Farming Chit Chat II

bob charles

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

how far do you reckon she is gone, and do you want her in calf

vanderbadger

bob charles wrote: »

how far do you reckon she is gone, and do you want her in calf

hard to know, prob 7 or 8 mths
no didnt want her in calf so young

Manoffeeling

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/more-dead-pigs-wash-up-in-shanghai-587861.html

ABlur

Manoffeeling wrote: »

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/more-dead-pigs-wash-up-in-shanghai-587861.html

Toxic rivers and toxic pork, at least they dont have to worry about horsemeat in their burgers!

1chippy

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

I was reading yesterdays farming indo and foun d a bit on how there were trials done oncows due to calve. the various feeds given and results. I think it was in the section they had about derrypatrick.

Bodacious

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'm glad you got your trailer. What about the lad that just handed her over .. Is he totally innocent you think ? Would he have just bought it off the likes of Donedeal?!

tkehoe

well lads, going to the north friday or monday to check out a few tractor dealerships any suggestions/recommendations?

dzer2

Bodacious wrote: »

I'm glad you got your trailer. What about the lad that just handed her over .. Is he totally innocent you think ? Would he have just bought it off the likes of Donedeal?!

Well yeah after a chat with the cops cant say much else as trying to follow trail back to the thief's but if dont get that far will name and shame all in the trail.

blue5000

OTT or what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW9lIrvjSSM

Manoffeeling

blue5000 wrote: »

OTT or what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW9lIrvjSSM

Why don't they use dust?

whelan1

one of the kids is sick, she didnt go asleep til 3am, am wrecked!

bbam

Ahhhh
Calf down in the shed thismorning under the feeders where ground is wet. Amd we had a bad frost too. Had to carry him to a corner and isolate him under a heat lamp.
Got some warm feed into him And dried him off but he's looking ****edd.
Have to do school run before work, might nip back and feed him again.

Was lifting this calf all last week as he was down with scour. Thought I was in the clear with him

Rovi

I thought the dairy people might like this one:

Manoffeeling

bbam wrote: »

Ahhhh
Calf down in the shed thismorning under the feeders where ground is wet. Amd we had a bad frost too. Had to carry him to a corner and isolate him under a heat lamp.
Got some warm feed into him And dried him off but he's looking ****edd.
Have to do school run before work, might nip back and feed him again.

Was lifting this calf all last week as he was down with scour. Thought I was in the clear with him

I had an old car that I would start and put the heater on. It was better than any red lamp. Just leave a window slightly open for fresh air. It's the same idea as an incubator. Leave the wireless on also for company! Seriously though, it was one of my better ideas and most successful.

darragh_haven

Manoffeeling wrote: »

I had an old car that I would start and put the heater on. It was better than any red lamp. Just leave a window slightly open for fresh air. It's the same idea as an incubator. Leave the wireless on also for company! Seriously though, it was one of my better ideas and most successful.

This has to be the best use for an auld car I have ever heard. Patent it! It also made me smile, imagining a sucky calf listing to Mooney goes wild........ (listening to Joe Duffy would probably cause the calf to loose the will to live)

bob charles

Manoffeeling wrote: »

I had an old car that I would start and put the heater on. It was better than any red lamp. Just leave a window slightly open for fresh air. It's the same idea as an incubator. Leave the wireless on also for company! Seriously though, it was one of my better ideas and most successful.

great idea, doubt the EPA would buy your idea if you had a few cars thrown around for such:D

bbam

Just gave him another hot feed there. He's sitting up better now but it's set him back again.
Brother can feed him at three just to help keep him warm and build him up again.

Off to work now, I'd been workin up a few hours to take a Friday off but that's rapidly going out the window now
This has to be the biggest problem with working off farm, finding a sick animal before work and frantically trying to get things right to get away. Then wondering all day how it's going. Times like this I would be great to have the father still around.

vanderbadger

bbam wrote: »

Just gave him another hot feed there. He's sitting up better now but it's set him back again.
Brother can feed him at three just to help keep him warm and build him up again.

Off to work now, I'd been workin up a few hours to take a Friday off but that's rapidly going out the window now

the best laid plans eh, its amazing how one sick animal can knock you off track when you have work to get to

Manoffeeling

darragh_haven wrote: »

This has to be the best use for an auld car I have ever heard. Patent it! It also made me smile, imagining a sucky calf listing to Mooney goes wild........ (listening to Joe Duffy would probably cause the calf to loose the will to live)

Sean moncrief is way ahead of the vile from rte.

hugo29

bbam wrote: »

Just gave him another hot feed there. He's sitting up better now but it's set him back again.
Brother can feed him at three just to help keep him warm and build him up again.

