Farming Chit Chat II

whelan1

welcome to farming chit chat 2, hope ye all enjoy the thread as much as the last one




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This thread is a continuation of the original Farming Chit Chat thread, which was approaching the 10,000 post limit.
The last 16 posts in the old thread have been copied here, so with a bit of luck the conversation will carry on seamlessly.

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Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

coolio, will put up next post to start new thread farming chit chat 2:D

Jaysus.........We didn't have to twist your arm:D:D

whelan1

Bizzum wrote: »

Jaysus.........We didn't have to twist your arm:D:D

sure it is mothers day and i am looking at the bottom of my bottle of cava!

whelan1

Muckit wrote: »

@whelan1......Did you check all the electrical connector blocks under the bonnet near the cab? Sometimes they can come loose a bit, even if they look to be joined. Well they do on our New Holland. Seems a likely cause, especially when no lights at all on dash Worth a look. I cable tied ours to keep them tight, but the heat of the engine stretches them over time :mad:

thanks oh reading the manual as we speak, will keep him quiet for a while:D

saranac1

Fair play whelan1, it couldn't be a nicer day to start the new thread on and thanks for all your advice on here so far, really appreciate your knowledge and ideas and I'd say I'm not the only one on here that thinks the same.

mf240

Hope hes able to get you started :D

Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

sure it is mothers day and i am looking at the bottom of my bottle of cava!

A bird never flew on one wing. Break out bottle number 2!

whelan1

Bizzum wrote: »

A bird never flew on one wing. Break out bottle number 2!

have to go and sort out 3 kids uniforms for the morning so having a lovely cup of tea!

Bodacious

GF was away and day was fine so after Mother's Day breakfast. I dosed the 5 yearling heifers i outwintered (bimectin Super injection - same active ingredients as ivomec super which ive not used in 2 years), clipped the big silly mops of hair on forehead/ears, loaded them up and threw them away to a bit of rough grazing that i only finished fencing Friday night, will still keep feeding them in it though.

then set up fence of first paddock and let 2 first cows and calves off to grass... dry til wednesday night anyway, cleaned out water drinker in the dark and nearly lost feeling in my hands 3 degrees outside then and getting colder

bogman_bass

Picked the dog up from the vet this afternoon. besides a cut on her mouth you wouldnt know that she was under a car 24hours earlier.
Very relived Bogman today!

bob charles

Two of my pups headed off for pastures new today. one going for hill work:cool: and the other to a guy with some quite animals so will have a handy life. hope they turn out good uns in their new homes.

hoseman

Very strong wind here last night,Could hear things been blowing left right and center,Going out now to see for any damage

Conmaicne Mara

Out and about since 5, a little chilly but dry!

hugo29

Just in, cold but dry, sun shining now but hard frost last night,

vanderbadger

water troughs all froze up in sheds today, yard as dry as a bone, dust swirling about..bitter cold wind blowing from east, unusual to see them froze without ice around yard

whelan1

snow and hailstone here since 6 am, really slippy out and bitter cold

RUSTEDCORE

so is farming what us Dubliners think.. a hard labour stress free peaceful repetitive life....and be honest what is the money like... what does your average farmers weekly household/discretionary funds ammount to

Conmaicne Mara

RUSTEDCORE wrote: »

so is farming what us Dubliners think.. a hard labour stress free peaceful repetitive life....and be honest what is the money like... what does your average farmers weekly household/discretionary funds ammount to

That's a question with 130,000 different answers.

pakalasa

Farming Chit Chat II - welcome to The New Testament !!

freedominacup

Jeez the pressure to make sure the first post on this new thread has merit is fierce. So I'll just make a complete mess of it with this rubbish:D. Congrats whelan

whelan1

mechanic was here at half eight and replaced the relay that he should have replaced on friday, all going well so far

bbam

RUSTEDCORE wrote: »

so is farming what us Dubliners think.. a hard labour stress free peaceful repetitive life....and be honest what is the money like... what does your average farmers weekly household/discretionary funds ammount to

Hard Labour?... Definitely, and dangerous too, 90% of all workplace deaths in Ireland happen on Farms

Stress Free?... No more or less than any other job, I'd say if you weren't ready for being out doors in all weathers or if you haddn't an affinity with your chosen animals - it would be a constant nightmare.

Repetitive?... Nature has a cycle and farming has to follow it, but its not as bad as some production lines I've seen..

Whats the money like?.. I could be smart and say its very like the Euro :rolleyes:. truthfully farming as a whole is a high capital low return business, large sums of money tied up in assets and stock for medocare returns. We have off farm jobs and farm on a small scale, but hour for hour I'd make more money stacking shelves in Tesco.... But I wouldnt be happy!

hugo29

freedominacup wrote: »

Jeez the pressure to make sure the first post on this new thread has merit is fierce. So I'll just make a complete mess of it with this rubbish:D. Congrats whelan

its like going on a date again:D

mf240

pakalasa wrote: »

Farming Chit Chat II - welcome to The New Testament !!

Now youve put a thought in my head.

