of the rebuild cost, they say that 15% to 20% is more normal and this would reduce the cost quite a bit.

Also, do many people bother with accidental damage cover?

Going to get quotes from other companies.

Any advice on lowering the premium?

lakill Farm

Sometimes if you have a house alarm fitted (be careful they have clauses built in if the alarm isnt on) fbd dont discount. Also if there is a wired fire alarm.

Other companies discount if you have motor policy with them, or if you have a home policy no claim discount built up.

reilig wrote: »

Bloody house insurance has doubled in price since last year (€400 to €800) and I have no claims on it. Rang them up and they tell me that my contents insurance is a little high - mine is 26% of the rebuild cost, they say that 15% to 20% is more normal and this would reduce the cost quite a bit.

Also, do many people bother with accidental damage cover?

Going to get quotes from other companies.

Any advice on lowering the premium?

leg wax

i was told by ins company last year when i asked them how come my ins is 3 x cheaper now ,when i have 2 x the land ,3 x the cattle then when i was milking cows,answer ,dairy farmers can afford to pay more.gets you thinking its all about how much you are prepaired to pay,if iwas to look for a quote for the same in the west of ireland it would be cheaper again.