Farming Chit Chat III

sea12

moy83 wrote: »

It will be over before its built up I reckon .
Were you talking to your dad ?

I was but forgot to ask. I'll check with him tomorrow.

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

You seen it this week so

Orders were given in the house that RTE was to be switched on at 9:25 sharp :-) I was taking no chances on the player acting up again

moy83

sea12 wrote: »

I was but forgot to ask. I'll check with him tomorrow.

No bother thanks

whelan1

typical monday morning, milk recording, a cow calved another fr heifer calf, when i went to milk cow she has pure blood in 3 quarters-wwyd- another cow who is not calved is down with milk fever, gave her 2 bottle under the skin and one iv. Now i am going to have a fry

bob charles

whelan1 wrote: »

typical monday morning, milk recording, a cow calved another fr heifer calf, when i went to milk cow she has pure blood in 3 quarters-wwyd- another cow who is not calved is down with milk fever, gave her 2 bottle under the skin and one iv. Now i am going to have a fry

is that moment on the lips worth it:D:D. I find the fry just lodges in your stomach for the day and the energy release is close to zero. Just after my mid morning big bowl of porridge - mr healthy here

whelan1

bob charles wrote: »

is that moment on the lips worth it:D:D. I find the fry just lodges in your stomach for the day and the energy release is close to zero. Just after my mid morning big bowl of porridge - mr healthy here

ah this is a slimming world fry....none of the grease....

delaval

bob charles wrote: »

is that moment on the lips worth it:D:D. I find the fry just lodges in your stomach for the day and the energy release is close to zero. Just after my mid morning big bowl of porridge - mr healthy here

Mmmmmmm, porridge about a stone of it every day of the year around 9.30. I hated it as a kid because all my mates were getting corn flakes. We got corn flakes as a treat on Christmas morning or our birthday.

Sharpshooter82

delaval wrote: »

Mmmmmmm, porridge about a stone of it every day of the year around 9.30. I hated it as a kid because all my mates were getting corn flakes. We got corn flakes as a treat on Christmas morning or our birthday.

Oliver springs to mind

td5man

whelan1 wrote: »

ah this is a slimming world fry....none of the grease....

Can you get a slimming world burger and chips? :-)

Sharpshooter82

td5man wrote: »

Can you get a slimming world burger and chips? :-)

Yeah it goes in the bin rather than your mouth

Birdnuts

whelan1 wrote: »

ah this is a slimming world fry....none of the grease....

Grill??

bob charles

delaval wrote: »

Mmmmmmm, porridge about a stone of it every day of the year around 9.30. I hated it as a kid because all my mates were getting corn flakes. We got corn flakes as a treat on Christmas morning or our birthday.

delaval

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Oliver springs to mind

We weren't small enough to go up chimneys;);)

hugo29

delaval wrote: »

We weren't small enough to go up chimneys;);)

must been beef nuts in the porridge so:D

delaval

jersey101 wrote: »

was looking at a few there alright cheapest one is 100e ill make me own for 30id say. have a pair of springs off the back door of the baler. Do a fine job

2 scratchers €200, 10m of cow road €200

whelan1

td5man wrote: »

Can you get a slimming world burger and chips? :-)

Yes

whelan1

Birdnuts wrote: »

Grill??

Fried in fry light all visible fat removed. Local butcher does fat free sausages . So I had rashers , sausages fried egg, mushrooms and beans

jersey101

delaval wrote: »

2 scratchers €200, 10m of cow road €200

id do a cow road for less. Mine are all field stones at the moment. Just need blinding

Dampintheattic

hugo29 wrote: »

must been beef nuts in the porridge so:D

Few years ago now, but went to England to visit the sister and her family.
The husband is a big rugby fan, and a bigger fan of beer:D.
Thing is, he does totally daft stuff, when the beer gets to him.
Anyway, off we go nice and early on a Saturday morning, to some local league rugger match. Took the long journey home, and both staggered in the door at a late hour.
Your man says, well have a bowl of cornflakes. Great to soak up the auld beer:rolleyes:
He dissapears out to the kitchen, and staggers back with two bowls, two spoons and a bag of dogfood (nuts) Spills some into the bowls, most on the flooor.:o
And starts to munch them down like a wolf. :D

bob charles

delaval wrote: »

2 scratchers €200, 10m of cow road €200

you must be building roads to nowhere considering all the talk you do about them. One properly positioned road can cover 100ac no problem, no point wasting land having loads of roadways. I could work out the distance for the gap the furtherest away point in the field should be for the road to be most effective but some buffon probably has a thesis done on such crap to spare me wasting my time

