Farming Chit Chat II

bob charles

delaval wrote: »

Heading to a Wake now. These never end well!!!!!

had a few great nights at wakes, my aunt who is a serious funeral person always says - give her a funeral over a wedding anyday :rolleyes:

hugo29

Another barbecue here, full beer again, cut the lawn with bottle beer in one hand, neighbour who is pioneer passed just as I was havin a slug, lol say he was impressed, now where is my pyjamas

sea12

Got the hay baled this evening. What a pleasure in this weather rather than the usual panick. Best hay we've had in years.
Had a pint to celebrate.

freedominacup

bob charles wrote: »

had a few great nights at wakes, my aunt who is a serious funeral person always says - give her a funeral over a wedding anyday :rolleyes:

Myself and the oul boy were at a stag night back in the day. He wouldn't have been much older than I now at the time. It was like he was having one last blow-out in relation to stags, he went mental. We were in a nightclub in Tramore and he was giving it loads, next thing this young bouncer comes over telling him to take it easy, "would you ever **** off for yourself" the oul boy retorts "I've seen [nightclub owners name] who the oul boy knew fairly well, do wilder things at a wake".It looked a bit iffy for a few seconds but the lad who was getting married was a chap in his thirties as were most of the crew on the stag and this crew of bouncers were more used to 17 year olds with cider pouring out of their ears than a bunch of grown men who weren't much more than mildly steamed. It was funny actually to watch the bouncers get more and more uneasy as fellas started appearing out of the shadows not doing anything, just there, waiting.

moy83

bob charles wrote: »

had a few great nights at wakes, my aunt who is a serious funeral person always says - give her a funeral over a wedding anyday :rolleyes:

Same as that , the weddings are too happy for my liking . Much better talk at a wake .
Now the stations would be top banana altogether , great craic but kept respectable all the same !

freedominacup

moy83 wrote: »

Same as that , the weddings are too happy for my liking . Much better talk at a wake .
Now the stations would be top banana altogether , great craic but kept respectable all the same !

This was a total revelation to my sister-in-law when she married down in Cork, she still hasn't made her mind up whether she love them or hates them. Great craic but loads of hassle getting ready for them when it's your turn.

iverjohnston

hugo29 wrote: »

Another barbecue here, full beer again, cut the lawn with bottle beer in one hand, neighbour who is pioneer passed just as I was havin a slug, lol say he was impressed, now where is my pyjamas

You're a hardy buck, hugo, wearing the pyjamas in this weather1

mf240

moy83 wrote: »

Much better talk at a wake .
!

ya said I better call in just to pass myself.
Ya a nice auld devil all right.
Ah sure I suppose its a happy release for him now and sure he was a great age.



Any word on who got the land?

moy83

mf240 wrote: »

ya said I better call in just to pass myself.
Ya a nice auld devil all right.
Ah sure I suppose its a happy release for him now and sure he was a great age.



Any word on who got the land?

It must be an ease to her to be rid of him at this stage (there was nothing wrong with him except he was a cranky ould fella )

I doubt if we will ever see 83

Look at ur man making a sow of himself on the free whiskey

Juniorhurler

A funeral is better than a wedding, don't have to be invited, don't need to bring a present and always a hoor of a session afterwards.

I remember working with an auld fella in the plant hire game one time and took off a day to go to a grand uncles funeral. First question he gave me the next morning was, "well, how did he kill out for ya". He was a rough man in every sense of the term.

Bizzum

I saw a lot of hay being saved the last few days in my travels. A couple of things struck me: I'm amazed by some lads the thrashing they give hay, some of it bet into dust. Another thing I bethought of is the lad that gets caught when the weather breaks. If a heatwave lasted 6 months, as sure as there's ****e in a goose, someone will have hay down when it breaks!

kowtow

Bizzum wrote: »

If a heatwave lasted 6 months, as sure as there's ****e in a goose, someone will have hay down when it breaks!

That'll be me.

We're knocking a paddock for hay later today.

Mainly because the rest of the fields could do with the rain.

bbam

A quandary.
We had a heifer with bad feet. She got very lame and lost condition as a result.

We finally got her feet done three weeks ago and she's up and about as normal.

I'd love to feed her back with some beef nuts, maybe 2kg a day for a month.

The lad who did her feet said in no way to give her meal or barley as it will just further destroy her feet. Just leave her on grass and shell be fine.

What would you do ??

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

bbam wrote: »

A quandary.
What would you do ??

