F&F Chitchat a hocht, an feirmeoir bocht

Base price wrote: »

Oh how I would love to be that cat - chillaxed by the fire. Feckin freezing cold and I haven't been able to maintain a normal temperature over that last few days. One minute I'm boiling and the next shivering - some sort of a dirty dose of a virus. I woke up just after 3am this morning in a cold sweat and headed to the kitchen beside the range. Dosed off until 4.30 and woke up sweating. Headed back to bed and tossed and turned for the rest of the night.

Was in a hotel last night with my sister. Woke at 8.30 am. Latest I've been in bed in years. We went for breakfast at half 9 we were the only ones there ! This is a big hotel with golf course etc. Was very surprised

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Was up till near dawn last night myself, woke at 8 its a curse on your days off and whats worse is on a work night 3hrs sleep wouldnt near do me, mind you i was out well past cups on time last night too so if i was working this morning i could have went straight from the pub to the shed.

Your nearly at the end of your stint handling clusters.
What's your plan from here. Are you going to head to Aus and go at the buildings.

Some hotels are serving breakfast till 12, after weddings for the, late risers.

Base price wrote: »

Your nearly at the end of your stint handling clusters.
What's your plan from here. Are you going to head to Aus and go at the buildings.

Got a start in chch, only 3 days left on the farm. Thought the boss was f#cking me around om the roster but i actually got an extra day off as i got all the jobs done a day early and it was pi$$in rain here too fairly sound of him to be fair. Would love to pack up and head across the ditch to oz, ill finish up my visa here and then head over. Might also get to travel to the north island to do the odd weeks work with who im working with here next so thats a good perk of the job too.

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Got a start in chch, only 3 days left on the farm. Thought the boss was f#cking me around om the roster but i actually got an extra day off as i got all the jobs done a day early and it was pi$$in rain here too fairly sound of him to be fair. Would love to pack up and head across the ditch to oz, ill finish up my visa here and then head over. Might also get to travel to the north island to do the odd weeks work with who im working with here next so thats a good perk of the job too.

Renew the visa if on a working holiday, just in case .

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Anyone have any experience with ventilated sheeting on sheds? I'm looking to know if I ran a 1m strip of ventilation section within the sheets along the back and maybe sides of a lean to type shed would it feel breezy or can a breeze be felt through them? Thanks.

No direct experience but see lots of comments saying they are a waste and timber lattes ventilation is better.

carrollsno1 wrote: »

You mean for next year? Unfortunatly theres no 2nd year working holiday visa for irish lads, id need either a 1 or 3 year work permit to stay on which is a fair headach im told between medicals, paperwork and its pricey enough too.
Was in oz over new years place is booming so as long as it stays booming id imagine id be there.

Has that changed recently? My sister and her bf were able to not long after the CHCH eartquake, though were qualified medic and building backgrounds.

Reggie. wrote: »

Always one bastard

Just out for a Sunday morning walk. Or mass

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Anyone have any experience with ventilated sheeting on sheds? I'm looking to know if I ran a 1m strip of ventilation section within the sheets along the back and maybe sides of a lean to type shed would it feel breezy or can a breeze be felt through them? Thanks.

We have them all along the back of one of our sheds and could'nt say that they let in a breeze at all . Even though it would be a newish shed I find it a bit worse for lice and few snots after putting cattle in .
This year the weather was very muggy when we had to put them in and they went in wet so I left the sliding doors open either end and tied two gates across instead to help with a bit of airflow . It made a huge difference and I have it left that way . They have much healthier coats and none of them had snots despite the weather after going in .
I think the spec for new sheds looks for a clear opening of around 300mm under the wallplates to allow the warm air out .
I know of two lads this year that had to take off every second sheet along the sides of the sheds to improve airflow after getting doses of pneumonia. (one lad lost 6 weanlings after housing and had a fair vet bill for call outs and treatmentof the rest aswell ) He actually got a lad in to cut a wider opening in the ridge to help aswell .

This could be worthy of a thread of its own actually , I wonder how much side sheeting is needed at all except to keep out driving rain maybe ?
Does a breeze do much harm to animals and would a roof with a generous overhang be good enough ?

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Has that changed recently? My sister and her bf were able to not long after the CHCH eartquake, though were qualified medic and building backgrounds.

Might have been a work permit they got or a short term extension of the cisa maybe? But irish citizens cannot get a 2nd year working holiday visa. You need a work permit or i have heard of special contractor visas that are just for 6 months to allow irish lads continue coning out for silage, but they tax tbe sh!t out of you on those.

Another interesting thing I noticed was the cows never battered the gates when being fed which was what I was afraid would happen .
When we would be putting in silage at either end they would all tend to bunch up trying to get at the block of silage and they have the sliding doors well bet and bent but they never put pressure on the gate thats in the exact same place now ! Maybe its because they can see through it or something ?

Bullocks wrote: »

Did you say you had turf dust under them this year ? Does it need cleaning often

Yeah I have peat under them. They are on it since the 4th of Dec. Getting a little mucky now but I think ill get to stretch it for another 2 weeks. Add a small bit of straw every 4 or 5 days to stretch it but more really for them to mix it through the peat for the organic matter.

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Thanks all for the info. When we put up our last slatted shed we left a gap from wallplate down 800mm, it's covered with windbreak. Keeps out the heavy rain but a mist does sometimes blow through it and wets everywhere.
This shed I'm at now won't have cattle in it but I still want to have some sort of ventilation. On the other hand I don't want a lot of rain driving into it either. Would much come through an 800mm gap?

i have them on a shed and its ideal...but the shed is on the side of the mountain and gets blasted with wind and rain.

I've wondered would staggering the sheeting help improve ventilation

[quote="Bullocks;105835150"
An 800mm gap is big enough for someone to get through easily in case you have anything worth stealing in the new shed[/quote]

The 800mm ventilation will be within the normal cladding. I think they press out the vents as it's formed. So security shouldn't be compromised unless I'm missing something?