Farming Chit Chat II

f140

whelan1 wrote: »

mechanic had to come back to tractor this morning turns out it wasnt the relay it was a fuse:p and we wanting to get at slurry early

what make of tractor is it that is being tempermental. is it your only one or have you another tractor to go spreading slurry?

dzer2

Man what a day OH has gone back to work so I have to mind baby boo 2 days in the week Tuesday and Thursday. These days I try to do paper work and purchase stuff that needs collecting so I can have in the van with me. Was coming back from Wicklow I noticed a very familiar trailer that went missing 17 months ago along with 7k of other stuff. So I followed the bloke and he pulled into a farm suppliers yard. I went round and looked at the trailer sure enough it was mine. Checked the chassis number and all. Spoke to the chap and he was pleasant enough about it and asked that I follow him to his yard so he could unload. Had to produce the invoice for the trailer but not a problem I had a copy of it from the robbery report. Waited for the guards just so there was no question about anything afterwards. Left home at 9.30 back at 3.15 pm for a 2 hour trip. Feck all done here all day when I got back 2 troughs leaking into the tank as the pipes burst while thawing out. Back to town for fittings got that fixed then noticed the last 2 cows have calved on the slatts down to the neighbours for beistings. Back up to check the others one calf down fairly poorly he is gone to the vets for the night. At last went to fodder f**king flat battery over an hour waiting for enough charge to start. In for the evening now no night shift and the missus is off to bingo. Roll on the sack.

whelan1

f140 wrote: »

what make of tractor is it that is being tempermental. is it your only one or have you another tractor to go spreading slurry?

its a tm125 new holland, apart from a clutch after 12 hours its been grand its 2000, it has the feeder on it most of the time and does slurry- 2600 gallon tanker- and fertiliser spreader, have a case 885 4wd as well , slurry pump is on that most of the time

redzerologhlen

whelan1 wrote: »

what is a scolp?

A picture is as good as a thousand words whelan.

hoseman

Must be the day for tractors breaking down ,Dropped our one to mechanic to get an oil leak fixed.Hate any type of oil leak.

Richk2012

hoseman wrote: »

Must be the day for tractors breaking down ,Dropped our one to mechanic to get an oil leak fixed.Hate any type of oil leak.

Engine or backend ???

Marooned75

Off to bed had three winners today will do it all again 2moro

Bizzum

Marooned75 wrote: »

Off to bed had three winners today will do it all again 2moro

Goodnight Ruby ;-)

hoseman

Richk2012 wrote: »

Engine or backend ???

Sorry ,engine,Will let you know name of it when he tells me again!:(

C0N0R

delaval wrote: »

One of our parlours has 1 wall the other has half a wall designed for our balmy summers

Out here we have two and there does be times it's far from enough. Especially when there is only one row left and the snow if flying in at ya!

1chippy

dzer2 wrote: »

Man what a day OH has gone back to work so I have to mind baby boo 2 days in the week Tuesday and Thursday. These days I try to do paper work and purchase stuff that needs collecting so I can have in the van with me. Was coming back from Wicklow I noticed a very familiar trailer that went missing 17 months ago along with 7k of other stuff. So I followed the bloke and he pulled into a farm suppliers yard. I went round and looked at the trailer sure enough it was mine. Checked the chassis number and all. Spoke to the chap and he was pleasant enough about it and asked that I follow him to his yard so he could unload. Had to produce the invoice for the trailer but not a problem I had a copy of it from the robbery report. Waited for the guards just so there was no question about anything afterwards. Left home at 9.30 back at 3.15 pm for a 2 hour trip. Feck all done here all day when I got back 2 troughs leaking into the tank as the pipes burst while thawing out. Back to town for fittings got that fixed then noticed the last 2 cows have calved on the slatts down to the neighbours for beistings. Back up to check the others one calf down fairly poorly he is gone to the vets for the night. At last went to fodder f**king flat battery over an hour waiting for enough charge to start. In for the evening now no night shift and the missus is off to bingo. Roll on the sack.

Glad to hear about the trailer. what will the cops do now? Was in a similar position a while back and i couldnt produce the chasis no, and the company i bought it off couldnt find it either. Ended up going home empty handed.

dzer2

1chippy wrote: »

Glad to hear about the trailer. what will the cops do now? Was in a similar position a while back and i couldnt produce the chasis no, and the company i bought it off couldnt find it either. Ended up going home empty handed.

I was lucky as I bought it with the jeep through finance and the bank had all the details as they got the VAT. I don't know what the cops are at. Done a bit of digging meself after they left, have traced it through 3 counties at the moment, will have to wait until Sunday week to dig a little more don't want to say too much but will post back here in a while.

Timmaay

hoseman wrote: »

Must be the day for tractors breaking down

Ha we're all jinxed or something, our mechanic left one of ours out of action yesterday, after he brought up the wrong part for it, wont get it until the morning. That didn't bother us too much, until my dad managed to reverse into, or alongside a circular feeder, sidewall of the back wheel pinched against where the joint in the feeder is, 6inch slash in the tire. Called out the tire repair chap, 800quid for a new tire, wont have it until tomorrow so I had to borrow the neighbours tractor to feed the cattle. Expensive mistake, but we have all brushed off stuff as such, really a 1 in a 1000 chance that you'd burst the tire in the likes!