I would leave her on the grass.

jomoloney

Bizzum wrote: »

I saw a lot of hay being saved the last few days in my travels. A couple of things struck me: I'm amazed by some lads the thrashing they give hay, some of it bet into dust. Another thing I bethought of is the lad that gets caught when the weather breaks. If a heatwave lasted 6 months, as sure as there's ****e in a goose, someone will have hay down when it breaks!

a fellow near here has "hay" mowed a week to day and still not baled

kowtow wrote: »

That'll be me.

We're knocking a paddock for hay later today.

Mainly because the rest of the fields could do with the rain.

done that last monday , still hasn't worked:(

bogman_bass

delaval wrote: »

Heading to a Wake now. These never end well!!!!!

In fairness they never start that we'll either.

Marooned75

Some machine for baling in Leitrim in today's journal don't know how lucky we are

hugo29

10 years married this weekend, better sort something out
its amazing how much a man's hearing deteriorates over the course of the years

pakalasa

hugo29 wrote: »

10 years married this weekend, better sort something out
its amazing how much a man's hearing deteriorates over the course of the years

Was talking to an old guy there recently. His wife shouts out to me, that i'll have to speak up as 'he's not great in the hearing'. Yer man goes to me, 'I can hear when I want to'.:D

Muckit

Marooned75 wrote: »

Some machine for baling in Leitrim in today's journal don't know how lucky we are

Did anyone see the wrapper though? The lad the owns it had to take the oversize wheels off his tanker to put on it. He made a damn fine job of wrapping them though with the quality visqueen wrap he got up north!!

freedominacup

Oul boy is just back from a week away seeing the sister in the U.K..She's lecturing in a college over there mainly to Ag students. In one of her classes 6 or 8 out of 20 studying for an ag degree are vegetarians. You'd have to wonder.

vanderbadger

Muckit wrote: »

Did anyone see the wrapper though? The lad the owns it had to take the oversize wheels off his tanker to put on it. He made a damn fine job of wrapping them though with the quality visqueen wrap he got up north!!

now now

naughto

Old man Paddy walked into a crowded doctor's office. As he approached the desk, the receptionist said, "Yes sir, what are you seeing the doctor for today?"

"There's something wrong with my cóck," Paddy replied.

The receptionist became irritated and said, "You shouldn't come into a crowded office and say things like that."

"Why not? You asked me what was wrong and I told you," he said.

The receptionist replied, "You've obviously caused some embarrassment in this roomful of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and then discussed the problem further with the doctor in private."

Paddy replied, "You shouldn't ask people things in a room full of others, if the answer could embarrass anyone." So Paddy walked out, waited several minutes and then re-entered.

The receptionist smiled smugly and asked, "Yes?"

"There's something wrong with my ear," Paddy stated.

The receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. "And what is wrong with your ear, sir?"

Paddy replied:

"I can't piss out of it,"

muirsin

Hi
Have a 3 month old strong suckler with bad dose of scour (Dark green) yesterday.
Had another today with same .They have been done for coccidiosis with baycox 4 weeks ago .vet gave me biometrin to inject for 5 days. Is this likely to be coccidiosis and should i repeat baycox or is it linked to heat or is it something else Both calves are lively.

whelan1

was dehorning calves this morning, eldest lad went to put spray mark on calf's head before i was finished and there was a big ball of flames, frightened the daylights of us all:eek:

whelan1

muirsin wrote: »

Hi
Have a 3 month old strong suckler with bad dose of scour (Dark green) yesterday.
Had another today with same .They have been done for coccidiosis with baycox 4 weeks ago .vet gave me biometrin to inject for 5 days. Is this likely to be coccidiosis and should i repeat baycox or is it linked to heat or is it something else Both calves are lively.

what did the vet say? i would give bimastat and vecoxan if it was me

reilig

Marooned75 wrote: »

Some machine for baling in Leitrim in today's journal don't know how lucky we are

Just for Muckit!

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

Just for Muckit!

if the mower hadnt marked it when cutting and it didnt rain after surely he would get to bale it away without the tracks?

Timmaay

Hmmm if it ever comes to the stage that that's the only way I can cut silage on my farm the whole place will be put to forestry quick ha!

bob charles

muirsin wrote: »

Hi
Have a 3 month old strong suckler with bad dose of scour (Dark green) yesterday.
Had another today with same .They have been done for coccidiosis with baycox 4 weeks ago .vet gave me biometrin to inject for 5 days. Is this likely to be coccidiosis and should i repeat baycox or is it linked to heat or is it something else Both calves are lively.

presume the animal needs sulpha powders and the biometrin I presume given its name is slupha in injection form. you really need both for dealing with infections I find