Farming Chit Chat III

whelan1

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Or a power washer saleswoman.

I was Powerwashing this morning just doing calf pens

Dampintheattic

vanderbadger wrote: »

cull cows fairly dear yesterday in ennis for good ones, saw a massive black cow approx 800kg make €1850 euro

Great news. 4 to go next week. Have fed them a bit, so condition good.
It's a good year, to cull any poor performers or anything getting on in age.
Fed up with older cows. Slats and surrounded by younger pushier clients, are no help to them.
After this lot goes, my oldest will be 10 years, and that will be my cut off point in future.

Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

I was Powerwashing this morning just doing the dishes

Fixed your post.

Viewtodiefor

whelan1 wrote: »

I was Powerwashing this morning just doing calf pens

Whelan I just power washed a slatted shed for the cattle it's one boring mother f00ker of a job! How you could do it constantly is beyond me :-). Do you find it teraputic ?

rancher

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Whelan I just power washed a slatted shed for the cattle it's one boring mother f00ker of a job! How you could do it constantly is beyond me :-). Do you find it teraputic ?

Pain in the a..e of a job, never do it......always reckon it's undone when the first rat trots across it

vanderbadger

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Great news. 4 to go next week. Have fed them a bit, so condition good.
It's a good year, to cull any poor performers or anything getting on in age.
Fed up with older cows. Slats and surrounded by younger pushier clients, are no help to them.
After this lot goes, my oldest will be 10 years, and that will be my cut off point in future.

i had 2 girls down, both were 10 years old, one of them used to go in calf like clockwork, never repeat..was shocked this year to find not in calf, the other calved in aug and had nice bull, found him dead in field one evening after work so let her go as well
by the way just in case ennis is your mart the cows are starting at 10 o clock next week, i was down just before 10 yesterday and i was 13 pens in

Dampintheattic

rancher wrote: »

Pain in the a..e of a job, never do it......always reckon it's undone when the first rat trots across it

But when the man from the government turns up, to do an inspection, and the first thing that greets him, is a nice shiney, slatted shed, he automatically, assumes things are in good shape in this place:cool:

whelan1

rancher wrote: »

Pain in the a..e of a job, never do it......always reckon it's undone when the first rat trots across it

i make sure calf pens are cleaned powerwashed and disenfected after each batch... having lost alot of calves a few years ago everything must be done right.

whelan1

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Whelan I just power washed a slatted shed for the cattle it's one boring mother f00ker of a job! How you could do it constantly is beyond me :-). Do you find it teraputic ?

ah i just do an hour here and there...doesnt bother me could be doing worse, theres a blocked drain in the yard after last nights heavy rain have to tackle that after dinner:mad:

blue5000

whelan1 wrote: »

ah i just do an hour here and there...doesnt bother me could be doing worse, theres a blocked drain in the yard after last nights heavy rain have to tackle that after dinner:mad:

Have you the bullet that goes on the end of a POWER HOSE? Mighty job for unblocking drains.

whelan1

blue5000 wrote: »

Have you the bullet that goes on the end of a POWER HOSE? Mighty job for unblocking drains.

was thinking of that, drain is in an awkward place will try it with sewer rods first and see then

EpicPothole

delaval wrote: »

I met one yesterday who sorted me with contraband pyrotechnics

Super smuggler!!!!!

I brought a stash load of fireworks down to my sister who is married in cork. Cruising down the road just south of cork city and the cops were doing random checks for tax etc. They took a liking to me and asked me to open the boot...... the ****ers took over £200 sterling worth of rockets off me. Felt violated. They probably used them themselves....

rancher

whelan1 wrote: »

i make sure calf pens are cleaned powerwashed and disenfected after each batch... having lost alot of calves a few years ago everything must be done right.

I would make sure that lambing pens are kept clean and disinfected, but with adult animals I depend on their immunity. You're not going to get winter housing germ free anyway, more important to keep animals well fed and healthy to maintain immunity.

whelan1

rancher wrote: »

I would make sure that lambing pens are kept clean and disinfected, but with adult animals I depend on their immunity. You're not going to get winter housing germ free anyway, more important to keep animals well fed and healthy to maintain immunity.

yes but theres no need saying in the middle of january i should have powerwashed them out... each to their own

Dampintheattic

blue5000 wrote: »

Have you the bullet that goes on the end of a POWER HOSE? Mighty job for unblocking drains.

Please explain. Never heard of this.
Thanks.

dzer2

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Please explain. Never heard of this.
Thanks.

