Lock, Stock and Chitchat a Seacht

davidk1394 · 25-04-2017 06:19AM

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Thats the main thing anyway!!! Best thing you can do as a young farmer is go on as many trips as you can like thst lad what are you going to see over there? Indoor system, robots or machinery

A few dairy's, large scale poultry farm and a piggery and visit the head offices of Rabbo bank. It should be interesting

davidk1394 · 25-04-2017 06:20AM

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Proof reading a thesis here, I'll never get this time back and it's only half of it! :O

Would you like to read mine then

only 17,000 words but there's a few graphs and pictures in it

orm0nd · 25-04-2017 08:38AM

have a couple of cows I might show in the mart,

they're in test but cards were never stamp dated

are they ok or do i need to get them updated, time is a scarce commodity around here just now

whelan2 · 25-04-2017 08:45AM

orm0nd wrote: »

have a couple of cows I might show in the mart,

they're in test but cards were never stamp dated

are they ok or do i need to get them updated, time is a scarce commodity around here just now

No need to stamp them anymore. Its all on agfood and on the system

MickeyShtyles · 25-04-2017 08:53AM

davidk1394 wrote: »

Would you like to read mine then only 17,000 words but there's a few graphs and pictures in it

Send it on there!

A cow called Daisy · 25-04-2017 04:42PM

Lot of dandelions here in some fields. They in nice? flower at moment. Is it to late to spray them, and if not IS MCPA the most suitable spray

Buford T. Justice XIX · 25-04-2017 07:45PM

I'm not sure how I feel about this, tbh.

An artificial womb has been developed that keeps premature lambs alive for weeks, another milestone on the way to provide similar for premature babies.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421734/artificial-womb-fetus-biobag-uterus-lamb-sheep-birth-premie-preterm-infant

Muckit · 25-04-2017 09:24PM

A cow called Daisy wrote: »

Lot of dandelions here in some fields. They in nice? flower at moment. Is it to late to spray them, and if not IS MCPA the most suitable spray

They say that once they go to flower you are too late. They are not the worst weed. Palatable enough to stock, and full of vitamins/minerals apparently. And wearing a non farming hat, a field in a sea of yellow looks nice.

_Brian · 25-04-2017 09:26PM

Muckit wrote: »

They say that once they go to flower you are too late. They are not the worst weed. Full of vitamins/minerals apparently. And wearing a non farming hat, a field in a sea of yellow looks nice.

Also a really important source of nectar for bees.

davidk1394 · 26-04-2017 08:50AM

I'm on the look out for a good pair of sunglasses. I suffer from headaches and migraines so they'd be worn at least twice a week. Every day from now on. Any suggestions on a good pair but will take a bit of abuse ? If they are good I don't mind paying for them.

MickeyShtyles · 26-04-2017 08:55AM

davidk1394 wrote: »

I'm on the look out for a good pair of sunglasses. I suffer from headaches and migraines so they'd be worn at least twice a week. Every day from now on. Any suggestions on a good pair but will take a bit of abuse ? If they are good I don't mind paying for them.

Gotta pair of Bloc ones here. €60 I think I paid. They double as safety glasses.

Bloc Titan
https://m.bloceyewear.com/titan

_Brian · 26-04-2017 09:49AM

Reckon these late hard frosts will kill chances of damsens and plums, apple trees are at a vulnerable stage too.

MF290 · 26-04-2017 11:18AM

_Brian wrote: »

Reckon these late hard frosts will kill chances of damsens and plums, apple trees are at a vulnerable stage too.

I reckon our plum tree blossomed early enough to escape the frost. The last few years it has had poor amount of plums due to frost. A good few of the apple trees might be in bother though.

tractorporn · 26-04-2017 11:32AM

davidk1394 wrote:

I'm on the look out for a good pair of sunglasses. I suffer from headaches and migraines so they'd be worn at least twice a week. Every day from now on. Any suggestions on a good pair but will take a bit of abuse ? If they are good I don't mind paying for them.

I have a pair of Oakleys that I use daily for driving I couldn't recommend them highly enough. But whatever brand you buy make sure you get polarised lenses it makes some difference.

davidk1394 · 26-04-2017 12:11PM

tractorporn wrote: »

I have a pair of Oakleys that I use daily for driving I couldn't recommend them highly enough. But whatever brand you buy make sure you get polarised lenses it makes some difference.

Yeah that's the main thing. What model glasses do you have ?

Lady Haywire · 26-04-2017 12:15PM

I thought you weren't supposed to use the polarised glasses for driving?
I've the below set of Oakleys the last 6yrs or so and can't fault them, though I also have a pair of 'Sports' sunglasses with interchangable lenses from Lidl and use them when I'm at rougher work in case I break them.

