F&F Chitchat a hocht, an feirmeoir bocht

emaherx · 11-01-2018 08:11PM

greysides wrote: »

Put him in crush between two big cattle/cows and trap his head up. Halter him to the top rail. No slack. Loop rope around his head/neck and the rail too. Do it soon while the hole is still fully open. Go easy with him, take your time and if he's any way normal you won't have a problem.

His neck is as big as his head.

I have a new tag and ring ready for him. I have herd test in 2 weeks. Vet said he'd help me with him, possibly give him something to keep him quite.

whelan2 · 11-01-2018 08:17PM

emaherx wrote: »

His neck is as big as his head. I have a new tag and ring ready for him. I have herd test in 2 weeks. Vet said he'd help me with him, possibly give him something to keep him quite.

Ah he's only a teddy bear

emaherx · 11-01-2018 08:21PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Ah he's only a teddy bear

Sounds like a volunteer!

Nah he's grand but, but I don't want to upset him. Was told you should always get someone else to ring your bull just in case he holds a grudge.

Lady Haywire · 11-01-2018 08:24PM

emaherx wrote: »

Sounds like a volunteer!
Nah he's grand but, but I don't want to upset him. Was told you should always get someone else to ring your bull just in case he holds a grudge.

Heard on Rare Breed the other night that was only a myth! I was there when ours was ringed today and he walked over to me looking to get his neck scratched when feeding him at 4.

Water John · 11-01-2018 08:30PM

He's a dote. I presume the hole is still in his nose, so maybe mostly a matter of blinkering him. Not volunteering though.

Willfarman · 11-01-2018 08:43PM

That's no way to have a bull. The pet bull is the killer.

wrangler · 11-01-2018 08:45PM

Willfarman wrote: »

That's no way to have a bull. The pet bull is the killer.

And that's not a myth

Lady Haywire · 11-01-2018 09:24PM

Fair enough but he only became quiet a couple of months ago. Wasn't petted since a calf or anything. The dam is docile too.

Muckit · 11-01-2018 09:48PM

kollegeknight wrote: »

No I’m Des. Long drive home so she wouldn’t be up to driving- in early so mosh pit.

Oul lad here used to love singing 'old flames can't hold a candle to you'

kollegeknight · 11-01-2018 10:04PM

Muckit wrote: »

Oul lad here used to love singing 'old flames can't hold a candle to you'

Id only know a few songs by them but know what they played so far.

To give them their due- it’s a nice way to spend the evening. At least Mam out and about.

White Clover · 11-01-2018 10:34PM

As podge and rodge used to call them, fester and alien!
The clothes they wore on top of the pops while singing "a bunch of thyme" were class!

Genghis Cant · 11-01-2018 11:08PM

kollegeknight wrote: »

Id only know a few songs by them but know what they played so far.

To give them their due- it’s a nice way to spend the evening. At least Mam out and about.

Wasn't there a question going around there for a while.
Q. Name the only two Westmeath men to play midfield in an All Ireland Senior Football final.

A. Foster & Allen ( They played at half time! ) ;-)

patsy_mccabe · 11-01-2018 11:11PM

Muckit wrote: »

Did it open at the joint?

It was burst at the hinge and where it closes, strange....

I saw Rare Breed the other night aswell. Yer man had a stainless steel pointer for putting a hole in the nose. He got it made up somewhere. Fine job.

kollegeknight · 11-01-2018 11:40PM

Muckit wrote: »

Oul lad here used to love singing 'old flames can't hold a candle to you'

They sang it.

Over now- bag of chips and off to west Clare.... sign of a real groupie.

TITANIUM. · 11-01-2018 11:55PM

White Clover wrote: »

As podge and rodge used to call them, fester and alien!
The clothes they wore on top of the pops while singing "a bunch of thyme" were class!

I always thought they called them Fester and Anal.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 12-01-2018 12:07AM

kollegeknight wrote: »

They sang it.

Over now- bag of chips and off to west Clare.... sign of a real groupie.

Foster & Allen and groupie weren't words I'd expect in the same sentence tbh :pac:

patsy_mccabe · 12-01-2018 10:23AM

Foster and Allen were on Timmy Tiernan the other night. Gas men. Talking about playing in Aussie. Said they would always get a packed house just because they were a link with home for the Irish there. Said if they were playing in Mullingar, the same people would go to Leitrim to get away from them.

Reggie. · 12-01-2018 10:51AM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Foster and Allen were on Timmy Tiernan the other night. Gas men. Talking about playing in Aussie. Said they would always get a packed house just because they were a link with home for the Irish there. Said if they were playing in Mullingar, the same people would go to Leitrim to get away from them.

Tis true

carrollsno1 · 12-01-2018 10:54AM

Anyone heading to the OAD conference today? Would love to hear how it goes.

Say my name · 12-01-2018 11:01AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Tis true

I remember being on a group trip of young Irish in England on a bus.
The Dubliners was on fulltime on the bus.
If we were traveling through clonmel on that bus, that Dubliners CD would have been thrown out the window in 5 minutes.

whelan2 · 12-01-2018 11:02AM

Say my name wrote: »

I remember being on a group trip of young Irish in England on a bus.
The Dubliners was on fulltime on the bus.
If we were traveling through clonmel on that bus, that Dubliners CD would have been thrown out the window in 5 minutes.

Aye green fields of France was always on juke box in college in England

whelan2 · 12-01-2018 07:57PM

Must be a slow news day when George lee is reporting on a clucking hen on 6o clock news

Kevhog1988 · 12-01-2018 08:44PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Must be a slow news day when George lee is reporting on a clucking hen on 6o clock news

I saw that 😂😂😂😂

whelan2 · 12-01-2018 09:02PM

theemigrant wrote: »

I saw that ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚

Liffey mills had a fair plug there too

wrangler · 12-01-2018 09:09PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Liffey mills had a fair plug there too

They're sponsoring the feed ....big cost for them

whelan2 · 12-01-2018 09:56PM

wrangler wrote: »

They're sponsoring the feed ....big cost for them

They were on flahavans porridge oats were they not

Water John · 12-01-2018 10:16PM

Carroll, thejournal.ie seem to be running some articles on its contents. Here is the first one
http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/mounting-interest-in-once-a-day-milking-as-peak-pressure-period-draws-closer/

Profit per cow, about 12% less.

wrangler · 12-01-2018 10:20PM

whelan2 wrote: »

They were on flahavans porridge oats were they not

Wasn't really listening But OH tells me you're right.
I know the guy, he breeds vendeens the same as we used to.

Water John · 12-01-2018 10:23PM

Great research by young BT Scientist on blackberry antibiotic killing staph.
http://www.thejournal.ie/bt-young-scientist-winner-3795563-Jan2018/

Will we be rubbing blackberries to cows udders? Or will we be farming the blackberries?

carrollsno1 · 12-01-2018 11:30PM

Water John wrote: »

Carroll, thejournal.ie seem to be running some articles on its contents. Here is the first one
http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/mounting-interest-in-once-a-day-milking-as-peak-pressure-period-draws-closer/

Profit per cow, about 12% less.

Hard to believe its less when you have less labour, lameness, fertility problems and feeding required but ill keep looking into it. Worked for a lad before OAD for first month of the season and thin/lame/late cows kept OAD until their first service, 93% 6 week in-calf rate this season

F&F Chitchat a hocht, an feirmeoir bocht

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