Farming Chit Chat II

bob charles

like the woman who couldn't locate the OIL cap, but did find a cap with 710 on it

Jesus Wept

howaya boys

just do it

Andy Carroll wrote: »

howaya boys

Howdy stranger, what brings you to the countryside?

kevthegaff

just do it wrote: »

Howdy stranger, what brings you to the countryside?

alcohol id say

Richk2012

Username John wrote: »

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?

I buy a 1kg tub of copper sulphate for about Eur8 , and the 1kg bag of cobalt sulphate is around Eur40 .
The copper makes a serious difference to thrift with us

Mix 2ounces of copper and 8 ounces of cobalt to a gallon of water .
I mix the sulphates with a litre of boiling water to dissolve the crystals to liquid form and then add the rest in cold water .

Start the lambs off at about 5ml at about 6weeks old , and increase as they grow until they reach the limit of 20ml . Every three weeks .. Certainly pays off .

Have to be careful with the copper though .
I killed two lambs 3 years ago . They were pet lambs and i didnt know that the lamlac contained copper .

whelan1

bob charles wrote: »

like the woman who couldn't locate the OIL cap, but did find a cap with 710 on it

took me a while to get that one:cool:

whelan1

Bizzum wrote: »

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!

i am sure there are plenty of lads who wouldnt have a clue either:pac:

dzer2

whelan1 wrote: »

i am sure there are plenty of lads who wouldnt have a clue either:pac:

Worked in a factory one time they got a relieve driver in to load lorries. After a couple of days I asked him did he check the oil in the forklift as it burned a bit during the day. He said he hadnt but would do it after the tea. About an hour later he came back said the forklift wouldnt start. When I went to it he had filled the engine to the top with oil. :eek:

whelan1

dzer2 wrote: »

Worked in a factory one time they got a relieve driver in to load lorries. After a couple of days I asked him did he check the oil in the forklift as it burned a bit during the day. He said he hadnt but would do it after the tea. About an hour later he came back said the forklift wouldnt start. When I went to it he had filled the engine to the top with oil. :eek:

he was a right dipstick:D

dzer2

whelan1 wrote: »

he was a right dipstick:D

He new what one was when I finished with him.;)

whelan1

had a guy here a few years ago , when i was interviewing him he said i will treat all machinery as my own etc, he ran the tractor with no oil:mad::mad: last lad broke the dipstick and made up a new one with a welding rod:eek: put way too much oil in the tractor- you cant win

GY A1

saw this in another section here

Ball Cutters comming to a river near you soon!!
A piranha cousin rumored to go after testicles might be invading brackish waters near Copenhagen.

http://www.livescience.com/38813-pac...h-denmark.html

Muckit

whelan1 wrote: »

had a guy here a few years ago , when i was interviewing him he said i will treat all machinery as my own etc, he ran the tractor with no oil:mad::mad: last lad broke the dipstick and made up a new one with a welding rod:eek: put way too much oil in the tractor- you cant win

Both of them didn't know what a dipstick was, but they sure knew what the gate looked like! :pac: Another one bites the dust!

Conor556

Got 320.

Bizzum

Conor556 wrote: »

Got 320.

I couldn't tell ya if that's good, bad or indifferent, but well done. It changed since my time I'm sure.
Go easy tonight on the back of it anyway.

Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

i am sure there are plenty of lads who wouldnt have a clue either:pac:

I told it like it was, if it was two lads or one of each, I'd have still told it the same.
I thing sometimes us folks that grew up rooting at stock and machinery don't realise that not everybody knows the basics.
I did give them credit for not ignoring the oil light, and indeed another aspect is, all of us should not be afraid to ask for help or direction when we're unsure.

naughto

Conor556 wrote: »

Got 320.

good man conor thats a great result.
never mind Bizzum and his go easy,go as hard as you can for as long as you can you are only a young fella enjoy the hell out of it.

naughto

Bizzum wrote: »

I told it like it was, if it was two lads or one of each, I'd have still told it the same.
I thing sometimes us folks that grew up rooting at stock and machinery don't realise that not everybody knows the basics.
I did give them credit for not ignoring the oil light, and indeed another aspect is, all of us should not be afraid to ask for help or direction when we're unsure.

where the two women hot??

Bizzum

GY A1 wrote: »

saw this in another section here

Ball Cutters comming to a river near you soon!!
A piranha cousin rumored to go after testicles might be invading brackish waters near Copenhagen.

http://www.livescience.com/38813-pac...h-denmark.html

I can't get your link to work. Brackish waters aren't the best for swimming anyway.

whelan1

Muckit wrote: »

Both of them didn't know what a dipstick was, but they sure knew what the gate looked like! :pac: Another one bites the dust!

cost nearly 5k to fix the first time and 720 in labour and 550 in parts this time... new dipstick was around 5 euro:o first time the mechanic thought he was a rocket scientist with the rate he charged for work

Jesus Wept

just do it wrote: »

Howdy stranger, what brings you to the countryside?

The women!

dzer2

Andy Carroll wrote: »

The women!

Ooooh be careful there are some serious women in here:cool:

bob charles

Andy Carroll wrote: »

The women!

Andy Carroll, your a great man in around the box with the head

sea12

Username John wrote: »

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...

Hi john. What's the process involved in FEC. Who do u send it to. How much does it cost. I see some of my own getting very dirty this week and would like to do the test.

nashmach

bob charles wrote: »

Andy Carroll, your a great man in around the box with the head

Can't find the clip on Youtube but reminds me of Father Ted, is that that fec*** g*****e on the telly again :D

redzerologhlen

Andy Carroll wrote: »

The women!

You'll have to fight your way past quadboy first!!

Username John

sea12 wrote: »

Hi john. What's the process involved in FEC. Who do u send it to. How much does it cost. I see some of my own getting very dirty this week and would like to do the test.

Hi Sea,

I am located close enough to this crowd, who do the testing
http://www.animalhealthlabs.ie/

There are a few other labs that do it - you could see if one of these labs is close to you, and if they would email you the results direct?

What I did was take some samples off the lambs - to do this, I normally go see them as early as I can in the morning, and walk around and get the lambs up, wait for them to do their business, and then take a small sample from it.
How many samples I get depends on how patient I am, what the weather is like, and how long it takes
But I try to get samples from 6 - 10 lambs. I also try to make sure the samples I take are all around the same size...

Put it into test-tube type container (they wont accept freezer-type bags in the lab, due to Health and Safety) , and drop it into the lab above.
They email me the results, usually that evening.

This is what I do - I cant say if its right or wrong, others may have a better way of doing it.

The cost is around 25euro (maybe 20+VAT) I cant remember now...
Maybe its a bit expensive, as I am not sure if there much to it - but I cant do it, so I have to pay
But if you put it against the cost of lambs going backwards (which I know mine have over the past week or so), its not so bad.

freedominacup

Conor556 wrote: »

Got 320.

You're no ordinary ejit so:D:D.

freedominacup

redzerologhlen wrote: »

You'll have to fight your way past quadboy first!!

And then you'll have to deal with Kovu. We'll know what you're made of after that.:D:D

Bizzum

naughto wrote: »

where the two women hot??

I tried to take one of their temps but when I went to stick in the termometer she lost all reason:D