whelan2 wrote: » One of our Angus bulls had a pig tail post wrapped in his ring this morning
Yes they do, might have to wait a little but they will take them.
that’s great. I’d say he loved it.
That will be great for his confidence.
Well She needs one of those too
There was I thinking it was "red carded" because it didn't behave.
Nice - going with various breeds of radish, lettuce and carrots this year. Despite the winter raspberry bush is looking good with many flowering buds waiting to come out
An bovine that is imported into Ireland is issued with a red card by DAFM to differentiate it from bovines born in Ireland which have a blue card.
What is a red card cow??.. sheep man here 😅
Does Roscrea take red card cattle I know they are the best place to send PB bulls and cows.
My lad was asked to judge the kilmallock Angus sale today . We milked at 5am and he went down. Judged the few classes and came home. Great to see them asking a young lad to judge. Proud mammy.
100%
Fair play to you,I make sporadic attempts, as much failure as success. I've the onions in, spuds going in this week. I've a heap of sandy silt cleaned off the passage last year that I'm going to try carrots in. I must split my rhubarb to increase it. We have some strawberry plants on the go, and raspberry canes stuck down too. Might try some cucumbers too
Absolutely, and everyone says cow heifer beef is the best.
have you a freezer ??
Would getting a local abbatoir to process her for yere own freezer be an option? Especially if its pedigree angus the beef would be top notch and especially if youre not going to get the true value of her in the factory
With a red card there's some factories that some won't take them and only some that will. You may enquire first anyway.
Thanks have a pedigree angus heifer we imported but she's a bit of a lunatic, wouldn't inflict her on anyone else, safer to factory her. She's calved about a month, feck all milk too
Ask a few different agents is the best option. They can give what they like if not fire warned. Usually the independent smaller factories will be better
small plot here. Usually planted at this stage but not this year. Will get them in over next while.
What's the story with sending a red card animal to the factory, do you get a crap price?
For carrots you need to mix several years of rotted farmyard manure into the soil plus turf mould or similar 🤔
I'm only setting my early potatoes this weekend. British queen's. Plenty of time, there was no point putting them into a hole of cold water up to now. I only set a bit of lettuce, cauliflower, cabbage. Carrots I could never grow here in my land.
Spuds Paddy's day onwards. Veg late April to June. Any little corner is big enough, 8ft by 4ft would do fine to start with, - digging is tiring when you've a days work already done. It's very rewarding though. Grow whatever ye eat yerselves in the house if it'll grow in this country. Any proper garden centre (as opposed to the lifestyle/homestore/coffee/ type ones) will be able to suggest two or three basic plants. A bit of old cow dung and off you go.
A half hour once a week for would do a lot. There's great satisfaction in eating something you grew yourself. It's nearly better than having your own beef or lamb.
Would love to... haven't much spare time and tbh don't know when to plant. Should start a farm garden thread for tips
Yip & it's only goin one way year on year with the carbon tax
Friend of mine was telling me he was pricing doing a slatted tank and 35N concrete is €170 per meter inc vat now...sounds ridiculous
I think I asked last year but does anyone do a couple of ridges of spuds for the house?
My 'earlys' went in Easter Sunday (latest ever) and maincrop this evening, also latest ever.
I used Solist for earlies and Sarpo Mira for main crop this year after trying about 5 varieties last season. These were the two that worked best. The Solist are smooth, big, perfect white potatoes like something you'd get in a shop and the Sarpo are red and blight resistant with a tasty yellowish flesh. They keep well too.
Veg next and again I'll be limiting it to what worked well last year - carrots were a disgrace, Peas very good, parsnips ok ish, nobody ate the swedes so feck them. Onion sets did fine until the rain came and then they bolted. Nothing at all from the spring onions.
Anyway, I'm probably talking to the wrong people, - more town people than farmers set a garden these days due to most of us being part time and running around with work and kids after school activities.
It's hard here to get the time too, I was watering vegetables (in a suit) at a quarter to 1 some nights last May with a headlight and every midge eating me, and most of the spuds were never earthed up, but I try to do it with the young lads so they'll know how even if I've to bate them out to help.
Any other madman or woman at it?
Detent balls broke up in spool I'd guess
I've a Saler bull for the first time, a neighbour breeds them. I was wary about temperament issues but I went to see them and talked to a few people beforehand. He's the quietest bull we ever had, and all his calves are quiet too. It makes life a bit easier.
Fully forward on them is float. Middle is neutral.
Out the back there's hydraulic adjusters. I think they had black caps on them. Ya'll see them when ya look out the window. They twist and turn and change hydraulic behaviour. That's as far as my knowledge goes though
No it's open,I was putting in pipe in back and was nt sure which one worked it and I seem to Ave pressure from oil stopping it.other handle working sound