Off to work now, I'd been workin up a few hours to take a Friday off but that's rapidly going out the window now
This has to be the biggest problem with working off farm, finding a sick animal before work and frantically trying to get things right to get away. Then wondering all day how it's going. Times like this I would be great to have the father still around.

i dont know how many hours i am down at this stage, running home from work to cows calving,

Suckler

bbam wrote: »

This has to be the biggest problem with working off farm.......Times like this I would be great to have the father still around.

Since I've emigrated, It's a blessing having mine there keeping things ticking over. He is retired but enjoys the pressure free farming.

Although - Anyone here with a Psychiatry degree - I want a study done on the subject of "Aul lads loving Hardship". Some ideas lead to so much hardship it looks as though he thought out ways to waste time and punish himself!

Manoffeeling

bob charles wrote: »

great idea, doubt the EPA would buy your idea if you had a few cars thrown around for such:D

If you take the wheels off you are legally entitled to run it on green diesel because it is a 'stationary' engine. If the wheels are on you can be done for green diesel in a car even though it is not on the road.

bbam

Manoffeeling wrote: »

If you take the wheels off you are legally entitled to run it on green diesel because it is a 'stationary' engine. If the wheels are on you can be done for green diesel in a car even though it is not on the road.

Maybe but we have a 250w heat lamp.
Used in a draught free space it generates a good heat, remember were warming a sick animal not cooking them.
250w in 24 hours is 6 units, about €1.20 a day to run. You could afford to run it for a long time if it saved calling out the vet. Also I was at me butt to carry a 70kg calf to the corner, I'd never get him any further. I'll be walking crooked for a few days now

The picture of the calf sitting up in the car did make me smile though, and I needed that,

Massey10

Suckler wrote: »

Since I've emigrated, It's a blessing having mine there keeping things ticking over. He is retired but enjoys the pressure free farming.

Although - Anyone here with a Psychiatry degree - I want a study done on the subject of "Aul lads loving Hardship". Some ideas lead to so much hardship it looks as though he thought out ways to waste time and punish himself!

If there is a hard way to do a thing they will find it alright

Marooned75

If weather holds I hope to spread a bit of fert in the next few days.Conditions are getting better everyday.Fingers crossed

reilig

Bought a ring roller last weekend. Tested it out on ground that was poached last summer yesterday evening and it works a dream - doesn'tcompact the top of the soil flat like an ordinary roller. Hoping to make a frame for it to add a barrel of water to it for extra weight for drier ground in the coming weeks - although it is deceivingly heavy! Should also be very useful for any reseeding that I do this year.

rancher

reilig wrote: »

Bought a ring roller last weekend. Tested it out on ground that was poached last summer yesterday evening and it works a dream - doesn'tcompact the top of the soil flat like an ordinary roller. Hoping to make a frame for it to add a barrel of water to it for extra weight for drier ground in the coming weeks - although it is deceivingly heavy! Should also be very useful for any reseeding that I do this year.

Haven't used a roller in years, always thought it glazed the land and affected drainage, which is a problem the ring roller should get over

whelan1

lovely day here, let cows back out again, got urea out where we couldnt get a week or 2 ago

just do it

reilig wrote: »

Bought a ring roller last weekend. Tested it out on ground that was poached last summer yesterday evening and it works a dream - doesn'tcompact the top of the soil flat like an ordinary roller. Hoping to make a frame for it to add a barrel of water to it for extra weight for drier ground in the coming weeks - although it is deceivingly heavy! Should also be very useful for any reseeding that I do this year.

Good stuff. Was thinking of getting one for the reasons you've given. Does it leave a good surface for subsequent silage cutting? Did you buy new and any chance of so pic?

Muckit

darragh_haven wrote: »

This has to be the best use for an auld car I have ever heard. Patent it! It also made me smile, imagining a sucky calf listing to Mooney goes wild........ (listening to Joe Duffy would probably cause the calf to loose the will to live)

+1. It's borderline genius I'd rip out the back seat, mats and boot lining though and pull the bung out of the wheel well for the p*ss!! Bit of straw and bobs your uncle. 4door be the way to go to get in to clean out!!

Oh and cut out a sheet of ply to keep him out of the front seats.... that way you could just hop in and drive to the vets if he started to go down hill !!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

oh and I'd wire the fan directly to have it on all the time so the engine wouldn't blow up!!!