An Attachment you screw on to the hose instead of the gun and it propels the nozzle along clearing the pipe

td5man

dzer2 wrote: »

An Attachment you screw on to the hose instead of the gun and it propels the nozzle along clearing the pipe

Think its called a drain jetter.

Bizzum

Here's a good one fou yiz:
The Inra calf we had a few weeks back, the card hasn't returned yet but instead a notice that she cant be registered because no breed abbreviation exists. No amount of explaining will make them accept it even though the bulls AI code has been submitted. As a comprinise they suggest the calf be registered as a Charolais because Inra has a greater percentage of Ch in his pedigree than anything else. :eek:

bogman_bass

EpicPothole wrote: »

I brought a stash load of fireworks down to my sister who is married in cork. Cruising down the road just south of cork city and the cops were doing random checks for tax etc. They took a liking to me and asked me to open the boot...... the ****ers took over £200 sterling worth of rockets off me. Felt violated. They probably used them themselves....

serves ya right!

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

Here's a good one fou yiz:
The Inra calf we had a few weeks back, the card hasn't returned yet but instead a notice that she cant be registered because no breed abbreviation exists. No amount of explaining will make them accept it even though the bulls AI code has been submitted. As a comprinise they suggest the calf be registered as a Charolais because Inra has a greater percentage of Ch in his pedigree than anything else. :eek:

Send them this link and keep persisting.

http://issuu.com/midatest/docs/catalogue_inra_2010-2011

It will have to get a breed code at some point so make them move their arses a bit.

jomoloney

rancher wrote: »

I would make sure that lambing pens are kept clean and disinfected, but with adult animals I depend on their immunity. You're not going to get winter housing germ free anyway, more important to keep animals well fed and healthy to maintain immunity.

same policy here, plenty of straw and a dash of lime on the floor and a metre high on the wall

some of our calf pens act as lambing pens in january , usually just clean out the straw and put down calf slats and a dust of lime

great believer here in self immunity ,
a healthy dam, and plently of colostrum immediately after birth and a dry draught free bed goes a long way

Dampintheattic

EpicPothole wrote: »

I brought a stash load of fireworks down to my sister who is married in cork. Cruising down the road just south of cork city and the cops were doing random checks for tax etc. They took a liking to me and asked me to open the boot...... the ****ers took over £200 sterling worth of rockets off me. Felt violated. They probably used them themselves....

Pity they didn't confiscate the car as well:eek:
Those stupid fuookin things, have left some serious injuries behind, never mind all the animals they have spooked.
Should be a mega fine for anybody caught transporting, selling or using them.

whelan1

jomoloney wrote: »

same policy here, plenty of straw and a dash of lime on the floor and a metre high on the wall

some of our calf pens act as lambing pens in january , usually just clean out the straw and put down calf slats and a dust of lime

great believer here in self immunity ,
a healthy dam, and plently of colostrum immediately after birth and a dry draught free bed goes a long way

Lime doesn't kill everything

delaval

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Pity they didn't confiscate the car as well:eek:
Those stupid fuookin things, have left some serious injuries behind, never mind all the animals they have spooked.
Should be a mega fine for anybody caught transporting, selling or using them.

I'll be lighting the sky with them next week anyway. Held a soft launch last night to see if they were duds and they're good to go

nashmach

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Pity they didn't confiscate the car as well:eek:
Those stupid fuookin things, have left some serious injuries behind, never mind all the animals they have spooked.
Should be a mega fine for anybody caught transporting, selling or using them.

Here, here - next you will have is lads saying it is okay to be hauling drugs around:mad:

One rule for some and another for others.

whelan1

delaval wrote: »

I'll be lighting the sky with them next week anyway. Held a soft launch last night to see if they were duds and they're good to go

are they for you or the kids?

Bizzum

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Send them this link and keep persisting.

http://issuu.com/midatest/docs/catalogue_inra_2010-2011

It will have to get a breed code at some point so make them move their arses a bit.

Would ya believe the 2nd time it came back it was returned with the Inra page out of the Eurogene AI catalogue.
It still didn't work though!

Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen it before.

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

Would ya believe the 2nd time it came back it was returned with the Inra page out of the Eurogene AI catalogue.
It still didn't work though!

Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen it before.

Hope your French is good:D

Bizzum

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Hope your French is good:D

It's as good as my russian, polish, sanskrit and urdu for that matter!

blue5000

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Please explain. Never heard of this.
Thanks.

Got my first one of these guys in New ross http://www.yelp.ie/biz/pwp-power-wash-products-new-rosshttp://www.yelp.ie/biz/pwp-power-wash-products-new-ross

But should be available in good hardware shops everywhere these days, try get one with 1 hole pointing forwards and 3 holes pointing backwards.