Farming Chit Chat II

just do it

Conor556 wrote: »

Tomorrow is the moment of truth, lets hope it all goes well!

Had to stop and think about that for a while!

Best of luck with your Leaving results;):). Regardless of how it went you've a long life ahead of you:D

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Muckit wrote: »

Do you have a scales or a weighband JDI?

A good few of them are from Gene Ireland straws so ICBF paid for the weighing.

Richk2012

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Ah the FEC is a good job I reckon, lets ya know what ya have and if your dose is working or not. Not too dear either.

Yeah cobalt, Mayo Healthcare make them.

Weaned nothing yet, probably should have gone and done that today, theyll all be for stores so not awful pushed, loads of grass.

Yea if there march or early april lambs id say they would do better being weaned and dont have your ewes eating the grass .

I dose my lambs with cobalt sulphate rather than bolus .

I mix copper sulphate and cobalt sulphate together and they get it every 3 weeks.
Our area is low in copper so its needed but too much copper with them is lethal!!!!

Username John

Did an FEC on the lambs this morning, got the results by phone this evening - coccidia too numerous to count.
Dosed with vecoxan this evening, seperated the ram lambs, as they were getting frisky. Will take the ewe lambs away from the ewes tomorrow, ran out of time this evening. Will wean em all, and then put back in the culls with the ewe lambs later...

Annoyed I didn't test em 2 weeks or so ago, they have gone back, and some are very dirty...

Hopefully will be sorted now tho...

I sent away lambs as well last week, but they didnt kill well, even tho I thought they were ok, they were obviously tighter than I thought... Some only killed out around 18.5kgs, so closer to 90euro then 100euro...

Username John

Richk2012 wrote: »

Yea if there march or early april lambs id say they would do better being weaned and dont have your ewes eating the grass .

I dose my lambs with cobalt sulphate rather than bolus .

I mix copper sulphate and cobalt sulphate together and they get it every 3 weeks.
Our area is low in copper so its needed but too much copper with them is lethal!!!!

Do you mix it yourself Rich? If so, what quantities / ratios?

I normally dose with cobalt every 3 - 4 weeks or so, need to do it again soon.

How much do you pay for the cobalt sulphate? My local vat shop only sells the gallons of cobalt, which is 10 or 12 euro a pop... I imagine the sulphate would be cheaper?

Conmaicne Mara

Username John wrote: »

Did an FEC on the lambs this morning, got the results by phone this evening - coccidia too numerous to count.

How is it you're having such trouble with cocci, or a I taking up previous posts wrong

Username John

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

How is it you're having such trouble with cocci, or a I taking up previous posts wrong

Hi Con,
Not sure what posts you are referring to.

I dosed em once already end May with vecoxan.
I thought cocci wasn't an issue once the lambs went over 12 weeks or so - they are all over 4 months now...

Conmaicne Mara

Username John wrote: »

Hi Con,
Not sure what posts you are referring to.

I dosed em once already end May with vecoxan.
I thought cocci wasn't an issue once the lambs went over 12 weeks or so - they are all over 4 months now...

Sorry John, maybe I am mixing you up with someone else, only half awake here

naughto

Conor556 wrote: »

Have course got already, green cert for a year and then move onto do a agri technician course, Thats the plan

so no matter what happen your sorted.i got my first option when i get the results pitty i had to go look it up when i got the letter in the post,thats how much i gave a f1ck when i was 18/19.have gone back since to get my degree in a total different course be it 10 yrs down the line,if i had money id have a craic at the masters. but iam going to be a daddy for the 1st time at the end of oct so it ill be on the back burner for awhile
for bob i was the only lad in my class of 26 women it was some yr

is this you

Conor556

naughto wrote: »

so no matter what happen your sorted.i got my first option when i get the results pitty i had to go look it up when i got the letter in the post,thats how much i gave a f1ck when i was 18/19.have gone back since to get my degree in a total different course be it 10 yrs down the line,if i had money id have a craic at the masters. but iam going to be a daddy for the 1st time at the end of oct so it ill be on the back burner for awhile
for bob i was the only lad in my class of 26 women it was some yr

is this you

No not yet but sure in a few years who knows,,,,, I will have 6 months work experience aswell and would also like to get an apprenticeship through that in year 2, and also have 3 months on a farm from feb to may this yr. Looking forward to it!