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Buford T. Justice XIX · 26-04-2017 12:27PM

There's a bit on land prices on Newstalk at 1.30 today if anyone's interested.

visatorro · 26-04-2017 01:44PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

There's a bit on land prices on Newstalk at 1.30 today if anyone's interested.

Didn't hear that but there was abit on pat Kenny about Meat substitute and the emissions for cows I was in and out of tractor so didn't here fully. But it was a one sided discussion

Buford T. Justice XIX · 26-04-2017 02:27PM

visatorro wrote: »

Didn't hear that but there was abit on pat Kenny about Meat substitute and the emissions for cows I was in and out of tractor so didn't here fully. But it was a one sided discussion

It's always a one sided discussion on Pat Kenny, I find. I had to stop listening to Pat because I always wondered if the stories reported on were balanced or not because of the bias on Agri stories.

patsy_mccabe · 26-04-2017 05:05PM

Have 4 heifers in a field away from the home place. Went to look at them this morning and threw on the fluorescent jacket as it was nippy enough. Walked up to them and they flew in all directions. One went through a barbed wire fence into a house and another out over a hedge into a field of bulls.:eek:
They are there over 2 weeks and quiet out. They dont even stand up when I go to herd them. Must have been the jacket.

Bullocks · 26-04-2017 05:08PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Have 4 heifers in a field away from the home place. Went to look at them this morning and threw on the fluorescent jacket as it was nippy enough. Walked up to them and they flew in all directions. One went through a barbed wire fence into a house and another out over a hedge into a field of bulls.:eek:
They are there over 2 weeks and quiet out. They dont even stand up when I go to herd them. Must have been the jacket.

Maybe , or would they have been spooked by anything overnight ?

patsy_mccabe · 26-04-2017 05:32PM

Bullocks wrote: »

Maybe , or would they have been spooked by anything overnight ?

They only took off when I walked up to them, but ya, maybe they were on edge from something that happened earlier.

Base price · 26-04-2017 06:21PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

They only took off when I walked up to them, but ya, maybe they were on edge from something that happened earlier.

A neighbour used to arrive every other weekend during the winter to buy a bale of straw. He always wears a high viz coat (orange florescent one) and if he went never the cattle yards there would be almighty commotion with cattle heading to the fields with their tails on their backs.

Lady Haywire · 26-04-2017 06:24PM

That's interesting, we have two heavy council jackets here, fluorescent yellow ones, and cows don't pass a bit of heed on them. Though they're used a good bit around them in winter.

tractorporn · 26-04-2017 06:26PM

davidk1394 wrote:

Yeah that's the main thing. What model glasses do you have ?

Mine are Oakley Crankshaft glasses the wife bought them for me in the airport as a wedding present I think they were 180 yo yos at the time

_Brian · 26-04-2017 06:27PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

That's interesting, we have two heavy council jackets here, fluorescent yellow ones, and cows don't pass a bit of heed on them. Though they're used a good bit around them in winter.

Same here, we use them on winter and never see much reaction.

But I suppose if they never saw one and it came at them by surprise it could startle them.

Base price · 26-04-2017 06:48PM

I never heard before about not driving while wearing polarised sunglasses. I have sensitive eyes (to light) and wear sunglasses most days even when working in the yard. I would get migraine headaches too if I didn't wear them. They are always either on my head or else I'm wearing them unless its pissin rain or very overcast.

pedigree 6 · 26-04-2017 07:00PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Have 4 heifers in a field away from the home place. Went to look at them this morning and threw on the fluorescent jacket as it was nippy enough. Walked up to them and they flew in all directions. One went through a barbed wire fence into a house and another out over a hedge into a field of bulls.:eek:
They are there over 2 weeks and quiet out. They dont even stand up when I go to herd them. Must have been the jacket.

Was the sun at their backs when you approached them?
Were you coming from the west towards them?
Because if you were it would look like stripes of light coming towards them especially with the low sun.

Just think yourself when you meet someone wearing one on the road at night and you in the car with full beams on.
That's what they could have seen.

Bullocks · 26-04-2017 08:07PM

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Was the sun at their backs when you approached them?
Were you coming from the west towards them?
Because if you were it would look like stripes of light coming towards them especially with the low sun.

Just think yourself when you meet someone wearing one on the road at night and you in the car with full beams on.
That's what they could have seen.

Wonder does the colour bother cattle at all ? The reflective strips might make sense alright

Muckit · 26-04-2017 08:21PM

Cattle are colour blind. If there was a reaction to the jacket, it was the light off reflective strips.

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