Farming Chit Chat III

Conmaicne Mara

bob charles wrote: »

Is Oz about a school teacher?

Nope, prison drama, some extreme stuff in it at the time.

redzerologhlen

severeoversteer wrote: »

does anybody know if there are any contractors in galway with fodder beet equipment?

Shane Nolan in north clare has the gear I think, he would be working a lot of south Galway too at tillage.

Dampintheattic

awaywithyou wrote: »

tommy is absolutely f..ked in the head............!

Ya. That's what happens to a lad waiting for the disadvantaged area payment! -;)

funny man

bob charles wrote: »

Is Oz about a school teacher?

is that your young lad on boards bobby charles?

bob charles

funny man wrote: »

is that your young lad on boards bobby charles?

I didnt pay maintenance for 'em anyway. Taught all the soldiers got lost and died or are back in the barrack

freedominacup

I need to close down a wholecrop pit any thoughts on best method to stop it heating once sealed?

darragh_haven

freedominacup wrote: »

I need to close down a wholecrop pit any thoughts on best method to stop it heating once sealed?

The few lads around here that have wholecrop use a layer of grass silage about 1 to 2ft over the the whole area. Not sure how you'd seal it if you don't have grass to cut

bogman_bass

I have a hermaphrodite calf. never had one here before. Have to guess what I'm going to register the little begger as:rolleyes:

He/she is in intensive care at the moment with a bad scour. if it servives its going to the vet college for the students to have a gander

Muckit

Where is it p**in out of?? Never seen a calf like that before. Hope all works out with 'it'.

bogman_bass

Seems to be urinating where the balls should be!

Muckit

bogman_bass wrote: »

Seems to be urinating where the balls should be!

WTF!! :eek: Well so long as it's coming out and he's sh**tin and digestive system is ok, he should work out ok.

Hopefully your biggest problem is what ring to sell 'it' in!!!

vanderbadger

bogman_bass wrote: »

I have a hermaphrodite calf. never had one here before. Have to guess what I'm going to register the little begger as:rolleyes:

He/she is in intensive care at the moment with a bad scour. if it servives its going to the vet college for the students to have a gander

will you send the cow with him ?

whelan1

bogman_bass wrote: »

Seems to be urinating where the balls should be!

had a calf before and it was something similar, vet said its a sign they are totally messed up inside and chances of survival are slim, i got vet to put my one down as it had no anus and couldnt pooh and there was no way even with an operation that it would be ok, was a fr heifer

naughto

we had one a few yrs ago out of set of twins it dident no wheather to sit down or stand up to piss.it dident thrive near as good as the other twin but it was grand all the same.we fattened her/he and sent her/he to the factory.

bogman_bass

yeah I'll send the cow with the calf.

Got a call from Dad there that the calf wasnt fit to get up so the cow just stood over him and the calf drank away:P

Big improvment from last night! Was sure we'd have a dead calf this morning.

bob charles

Muckit wrote: »

WTF!! :eek: Well so long as it's coming out and he's sh**tin and digestive system is ok, he should work out ok.

Hopefully your biggest problem is what ring to sell 'it' in!!!

do you want a picture of a fully grown one? She was sold as a heifer but she is a bull, roars like a bull, pucks gates like a bull, rides like bull.

hugo29

bob charles wrote: »

do you want a picture of a fully grown one? She was sold as a heifer but she is a bull, roars like a bull, pucks gates like a bull, rides like bull.

a ladyboy:D

whelan1

have a few hens that go around the yard, we have no rooster. 3 of them where missing in action for a while so got the kids yesterday and we found 2 of them sitting on about 15 eggs each, i picked the eggs and destroyed the nests. Threw the eggs in the skip. There have been magpies at the skip all morning, could ya imagine what the insides of them eggs would be like:eek:

moy83

whelan1 wrote: »

have a few hens that go around the yard, we have no rooster. 3 of them where missing in action for a while so got the kids yesterday and we found 2 of them sitting on about 15 eggs each, i picked the eggs and destroyed the nests. Threw the eggs in the skip. There have been magpies at the skip all morning, could ya imagine what the insides of them eggs would be like:eek:

Pity you didnt throw them into a trap and you could've got rid of a few magpies into the deal

simx

hugo29 wrote: »

a ladyboy:D

Was it imported from thailand?

jersey101

Was moving the fence in the redstart for the heifers this afternoon and i seen 5 black baby rabbits someone must have let off a pet

Username John

jersey101 wrote: »

Was moving the fence in the redstart for the heifers this afternoon and i seen 5 black baby rabbits someone must have let off a pet

Was told if rabbits are very plentiful in your area, they will inbreed and you will get black and kinda reddish ones as well...
Not sure you'd get 5 all if a sudden tho

from what I was told and what I saw - you'd get the occasional black or marmalade coloured ones...

jersey101

Username John wrote: »

Was told if rabbits are very plentiful in your area, they will inbreed and you will get black and kinda reddish ones as well...
Not sure you'd get 5 all if a sudden tho

from what I was told and what I saw - you'd get the occasional black or marmalade coloured ones...

plenty of them yokes around this year hadn't seen feck all in about four years

hugo29

see the price of meal has dropped a bit over the last few weeks

jersey101

got quoted 320e for 14% ration today.

dzer2

jersey101 wrote: »

got quoted 320e for 14% ration today.

Getting 16% bull ration for 267e hope you told then to take a hike.

jersey101

dzer2 wrote: »

Getting 16% bull ration for 267e hope you told then to take a hike.

father told him to bring it on. Wouldn't mind only i don't need any protein. Milk urea gone up to 60. Getting plenty of protein out of the redstart

Conmaicne Mara

Part of a FB preview of tomorrows Farming Indo:

Dept of Ag letter demands repayment of €0.01
The inspection and cross-checking of EU payments to Irish farmers reached farcical levels this week with the receipt of letter demanding the repayment of €0.01. The letter, which was issued on Department of Agriculture headed paper and signed by an official, states that the “Department is required to claw back these overpayments.”

jersey101

Bought a new milking apron today as the old one was fecked. Ill end up throwing this one away before the week is out id say. All the water traveled up the inside it and soaked my trousers.

Timmaay

jersey101 wrote: »

father told him to bring it on. Wouldn't mind only i don't need any protein. Milk urea gone up to 60. Getting plenty of protein out of the redstart

I got a price of 300quid for a very high spec 18%p winter nut from bolgers in wexford, much cheaper than glanbias gain drive. A lower p maize nut was coming in about 250, I was considering buying in maize, but at that price I think I'll just get it instead, maybe buffer feed it to the milkers midday in the feeding passage.