Butcher Boy

dzer2 wrote: »

that the butcher boy

what the f#ck

delaval

bob charles wrote: »

you must be building roads to nowhere considering all the talk you do about them. One properly positioned road can cover 100ac no problem, no point wasting land having loads of roadways. I could work out the distance for the gap the furtherest away point in the field should be for the road to be most effective but some buffon probably has a thesis done on such crap to spare me wasting my time

Wed Bob, since the rain started lots of people crying about not being able to get to the silage ground and mucky gaps, yet when some sales man calls they jump at the tatt that's being peddled. 100 acres easy to road but being able to get cows in and out with minimum damage is worth a lot of money

jersey101

delaval wrote: »

Wed Bob, since the rain started lots of people crying about not being able to get to the silage ground and mucky gaps, yet when some sales man calls they jump at the tatt that's being peddled. 100 acres easy to road but being able to get cows in and out with minimum damage is worth a lot of money

fair point about the roadways but i can get to every field here without going across another one. The roads aint pretty but there fine at the moment. My father is more concerned about keeping my three sisters in college and keeping the mortgage paid

maxxuumman

delaval wrote: »

We weren't small enough to go up chimneys;);)

That's what the jerseys are for.

bob charles

jersey101 wrote: »

My father is more concerned about keeping my three sisters in college and keeping the mortgage paid

Does he want a hand with them by any chance? In fairness as much as you may not like it, he has his priorities right. Farming will ever only offer a gateway to get to somewhere better and this he knows only too well thats why he is spending money on the ladies

bob charles

delaval wrote: »

Wed Bob, since the rain started lots of people crying about not being able to get to the silage ground and mucky gaps, yet when some sales man calls they jump at the tatt that's being peddled. 100 acres easy to road but being able to get cows in and out with minimum damage is worth a lot of money

When I hear people saying that they cant graze silage ground I presume they can graze it as it 2 or 3 miles down the road. 90% of your main block should have road access. There is a awkard field in ever farm that is hard to access. I have one here that would involve splitting a field in half and building a 200m road to get to. Its just not worth it. I wouldnt have the same traffic in and out of fields as dairy so it okay for me to do this.

jersey101

bob charles wrote: »

Does he want a hand with them by any chance? In fairness as much as you may not like it, he has his priorities right. Farming will ever only offer a gateway to get to somewhere better and this he knows only too well thats why he is spending money on the ladies

ill tell ye straight out they want nothing to do with farming. They like the good times

Timmaay

Alot of dairyfarms don't have their grazingblock stocked to anywhere near its limit though, so the further fields are always going to end up moreso silage paddocks, with poorer access, and the closer fields stocked higher on average. Our block is almost square in shape, one laneway through the middle would certainly not be enough. As it happens we have three laneways (through 2 farms), I'll be extending two of them moving forward myself definitely. Delaval, out of interest roughly what would be the furtherest your cows need to walk without a laneway? I've got one or two paddocks that it would be 300m from a roadway to the back of, afew handy enough laneway extensions will reduce that to about 150m

bob charles wrote: »

Does he want a hand with them by any chance? In fairness as much as you may not like it, he has his priorities right. Farming will ever only offer a gateway to get to somewhere better and this he knows only too well thats why he is spending money on the ladies

Way to go to dash any of Jerseys dreams :P, Of course farming isn't easy but no reason why you can't make a comfortable living off likes of 100cows without having to be a slave to the farm every waking hour of the day.

bob charles

Timmaay wrote: »

Alot of dairyfarms don't have their grazingblock stocked to anywhere near its limit though, so the further fields are always going to end up moreso silage paddocks, with poorer access, and the closer fields stocked higher on average. Our block is almost square in shape, one laneway through the middle would certainly not be enough. As it happens we have three laneways (through 2 farms), I'll be extending two of them moving forward myself definitely. Delaval, out of interest roughly what would be the furtherest your cows need to walk without a laneway? I've got one or two paddocks that it would be 300m from a roadway to the back of, afew handy enough laneway extensions will reduce that to about 150m



Way to go to dash any of Jerseys dreams :P, Of course farming isn't easy but no reason why you can't make a comfortable living off likes of 100cows without having to be a slave to the farm every waking hour of the day.

Until one or all of his sisters get married and want their share, kids forget the lengths parents went to educate them very fast especially when there is earth shovelled on top of the parents and there is money gingling

Timmaay

jersey101 wrote: »

id do a cow road for less. Mine are all field stones at the moment. Just need blinding

Hmm I spend about 1500 on gravel and stone to do up a 250m length of roadway last year, managed to borrow a friends minidigger and drove that myself for the week. I thought I'd escape with just binding also, but once I started clearning it off I knew I'd have to put in more stone in places. that 250m cost me 6e/m, add in say 500quid "labour" charge, and diesel, and you're up to 8e/m. Doesn't be long adding up I'll admit, but of the one spend all year its probably been the most useful, less lameness, and way quicker to bring the cows up.