Farming Chit Chat II

whelan1

naughto wrote: »

the thing is to get the antibiotics in to your system as early as possible i no when iam getting a sinus infection by the symptoms a few days before it will hit,that way the 3 rd day of antibiotics you should start to feel better but to take them for a week to kill the infection.

its mad cause up til thid year i was sort of invincible... fecking headache drives me mental

towzer2010

whelan1 wrote: »

nothing worse, this is the first year i have been really affected by them.... hate antibiotics, went on antibiotics at christmas for it but took 2 courses to get tid of it

Sinus is a pain alright. I've had it for years so I feel your pain. When the infection starts the antibiotics is your only hope.

towzer2010

naughto wrote: »

its a sinus infection that i have slept all day yesterday i get them 4 or 5 times a yr .on a course of antibiotics for a week. sure next weekend is a bank holiday will have plenty next weekend

Careful now. A big dose of beer is what always sets mine off....

whelan1

mine has no set off ... just leaves you feeling like crap

bbam

Great day here.
All stock done for paracites inside and outside.
Slurry out on some grazing ground. Sub soiled about an acre of ground that we cleared rushes off last year.

And a bit of sunburn too. Real redneck now

Time for some beer me thinks !

simx

bbam wrote: »

Great day here.
All stock done for paracites inside and outside.
Slurry out on some grazing ground. Sub soiled about an acre of ground that we cleared rushes off last year.

And a bit of sunburn too. Real redneck now

Time for some beer me thinks !

+1 on great day and beers

Muckit

Busy all day and only after catching up with all on here.

God you kept that one quite vander! I'm late with the well wishes, but hope the day is going well for you both. You're most likely throwing a few shapes on the dance floor now or propping up the bar

delaval

Still a silage. We had a light shower really mild now mushrooms in morning

Muckit

stanflt wrote: »

Busy at slurry- hoping to get 300k gallons our before 6

Is it your own slurry stan? What do these lorries usually do? I'm intrigued. Never seen the likes before...

Muckit

delaval wrote: »

Think I'll stay on the pit for a while longer. Leinster won anyway

Stick up a few pics delaval please! You sound to have a tasty setup

delaval

Muckit wrote: »

Stick up a few pics delaval please! You sound to have a tasty setup

It's too dark!!!!

delaval

delaval wrote: »

It's too dark!!!!

Earlier

hugo29

I'm getting old, few pints watching match and feel locked, thank god tomorrow is Sunday,

bob charles

raining on and off, pulled up before eleven drilling grass as rain was putting play to finishing, coulter on the drill was starting to act up so said F-it for the night. another job to load onto tomorrow. there is no end in sight just yet

delaval

Silage finished cover in am. 10ha grass sown and 150+ tonnes dm in the bank this week ,lost a dual wheel at midnight only glitch at silage always worry about safety and things breaking down at this time.
Got a termoduric of 850 from Glanbia today despite Tbc of 5 and Scc of 90 I will deal with this on Mon. Cup of tea and bed cows in a few hours

just do it

Smashing morning here. I wonder is van in bed yet?!

stanflt

Muckit wrote: »

Is it your own slurry stan? What do these lorries usually do? I'm intrigued. Never seen the likes before...

Yeah my own slurry- out farm is 22km round trip- lorry trailers just do slurry all over the country- hold about 6500 gallons avg- shifted 36 load in 10 hours

This ground is my 4 th year in it and it hasn't got slurry in 17 years

Emptied tower completely

Muckit

stanflt wrote: »

Yeah my own slurry- out farm is 22km round trip- lorry trailers just do slurry all over the country- hold about 6500 gallons avg- shifted 36 load in 10 hours

This ground is my 4 th year in it and it hasn't got slurry in 17 years

Emptied tower completely

Ah I see. Never even knew there were contractors out there with lorries to ferry slurry, well not in this country anyway. Always interesting to see something a bit different. Never seen anything like that around here. Thanks for posting pics.

Oh one more thing.... did you just have the one slurry tanker spreading?