bob charles

naughto wrote: »

bob i was the only lad in my class of 26 women it was some yr

I studied Biology on it own the year after doing my initial leaving cert at local school as needed science subject for college. 21 birds, a bent fellow and me sitting down the back. Those high science stools really magnified a nice behind . Got an A1 in it, so the hormones must only have being starting to kick in:rolleyes:

just do it

Rain has just started here. F**king sleep is alluding me again...

just do it

bob charles wrote: »

Those high science stools really magnified a nice behind

Is that what the other lad said to you.... from behind :eek:

Kovu

bob charles wrote: »

I studied Biology on it own the year after doing my initial leaving cert at local school as needed science subject for college. 21 birds, a bent fellow and me sitting down the back. Those high science stools really magnified a nice behind . Got an A1 in it, so the hormones must only have being starting to kick in:rolleyes:

I didn't even need to appear today to start you off Bob :rolleyes:

I got 2 A1s in my leaving and I'm crap at one so I'll leave ye guessing as to the subjects:p

Just in the door here myself, charity bingo on so had to toddle along. I felt like a child in the midst of parents again, except this time I was about 1 foot higher than all the auld ones. Either I'm taller than average or we all shrink as we get older!

bob charles

just do it wrote: »

Is that what the other lad said to you.... from behind :eek:

I made sure I was sitting at the very back. Coming up from the rear would be what its considered in horse racing terms

bob charles

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I didn't even need to appear today to start you off Bob :rolleyes:

I got 2 A1s in my leaving and I'm crap at one so I'll leave ye guessing as to the subjects:p

Religion?

Kovu

bob charles wrote: »

I made sure I was sitting at the very back. Coming up from the rear would be what its considered in horse racing terms

There's a very important word in that sentence:eek:

(awaits a mod reprimand)

bob charles wrote: »

Religion?

Nope, I'm older than that!

bob charles

Kovu Murr wrote: »

There's a very important word in that sentence:eek:

(awaits a mod reprimand)




Nope, I'm older than that!

You hear plenty of commentators use the expression bringing up the rear aswell as coming up the rear :rolleyes:

quadboy

Feckin water in the petrol was the cause of my quad trouble, getting it back tomorrow

Kovu

bob charles wrote: »

You hear plenty of commentators use the expression bringing up the rear aswell as coming up the rear :rolleyes:

Ya but those bringing up the rear always take ages to get in gear:D

Bizzum

bob charles wrote: »

You hear plenty of commentators use the expression bringing up the rear aswell as coming up the rear :rolleyes:

Reminds me of the horse race where the leading horse was well out in front, until he was struck by a bottle of whiskey, followed by a leg of lamb, then a turkey, then some crackers........it appears he was hampered. :-)

Bizzum

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Ya but those bringing up the rear always take ages to get in gear:D

Nothing wrong with taking yer time. Do ya not remember the tale of the old bull and the young bull........

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

Nothing wrong with taking yer time. Do ya not remember the tale of the old bull and the young bull........

Yup, but the young bull always takes over when the old fella gets knackered!:cool:

just do it

The content of this thread is going backwards :rolleyes:

Bizzum

Gettin hot in here.......... Time for the nest.

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

The content of this thread is going backwards :rolleyes:

I know, I'm taking Bizzums cue and heading for the leaba!

just do it

quadboy wrote: »

Feckin water in the petrol was the cause of my quad trouble, getting it back tomorrow

Given the vein of the current debate, in future be more careful which opening you put your fuel in

just do it

Night night all

Bizzum

just do it wrote: »

Given the vein of the current debate, in future be more careful which opening you put your fuel in

I stopped at a garage a good few year ago, outside Kinnegad, and there was two young ones with the bonnet open on their car and the two of them looking in at the engine like an ass looking at a burning bush.
Being the gentleman that I am, I asked were they alright. The told me the oil light had come on and they wanted to put oil in the engine but were finding it difficult. Show me how ye were doing it says I, and one of the girls pulls out the dipstick and dribbles oil in. :-)
I showed them a much quicker way! I suppose to their credit they didn't ignore the oil light!

Conmaicne Mara

Bizzum wrote: »

I showed them a much quicker way! I suppose to their credit they didn't ignore the oil light!

You bought them a funnel didn't you :pac: