Farming Chit Chat III

Birdnuts

I remember the one time I got bullied at secondary level I got no help from anyone(different times I guess!!). Anyways I got to the end of my rope so I confronted the bully and made it clear if he annoyed me again I was going to come at him with everything I got. I said I don't care if I get hurt but I'll guarantee you won't see it coming and you will suffer. The threat actually worked and I had no hassel after that day. I know this might not be suitable for all situations but thought I'd just recount my own experience.

jersey101

Was flat spreadin dung all day since 7 this morning. Mother brought me out a take away pizza and a bottle of coke. Was fair nice spreadin muck and eatin pizza ha

epfff

jersey101 wrote: »

Was flat spreadin dung all day since 7 this morning. Mother brought me out a take away pizza and a bottle of coke. Was fair nice spreadin muck and eatin pizza ha

Something like my mammy would do when I would be working away on outfarm
mammys are great

bob charles

4hrs to go, will be a late one at slurry

delaval

jersey101 wrote: »

Was flat spreadin dung all day since 7 this morning. Mother brought me out a take away pizza and a bottle of coke. Was fair nice spreadin muck and eatin pizza ha

Ah, little lamb

hugo29

moy83 wrote: »

I had intended building again but I approached a lad with an old house and five acres next door to land we have and he wants to sell so hopefully we can knock out a deal and save me the hassle of planning because its not easily got around here .

I know a good architect

hugo29

delaval wrote: »

Ah, little lamb

Wait till mammy funds out what he was doing to the freshers, that will be the end of the pizzas

Sharpshooter82

reilig wrote: »

Lucky feckers.

I am looking for that stuff for to put on a laneway to my house. If you spray old diesel on top of it, it helps to reactivate the tar in it and then you can roll it together with a vibrating roller and it will stick together lovely!!

It does indeed but the day has to be fairly hot too

jersey101

hugo29 wrote: »

Wait till mammy funds out what he was doing to the freshers, that will be the end of the pizzas

i think tge mammy has a fair idea why i do be in waterford the whole time haha

Bizzum

jersey101 wrote: »

i think tge mammy has a fair idea why i do be in waterford the whole time haha

Evidence in the laundry eh?

jersey101

Bizzum wrote: »

Evidence in the laundry eh?

ah sure the father knows what i do be at so i say he do be chatting with the mam

Sharpshooter82

jersey101 wrote: »

ah sure the father knows what i do be at so i say he do be chatting with the mam

hanging ya more like

jersey101

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

hanging ya more like

haha he could well be. He'd be like that

Sharpshooter82

jersey101 wrote: »

haha he could well be. He'd be like that

point out a father who doesnt

moy83

hugo29 wrote: »

I know a good architect

You would want to be good to get planning in my neck of the woods . If I need one though ill give you a shout , the local lad is fond of the sauce and doesn't like answering the phone so he is out anyhow

Sharpshooter82

moy83 wrote: »

You would want to be good to get planning in my neck of the woods . If I need one though ill give you a shout , the local lad is fond of the sauce and doesn't like answering the phone so he is out anyhow

thats something you could do without

Sharpshooter82

Awwwww back to work tomorrow after 3 weeks leave...the horror

1chippy

just input the scanning results into the icbf. calving date slipped a bit this year annyway. anyone that took scanning as an option on btap i think its in the last few days that it can be input for one of the tasks.

jersey101

Anyone else see the new milk management tab on icbf?

whelan1

no sfp in my account today, hopefully tomorrow

Timmaay

jersey101 wrote: »

Anyone else see the new milk management tab on icbf?

Only spotted that today. Went messing around with the future milk projections, with my current number of replacements, and existing cull rate (19%), I'll only have about 60cows in 2015 ha, and supply about 250k. Something totaly amiss there tho! Maybe one or two errors in the program yet?

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

no sfp in my account today, hopefully tomorrow

me neither

jersey101

Cows were very hungry this morning dispite having loads of grass so may go in with the silage today

bbam

Have a young HEX heifer, 4 month old.
Seems very depressed, no temp at all.
Savage appetite but getting rake thin. No bad scour although loose dung, normal colour.
Has been done twice over summer for fluke and worm. No coughing.
Seemed dehydrated when I brought her in.
Grinding her teeth a fair bit (usually stomach?)

Brought her in two weeks ago and gave sulpha powders for three days and she seemed better, but within a week went straight back.
Plan to get vet out later in the week.

Any ideas folks??

jay gatsby

bbam wrote: »

Have a young HEX heifer, 4 month old.
Seems very depressed, no temp at all.
Savage appetite but getting rake thin. No bad scour although loose dung, normal colour.
Has been done twice over summer for fluke and worm. No coughing.
Seemed dehydrated when I brought her in.
Grinding her teeth a fair bit (usually stomach?)

Brought her in two weeks ago and gave sulpha powders for three days and she seemed better, but within a week went straight back.
Plan to get vet out later in the week.

Any ideas folks??

The grinding of the teeth is normally a sign of serious pain as far as I know. I'd be rushing up the vet's visit on this one.

No diagnosis for you though unfortunately

reilig

bbam wrote: »

Have a young HEX heifer, 4 month old.
Seems very depressed, no temp at all.
Savage appetite but getting rake thin. No bad scour although loose dung, normal colour.
Has been done twice over summer for fluke and worm. No coughing.
Seemed dehydrated when I brought her in.
Grinding her teeth a fair bit (usually stomach?)

Brought her in two weeks ago and gave sulpha powders for three days and she seemed better, but within a week went straight back.
Plan to get vet out later in the week.

Any ideas folks??

BVD - was she tested?

Had a second calver get really thin in June/July and when the vet was testing, i asked him to take a blood sample. It came back clear, but he made up a dose for her and 24 hours after getting it, she passed a massive, massive tape worm. She had been dosed regular. She has been putting on condition since!

whelan1

bbam wrote: »

Have a young HEX heifer, 4 month old.
Seems very depressed, no temp at all.
Savage appetite but getting rake thin. No bad scour although loose dung, normal colour.
Has been done twice over summer for fluke and worm. No coughing.
Seemed dehydrated when I brought her in.
Grinding her teeth a fair bit (usually stomach?)

Brought her in two weeks ago and gave sulpha powders for three days and she seemed better, but within a week went straight back.
Plan to get vet out later in the week.

Any ideas folks??

Vecoxan and maybe bimastat?

bbam

Thanks guys.
She got Vecoxin first time she was in as I thought the scour was black enough to warrant it. No signs of blood in dung and she's not pressing at all.
She is BVD tested.

She's eating and drinking for the moment, vet later in the week will tell a story.

jersey101

Anyone know where you can get the weight bands for weighing calves?

dzer2

jersey101 wrote: »

Anyone know where you can get the weight bands for weighing calves?

You can make one out of an old big feed bag Jersey.