What next Stan...? Sidefilling into a 40' artic? I'd say you have considered it

bogman_bass

Was squeezing bulls on Friday. Did the fecker that traded to castrate me a couple of weeks ago first. Backed him out of the crush and back into the pen with the other 2 when he charged the gate and got the head stuck. I ran to the pier end because I was afraid it would come off the hinge and then dad went to try and twist your mans head out. Bull panicked and went mental and lifted the gate and dropped it on dads foot. Cue 5 hours in navan A&E.

Muckit

bogman_bass wrote: »

Was squeezing bulls on Friday. Did the decker that traded to castrate me a couple of weeks ago first. Backed him out of the crush and back into the pen with the other 2 when he charged the gate and got the head stuck. I ran to the pier end because I was afraid it would come off the hinge and then dad went to try and twist your mans head out. Bull panicked and went mental and lifted the gate and dropped it on dads foot. Cue 5 hours in navan A&E.

Hope your Dad is OK and got sorted.

Was it one of those old headgates? Just wondering how it came off?

Kovu

Anyone ever have a cow with a clout peeling away from her foot? She's ridiculously lame this morning, hoofcare can't come til Tuesday. Would bluestone help? She's quiet enoiugh to bathe it in the field with salt and water.

kowtow

whelan1 wrote: »

lovely barbecue, gone a bit chilly now, youngest lad is 5 couldnt remember us having a barbecue before.....

Reminds me of the story in the Irish Times:

American tourist (to Irish child): "Does it ever stop raining in Ireland?"

Child: 'Sure I don't know, I'm only eight"

leg wax

enjoyed my day yesterday,handy crowd arrived about 30,a lot of lads busy at silage with the good weather,i am sure van had a good day out aswell ,best of luck to the both of you.

Muckit

Glad to hear it all went well Legs. I'd say the place would have been tronged if it was at any other time.

When are you planning to take bales yourself?

bogman_bass

Muckit wrote: »

Hope your Dad is OK and got sorted.

Was it one of those old headgates? Just wondering how it came off?

no it was a standard 16 foot gate. it was the gate to the pen rather than the crush gate.

It didnt actually come off he just lifted the end up about 4 inches and then drove forward and droped it whe his head was caught

leg wax

Muckit wrote: »

Glad to hear it all went well Legs. I'd say the place would have been tronged if it was at any other time.

When are you planning to take bales yourself?

will be ready to go in a week or so looks heavy enough and still standing,plastic has gone up to some price,over 80 a roll,anyone else got a price yet.

whelan1

spent last hour getting neighbours sucklers back from our fields, was about 10 of us, pure mental.....got them out the gate only for my lad to turn them back in:rolleyes: must have went around field 20 times

dzer2

whelan1 wrote: »

spent last hour getting neighbours sucklers back from our fields, was about 10 of us, pure mental.....got them out the gate only for my lad to turn them back in:rolleyes: must have went around field 20 times

Jesus Whelan have you no fence to keep the cattle where they should be. We have one neighbour whose animals roam every where so I roped him into buying all the gear and then gave him a hand to fence his boundary with me as I was sick of his animals coming over the hedge and flattening my electric fence.

jomoloney

dzer2 wrote: »

Jesus Whelan have you no fence to keep the cattle where they should be. We have one neighbour whose animals roam every where so I roped him into buying all the gear and then gave him a hand to fence his boundary with me as I was sick of his animals coming over the hedge and flattening my electric fence.

was thinking the same

Don't think we had trespass either way in over 25 years , I spent a few days each winter maintaining the boundary , if I notice that it's weak from the neighbour's side I notify them,

hugo29

Ok lads and lassies advice required, did not get spraying meadow ground fully, weather this week is not promised great either so it looks like next weekend air earliest to get spraying, I got 2 bags 18-6-12 and 1 bag can per acre out yesterday, there is a heavy crop of very light rush on it (ground was cut bare in April and sub soiled) if I spray now will I set grass back to much bearing in mind covers are still light, but would have a cleaner and lighter return for end July cut or just accept light rush in silage and spray after silage