Dairy chit chat II

Mooooo

Injuryprone wrote: »

I don't know the first thing about it, but is it safe to open so soon?

I don't think a silage pit would be.

Small amounts first and build up. Used to keep the last trailer separate and cover it and feed it out first had no issues untill the cows found out and destroyed it one evening

GrasstoMilk

Injuryprone wrote: »

I don't know the first thing about it, but is it safe to open so soon?

I don't think a silage pit would be.

No issue at all. Can be fed straight away.

visatorro

Mooooo wrote: »

Fcuking hate bales

Different fella made bales here this year. They are chopped. Not liking the way they fall apart and trap netting and /or plastic. Handy graped in thou!

Gawddawggonnit

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

No issue at all. Can be fed straight away.

Careful now...

kowtow

kowtow wrote: »

Still no power, water, phone signal here. Mobile signal 3 miles away.

Pulling gennys around between farms and somehow managing to get everyone milked once a day.

Very few able to cool milk though.

Back on at last.

Knackered, and the house now a bit flooded as well, but my God without even phones, let alone power or water, to get in the way this has been a happy and hardworking parish the last few days.

Gawddawggonnit

kowtow wrote: »

Back on at last.

Knackered, and the house now a bit flooded as well, but my God without even phones, let alone power or water, to get in the way this has been a happy and hardworking parish the last few days.

If there's an upside to any crisis, it's the way the community can pull together and muddle through.

freedominacup

Mooooo wrote: »

Fcuking hate bales

I'm buying a bale shear. The thought of the other option could leave me with a heap of rotting bales and hungry cows.

kevthegaff

Electricity back here just there, Genny gave in, are they expensive to fix? Mt bridge for the house and two corrugated pipes were taken away with the flood today, one problem to the next.

GrasstoMilk

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Careful now...

What should I not do ? 🙈

Buford T. Justice XIX

kevthegaff wrote: »

Electricity back here just there, Genny gave in, are they expensive to fix? Mt bridge for the house and two corrugated pipes were taken away with the flood today, one problem to the next.

Once you and yours are around to complain, it's not too bad.

Injuryprone

freedominacup wrote: »

I'm buying a bale shear. The thought of the other option could leave me with a heap of rotting bales and hungry cows.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057074601

Gawddawggonnit

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

What should I not do ? 🙈

Feed hot cooking maize, without precautions.

stretch film

freedominacup wrote: »

I'm buying a bale shear. The thought of the other option could leave me with a heap of rotting bales and hungry cows.

Have you your research done?

stretch film

visatorro wrote: »

Different fella made bales here this year. They are chopped. Not liking the way they fall apart and trap netting and /or plastic. Handy graped in thou!

Stopped raising bales off the ground here for cutting. Thought it was dangerous with chopped and inevitably net got caught up.

What I do now is spike bale with tine grab on the flat face .
Drop wherever its needed and turn it around with loader so it's now facing the grab on the round.
I run a Stanley around the bale through net and all but not cutting edge nearest grab.
Peel plastic/net back over bale .
Put tines under bale and roll if over leaving plastic and net on the tines and bale intact and rarely any pesky net issues

Snowfire

Cows in tonight here getting their first taste of baled silage since last march. Have a feeling it will be a while before they get taste of grass again. Still have good covers of grass, but ground saturated after today's rain.

Waffletraktor

kevthegaff wrote: »

Electricity back here just there, Genny gave in, are they expensive to fix? Mt bridge for the house and two corrugated pipes were taken away with the flood today, one problem to the next.

If it's a smaller sized machine might be the capacitor used to get over the big spike inloads like starting a big motor(for the genies size). One of the lads in work does odd jobs fixing things of a Saturday in winter it's what checks first. Find same thing in a water pump etc

Gawddawggonnit

Mike Brady, Brady consulting, on Newstalk...dairying is 8-10 times more profitable than any other farming enterprise.
Farms with no successor should rent/partnership with dairy farms.

Very balanced opinions from a farm consultant...it sounded like an infomercial...

Great to see independent consultants towing the establishment line.

yewtree

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Mike Brady, Brady consulting, on Newstalk...dairying is 8-10 times more profitable than any other farming enterprise.
Farms with no successor should rent/partnership with dairy farms.

Very balanced opinions from a farm consultant...it sounded like an infomercial...

Great to see independent consultants towing the establishment line.

From reading that lads articles in FI he seems to be getting carried away. Most sensible people will make their own minds up. The new entrants i know are happy with their decisions but dont have any expectations of making millions.

Keepgrowing

Not too bad considering yesterday's rain. We got 13mm

leg wax

when are you going to graze it

Gawddawggonnit

Cow with broken stifle.

Cows out grazing with a fortnight (indoors since June) and got 10mm last night so extremely greasy...feckin hate waste like that.

alps

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Mike Brady, Brady consulting, on Newstalk...dairying is 8-10 times more profitable than any other farming enterprise.
.

He's absolutely right.

What's 8 times 0...?

Gawddawggonnit

alps wrote: »

He's absolutely right.

What's 8 times 0...?

Zero!

He must be spending too much time reading the boards milk price thread.

straight

Hi lads. I'm just putting in a volume washer for my parlour. 12 units. Do ye think a retractable reel down the pit or maybe 3 drops in the pit would be better?

Buford T. Justice XIX

straight wrote: »

Hi lads. I'm just putting in a volume washer for my parlour. 12 units. Do ye think a retractable reel down the pit or maybe 3 drops in the pit would be better?

Both?

Having the reel is handy to tidy it away during milking. I also have drop downs every 4 units for washing after milking and washing away the odd sh!te during milking. And put in a valve at the beginning of the drop down line so you can stop the water if you want to replace a tap. Don't use Jubilee clips if you can avoid them, use the Philmac fittings as they last way longer than the jubilee clips.

Mooooo

Autumn calving started proper 2night1 bb bull and 2 fr bulls. Heifer had one of the fr bulls and he was bigger than the blue from the cow. Must check the sire see if I have any others in calf to him. 4 altogether now including my premature calf.

whelan2

Are most cows indoors now?

Keepgrowing

whelan2 wrote: »

Are most cows indoors now?

No stock in bar 5 left to calve

GrasstoMilk

whelan2 wrote: »

Are most cows indoors now?

Cows in the last few nights. Probably going to stay in fulltime soon. Lots of grass left though for ICH and weanlings

K.G.

Maybe someone has posed this question already but the cows have taken aserious drop passed few days with milking once a day and off grass and im giving thought to staying once aday if there isnt forcast of good weather.am i mad given the price of milk