In a couple of hundred years and a few generatioins wont it be amazing for people to look back at this and see what their great grandparents day to day farming lives were like.

hugo29

here is one, i was at a shin dig saturday evening, was chatting a lady who told me her father farms 300 acres in wexford, she also has two brothers both of which have good high powerd jobs in dublin, none of which have any intrest in the farm

her uncle (fathers brother) and his son (her 1st cousin) have always helped out on the farm and the father is seriously considering leaving the farm to the nephew as he knows it will be sold on if he leaves it to the sons and wants the land to stay in the family

she says it is causing serious friction in the family

Tough call lads and lassies what would you do in that situation

bob charles

hugo29 wrote: »

Tough call lads and lassies what would you do in that situation

Show her road, and pack my bags for wexford:D

If there are any ladies on here with similar circumstances you can drop me a PM and I can advise you in the strictest confidence

Bodacious

hugo29 wrote: »

here is one, i was at a shin dig saturday evening, was chatting a lady who told me her father farms 300 acres in wexford, she also has two brothers both of which have good high powerd jobs in dublin, none of which have any intrest in the farm

her uncle (fathers brother) and his son (her 1st cousin) have always helped out on the farm and the father is seriously considering leaving the farm to the nephew as he knows it will be sold on if he leaves it to the sons and wants the land to stay in the family

she says it is causing serious friction in the family

Tough call lads and lassies what would you do in that situation

Sit them all down and hopefully get proposal agreed to sell land to nephew at reduced rate so that at least his own three children will have an inheritance and land will stay in family... Everyone's a winner, nephew can't be expecting the place for free either if he has three children of his own

bob charles

Bodacious wrote: »

Sit them all down and hopefully get proposal agreed to sell land to nephew at reduced rate so that at least his own three children will have an inheritance and land will stay in family... Everyone's a winner, nephew can't be expecting the place for free either if he has three children of his own

cant see how everyone is a winner if say the farm is sold for €3k and acre and the nephew is left holding the baby for a million bucks. the nephew may have a serious interest but having an annual 60k interest bill might soon soften his cough

bob charles

Just putting my pants back on after taking it from a tradesman. 260 yoyo's for 2 hrs work gas work.

vanderbadger

bob charles wrote: »

Just putting my pants back on after taking it from a tradesman. 260 yoyo's for 2 hrs work gas work.

seriously Bob, what you and the "tradesman" get up is your own business...:p

freedominacup

hugo29 wrote: »

its like going on a date again:D

What's a date?:D

freedominacup

Bodacious wrote: »

Sit them all down and hopefully get proposal agreed to sell land to nephew at reduced rate so that at least his own three children will have an inheritance and land will stay in family... Everyone's a winner, nephew can't be expecting the place for free either if he has three children of his own

I know a nephew who ended up paying €6500/acre as a reduced rate in the past few months. Good few tax implications there for all sides, nephew, uncle and his children. Good impartial advice needed there.

freedominacup

vanderbadger wrote: »

seriously Bob, what you and the "tradesman" get up is your own business...:p

I know he's always over-sharing. I think he has attachment issues.;)

hugo29

freedominacup wrote: »

What's a date?:D

apparantly its something you do with a woman:D to try to get them in the trademans position like bob;)

Richk2012

bob charles wrote: »

Just putting my pants back on after taking it from a tradesman. 260 yoyo's for 2 hrs work gas work.

What sort of gas work??

keep going

ok today but wet snow yesterday was rough-great weather to pick off a cow that might be a little dodgey so watching like a hawk

reilig

Richk2012 wrote: »

What sort of gas work??

Plumbing or tapping I imagine

ABlur

In Lanzarote for the week, very warm, really missing the sleet, not!

Timmaay

Cows back out today, after spending the last few days indoors (the 'boss' got his way), bitterly cold but dry weather last day or so has done wonders for ground conditions!

bob charles

Richk2012 wrote: »

What sort of gas work??

only fitting a different gas fire, I could have done it myself!!

td5man

Wonder will bob be looking for breeding stock in wexford this weekend!!!!

Manoffeeling

bob charles wrote: »

Just putting my pants back on after taking it from a tradesman. 260 yoyo's for 2 hrs work gas work.

It's good to change from going solo

Kovu

bob charles wrote: »

Show her road, and pack my bags for wexford:D

If there are any ladies on here with similar circumstances you can drop me a PM and I can advise you in the strictest confidence

So Bob....How you doing?;)

leg wax

Kovu Murr wrote: »

So Bob....How you doing?;)

christ kovu how you doing:p:p:p:p:p

Kovu

leg wax wrote: »

christ kovu how you doing:p:p:p:p:p

My answer depends on one thing.....


Is your land better than Bobs?:p

whelan1

Timmaay wrote: »

Cows back out today, after spending the last few days indoors (the 'boss' got his way), bitterly cold but dry weather last day or so has done wonders for ground conditions!

snow showers on and off here today, you wouldnt put your cat out in it... bitter... had a cow did the splits this morning, in my mind i am saying if they had been out she wouldnt have done that, but if they where out today i think they would die

vanderbadger

i see on cow cam that the water trough just started filling there about 1.30, there was atraffic jam around it for a bit, better leave some water running tonight if it going to get colder

Muckit

whelan1 wrote: »

mechanic was here at half eight and replaced the relay that he should have replaced on friday, all going well so far

was wondering how things panned out... Glad you got it sorted whelan1. small things like that can be a big pain in the h*le, especially with a couple a hundred animals wanting their dinner!!

Was thinking it had to be electrical rather than mechanical

Muckit

whelan1 wrote: »

had a cow did the splits this morning,

factory job?

Muckit

bob charles wrote: »

only fitting a different gas fire, I could have done it myself!!

But then you'd be gettin f**ked by the insurance man if anything went wrong and the house blew up!! 260yo yo be cheap then. Like all things in life, it's how you look at it. Suck it up Bob.

whelan1

Muckit wrote: »

factory job?

dont think they would take her, they have to be walking, this one is not