Deleted User wrote: » Howdy folks.. not sure I'm in the right place here, but keep in mind that whole 'no such thing as a stupid question' slogan :P Many moons ago, a chap I know had some very unpleasant teenagers hanging around a back wall at his house. They were there constantly. Noisy, causing damage, drink and drugs were involved, the Gardai rarely showed up and when the chap approached them, he got abuse and some criminal damage for his efforts. Apparently (stressing the use of the word apparently) he knew a farmer, who supplied him with a small amount of slurry. This slurry was then spread around the outside and top of the wall that the gang of scummers regularly attended. The smell, apparently, was disgusting, and lasted weeks (there may be some exaggeration in there, though, I'm sure). The scumbags couldn't bare it and left. Friend repeated this process of keeping the smell alive for a couple of weeks/months and eventually no one hung around at the back of his house anymore. This was years ago, as i say. I don't really know the chap any more, I don't really know much truth there is in the story, and I don't know if i believe it or not. However, I face a similar situation now myself, and this story sticks in my head. Would anyone here, involved in the farming community be able to tell me if this is a real thing that you can do, and if so, does anyone fancy selling me a little bucket o' slurry? :P
[Deleted User] wrote: » Howdy folks.. not sure I'm in the right place here, but keep in mind that whole 'no such thing as a stupid question' slogan :P Many moons ago, a chap I know had some very unpleasant teenagers hanging around a back wall at his house. They were there constantly. Noisy, causing damage, drink and drugs were involved, the Gardai rarely showed up and when the chap approached them, he got abuse and some criminal damage for his efforts. Apparently (stressing the use of the word apparently) he knew a farmer, who supplied him with a small amount of slurry. This slurry was then spread around the outside and top of the wall that the gang of scummers regularly attended. The smell, apparently, was disgusting, and lasted weeks (there may be some exaggeration in there, though, I'm sure). The scumbags couldn't bare it and left. Friend repeated this process of keeping the smell alive for a couple of weeks/months and eventually no one hung around at the back of his house anymore. This was years ago, as i say. I don't really know the chap any more, I don't really know much truth there is in the story, and I don't know if i believe it or not. However, I face a similar situation now myself, and this story sticks in my head. Would anyone here, involved in the farming community be able to tell me if this is a real thing that you can do, and if so, does anyone fancy selling me a little bucket o' slurry? :P
Samson1980 wrote: » Well folks,Looking at putting in a new milking machine. 12 units with acr's auto washer etc. Would ye recommend putting in a dumpline in it? Is it worth the extra money? ..... long time reader, first post
Wildsurfer wrote: » Is abberclyde more suited to silage than grazing then I wonder? I presume youll still be grazing this at the shoulders? Is this your first time putting red clover in mix?
Mooooo wrote: » From what I'm told is a good drafting system with space to keep the cows out of the tank separate in yard is better as the drafting will also be used year round. Depending on cost of dumpline if either save it and put it towards drafting or extra units.
jaymla627 wrote: » Our simply switch to using 24 hr withhold dry cow tubes, once your co-op isn't fineing for coloustrum in the milk it's a no-brainer gives some peace of mind too and saves alot of time when your not having to worry about leaving cows out of the tank, your also elimanating waste milk/having to store excess when a lot of cows calve down at the sametime See theirs new tubes out this year with no withhold period after 28days of dry cow period, look the business
Samson1980 wrote: Well folks,Looking at putting in a new milking machine. 12 units with acr's auto washer etc. Would ye recommend putting in a dumpline in it? Is it worth the extra money? ..... long time reader, first post
GrasstoMilk wrote: » What's the name of those tubes?
yewtree wrote: » I think 12 is too small as you could easliy manage 16, i made the mistake of putting in a parlour too small( grand at the time) will have to look at more investment now. In one man shows think anymore the 7 rows is too much
Samson1980 wrote: » Pig or hen slorry would do the job if u could put up with the smell yourself!
pedigree 6 wrote: » Buy eggs in the supermarket and leave them outside to go off/rotten. Then when you want said smell, smash the egg in the intended place. There's nothing comparable to rotten eggs. Well maybe rotten fish. This is a very strange request.:p
[Deleted User] wrote: » Where would a joe soap like myself get it though. I unfortunately don't know any farmers, and not sure how one would react to me showing up looking for such stuff..? Or would they care? Problem is I don't think that smell would last longer than maybe a couple of hours if you were lucky. A bit of rain and you're back to square one. Apparently the slurry just sits there and smells the place up for days on end (how true that is, I don't know though). A strange request, alright, but it's something I need to address unfortunately, before they get into a habit of hanging around here.
blackdog1 wrote: » Just a few questions to the lads who are expanding mad in cow numbers. 1. Are you upgrading your calving and calf facilities too? 2.what is your herd average? (Could you invest a bit more in feeding and get more profit per cow ?) 3. Do you rent alot of land to fund expansion? Only asking because I'm currently spending my money on labour saving stuff like calf pens and new silage covering systems and trying to reduce my work load so I can go up in numbers if I choose with no extra work.
mahoney_j wrote: Interesting questions anyway my answer 1 calving pens //sheds upgraded in early spring 16.calf sheds are sort of ok as is but spread beteween 3 sheds.looking at extending biggest shed to hold 60 calves (6 pens 10).just / sheds then
mahoney_j wrote: 2 herd average over 7200 Ltrs last year 560 kg solids target is 8 k and over 600 ms sold .be very close this year 1.5 t concentrate feed .no tmr just grass and quality silage and a bit of z geazing .grass is king tho aim to grow and utilise as much as possible .to do that soil fertility is crucial and lime n p and k will be well used
mahoney_j wrote: 3 small bits land rented ,can't ever see any bits around parlour comming up.anyway I aim to keep my show to myself ,relief Milker and spring help with lot machinery work contracted out .a Sr of 3.8'will see circa 120 cows milked here and that's that I would need to jump to 200 after that to even consider further expansion as full time labour unit then required on top of extra cubicles ,slurry storage parlour etc
blackdog1 wrote: » I'm not knocking people just wondering are guys not afraid they'll get burnt out if they go too big too quickly. I'm at a stage where my parents are winding down and I need to make it a 1 man operation because labour is very scarce in my area. Auto washer saves 30 minutes each day easy. to me that's time spent elsewhere. Also feed to yield would be time saving and increase fertility of the herd as the big milkers would get the right amount and not lose condition. .I'm a winter herd so have spring and autumn calving which is a nightmare to feed properly. I agree with you on breeding and grass management.
mahoney_j wrote: » In singing of same hymne sheet as u ,100% agree on spending on grassland and breeding id also add roadways and water to that .all the talk now seems to be more cows add a second unit etc etc .theres only so many hours in a day ,there's only so many cows and workload one person can manage .lads can. Say they'll suck it up short term put up with long hours ,sub standard facilities but this could go on for years and life moves pretty quick
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://w5.vanillicon.com/v2/5029bac657ae68f2ca4b7fa18994db0d.svg)