Muckit

Timmaay wrote: »

sidewall of the back wheel pinched against where the joint in the feeder is, 6inch slash in the tire. Called out the tire repair chap, 800quid for a new tire,

Too big for a gaitor I suppose? That's a sickener!!

whelan1

ring around. i am sure you could get a second hand tyre

just do it

It seems funny to be looking at the busiest farming thread and only see 135 posts!

delaval

We have one parlour on the home farm where it is all winter milk completely sealed, the other 2 are purly for spring herds and 'till today frost was never an issue. They were built on a very tight budget at the time by ourselves and we felt that quota was probably a more pressing investment at the time. Thank god it's going so much money invested in it. The intention was always to seal sheds but never felt the need.
We had no bother milking this am the problem was water frozen and also in paddocks.

saranac1

Hi guys I had a charlaois heifer that calves a big Charolais bull yesterday. Calf needed a pull and mother fell down on us twice. We got calf out and mother stayed sitting for a couple of hours. Calf is now up and eager to suck but mother won't let him, she keeps heading the calf and kicking him when he try's to suckle her, it's as if she is still in pain or something.mother is standing fine now , very hungry for fodder but just won't let calf suck.....,

Any suggestions on what to do next?

just do it

saranac1 wrote: »

Hi guys I had a charlaois heifer that calves a big Charolais bull yesterday. Calf needed a pull and mother fell down on us twice. We got calf out and mother stayed sitting for a couple of hours. Calf is now up and eager to suck but mother won't let him, she keeps heading the calf and kicking him when he try's to suckle her, it's as if she is still in pain or something.mother is standing fine now , very hungry for fodder but just won't let calf suck.....,

Any suggestions on what to do next?

Priority is to get beastings into the calf. Then it looks like hard graft to get mother to let calf suckle including locking her in a head gate with nuts in front of her.. Smell is an important factor. Some of the cows calving fluids onto the calf would help.

bogman_bass

just do it wrote: »

Not related to the question but have you ever gone back to the farmer directly when you've been happy with what you got at the mart?

no but had lads that bought stock off us call looking for more which is nice to hear

vanderbadger

just discovered a 15 mth old heifer is in calf yesterday, well on too, i never really noticed her till i had them out of shed..
will have to leave her on the hay and hope or the best, are oats a good idea in such a situation by the way?
she is a good strong heifer in fairness so hopefully it might work out

reilig

vanderbadger wrote: »

just discovered a 15 mth old heifer is in calf yesterday, well on too, i never really noticed her till i had them out of shed..
will have to leave her on the hay and hope or the best, are oats a good idea in such a situation by the way?
she is a good strong heifer in fairness so hopefully it might work out

Hay and oats would be a good diet. But don't overdo her with oats. It will keep the calf small.

pakalasa

reilig wrote: »

Hay and oats would be a good diet. But don't overdo her with oats. It will keep the calf small.

How do the oats work, in keeping the calf small?

freedominacup

vanderbadger wrote: »

just discovered a 15 mth old heifer is in calf yesterday, well on too, i never really noticed her till i had them out of shed..
will have to leave her on the hay and hope or the best, are oats a good idea in such a situation by the way?
she is a good strong heifer in fairness so hopefully it might work out

Oats might well be your salvation. Would it be worth getting her scanned to know exactly where you are? If she's only 5-6 months you could feed her on for a while.

reilig

pakalasa wrote: »

How do the oats work, in keeping the calf small?

That's a good question and I don't know if I can give the correct answer. It was discussed in a thread before and I think the idea is that the oats will allow the heifer to continue to grow without fattening the calf inside.

whelan1

just after killing and plucking a turkey, having a cuppa and then do the last one he's going mental out there in the pen on his own... think he knows whats coming

jomoloney

whelan1 wrote: »

just after killing and plucking a turkey, having a cuppa and then do the last one he's going mental out there in the pen on his own... think he knows whats coming

a butcher as well as ur other skills

whelan1

jomoloney wrote: »

a butcher as well as ur other skills

no i just kill and pluck, leave the cleaning out to my dad;)

freedominacup

whelan1 wrote: »

no i just kill and pluck, leave the cleaning out to my dad;)

Oul boy always tells about hs mother and chickens. If she was walking across the yard and a hen she was suspicious of crossed her path she'd grab it, thumb up the ass to check for an egg, no egg and that hen was naked by the time she'd get to the back door of the house.

lakill Farm

bbam wrote: »

Had quick look at the revenue website regarding the property tax. Some interesting stuff there.

One thing that I noticed that I haddnt heard publicised was that anyone who opted not to pay the household charge to the council, they now owe revenue €200 and this will be in addition to this years property tax. It's a Revenue debt now so it will be persued and collected with vigour.

Westmeath co co owe me more than the the tax and Revenue do also so they can "offset it" :cool: