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Farming Chit Chat

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  • #332
    JohnBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭JohnBoy


    aye, we had the townland in the ad, and he asked is that up near Murphys*. Not near Murphys*, actually Murphys*



    we'd gotten a fright a few weeks ago when an auctioneer told us it'd only be worth 120 an acre and we'd spent just shy of 100 on fertilizer.


    *all names changed to protect the innocent


  • #333
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    had a skinny third calver , i mollycoddled her for a while and she calved ok 3 weeks ago ... let her with cows last night and she was dead this morning, she fell in a ditch:mad::mad:


  • #334
    Mr.Success
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭Mr.Success


    did anyone see any 2011 lambs in marts yet. As in the early weaned lambs that were born in january? What prices were they going.


  • #335
    what happen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭what happen


    whelan1 wrote: »
    had a skinny third calver , i mollycoddled her for a while and she calved ok 3 weeks ago ... let her with cows last night and she was dead this morning, she fell in a ditch:mad::mad:
    sorry to hear about your cow.


  • #336
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    what happen wrote: »
    sorry to hear about your cow.

    +1 May all the bad luck go with her:mad:


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  • #337
    ihatetractors
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    Mr.Success wrote: »
    did anyone see any 2011 lambs in marts yet. As in the early weaned lambs that were born in january? What prices were they going.

    M8 got 130/140? one of the two sorry. End of Dec/Jan lambs.
    Course then he went and spent it all on a few hoggets


  • #338
    johngalway
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    Two slow pokes left to lamb, wish they'd hurry up to... Expect a set of twins and a single. Am hoping for two ewe lambs out of that trio. But, with 28 ram wether lambs out of 43 lambs total so far, I'm not counting my chickens just yet.


  • #339
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    Mr.Success wrote: »
    did anyone see any 2011 lambs in marts yet. As in the early weaned lambs that were born in january? What prices were they going.

    According to todays IT, farmers with early lambs are rolling in it:D;)


  • #340
    jeff greene
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    Had a cow this evening eating stones on the road:mad: hopefully she is the only one. Was tormented by it last year, some were saying phosphorous, but they had enough of that, tested everything. In the end, we reckoned it was acidosis from lush grass:confused:


  • #341
    whelan1
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    got a call to say there where cattle out in my silage ground , went up and there where 5 massive deer there :rolleyes:


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  • #342
    johngalway
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    got a call to say there where cattle out in my silage ground , went up and there where 5 massive deer there :rolleyes:

    Few lads over in Hunting would be only delighted to know that :)


  • #343
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    johngalway wrote: »
    Few lads over in Hunting would be only delighted to know that :)

    They hard to shift too once they get a taste of the place:mad: John is it closed Season for hunting them now though?!


  • #344
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,831 ✭✭✭stanflt


    whelan1 wrote: »
    got a call to say there where cattle out in my silage ground , went up and there where 5 massive deer there :rolleyes:


    time for a bbq;)


  • #345
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    Bodacious wrote: »
    They hard to shift too once they get a taste of the place:mad: John is it closed Season for hunting them now though?!

    Yes it's closed season now. May be possible to get a section 42 if they're causing a LOT of damage. That'd be for a ranger to assess though.


  • #346
    what happen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭what happen


    whelan1 wrote: »
    got a call to say there where cattle out in my silage ground , went up and there where 5 massive deer there :rolleyes:
    their was a stag deer on the out farm some years ago he lay beside the cattle and one of the bullocks went down with tb.


  • #347
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    does any one know do you need a licence or something to keep poultry , ds has around a dozen hens etc and someone said we should have a licence , its the first i ever heard


  • #348
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    whelan1 wrote: »
    does any one know do you need a licence or something to keep poultry , ds has around a dozen hens etc and someone said we should have a licence , its the first i ever heard

    You're supposed to have a flock number AFAIK. We have 5 hens and a rooster and don't have one. Don't know how its enforced it or who inspects it, but I'm sure it keeps a couple of hundred people in the Dep of Agriculture in employment across the country.


  • #349
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,831 ✭✭✭stanflt


    sold a really good bull today- oji*mcl 181 ebi got what i wanted so happy days


    also loaded the last 3milking heifers from this seasons sales-hope next year will be as good


  • #350
    what happen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭what happen


    reilig wrote: »
    You're supposed to have a flock number AFAIK. We have 5 hens and a rooster and don't have one. Don't know how its enforced it or who inspects it, but I'm sure it keeps a couple of hundred people in the Dep of Agriculture in employment across the country.
    the dept sent out a form to everyone at the time of the bird flu to fill in if you had hens for eggs for your own use.


  • #351
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    what happen wrote: »
    the dept sent out a form to everyone at the time of the bird flu to fill in if you had hens for eggs for your own use.
    afair we had a few ducks at that stage , we got an odd letter about poultry things so we must be registered so


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  • #352
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    whelan1 wrote: »
    afair we had a few ducks at that stage , we got an odd letter about poultry things so we must be registered so

    We had none at that time.


  • #353
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    fantastic weather here today... was very frosty this morning though


  • #354
    5live
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,438 ✭✭✭5live


    whelan1 wrote: »
    does any one know do you need a licence or something to keep poultry , ds has around a dozen hens etc and someone said we should have a licence , its the first i ever heard
    Think you have to have one after bird flu epidemic. I dont know the punishments. Probably have to listen to entire Brendan Smith back catalog of ministerial interviews from RTE if you are caught without one:eek:. Get one tomorrow if you know whats good for you:)


  • #355
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    how much is a litre of milk at the farm gate nowdays


  • #356
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,831 ✭✭✭stanflt


    who the fug wrote: »
    how much is a litre of milk at the farm gate nowdays


    not enough:D


  • #357
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    stanflt wrote: »
    not enough:D


    It was never enough:D

    Round 1985 I think the old fella was getting 95 p a gallon,wondering if it ever went up:D


  • #358
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,831 ✭✭✭stanflt


    who the fug wrote: »
    It was never enough:D

    Round 1985 I think the old fella was getting 95 p a gallon,wondering if it ever went up:D

    its currently 34cent a litre-which in 1985 prices would be equivalent to 122p a gallon


  • #359
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    stanflt wrote: »
    its currently 34cent a litre-which in 1985 prices would be equivalent to 122p a gallon

    bet diesel and bag manure have gone up by 150 % since then, running like feck away from the farm was a good move


  • #360
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,831 ✭✭✭stanflt


    who the fug wrote: »
    bet diesel and bag manure have gone up by 150 % since then, running like feck away from the farm was a good move


    sure most of us dairy farmers only milk for the craic and the fun of it:D:D:D


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  • #361
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    stanflt wrote: »
    sure most of us dairy farmers only milk for the craic and the fun of it:D:D:D


    I just thought ye was mad:D, seven days a week TB brucellosics testing. caving cowpox

    Worst of all Cows what can kick (crosses my legs on that one:p)


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