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whelan1 · 22-07-2011 08:49AM

snowman707 wrote: »

tbh

i would rather crap than pi$$

am always wary about urine

true

vincenzolorenzo · 22-07-2011 09:02AM

snowman707 wrote: »

tbh

i would rather crap than pi$$

am always wary about urine

Smells 1000 times worse anyway

Birdnuts · 22-07-2011 11:44AM

whelan1 wrote: »

a cow crapped in my ear this morning, that was a first;)

A wicked part of me would love to see that happen to the other half - just for the laugh:D;)

barryoc1 · 22-07-2011 12:19PM

snowman707 wrote: »

tbh

i would rather crap than pi$$

am always wary about urine

Why more wary bout urine? And i know the feeling Whelan1, had a cow calving bout 2 years ago, difficult birth so i was pulling the calf, next thing as the cow forced she also **** and she fired it back up on my head. And i mean a **** load of it too, had the calfs head just out so couldnt stop pulling, had to keep pulling as it rolled down my face and down my back. Not nice.

5live · 22-07-2011 12:46PM

barryoc1 wrote: »

Why more wary bout urine?.

lepto:mad:

stanflt · 24-07-2011 08:36PM

saved the barley straw today

sea12 · 24-07-2011 09:26PM

where are u based with that lovely blue sky?

stanflt · 24-07-2011 09:35PM

sea12 wrote: »

where are u based with that lovely blue sky?

co meath about 7km from the coast

whelan1 · 25-07-2011 05:10AM

was a fantastic day here yesterday, dull in the morning but really nice from mid day on... heading to donegal feo a few days later hope the weather stays good:rolleyes:

vanderbadger · 25-07-2011 10:44AM

stanflt wrote: »

saved the barley straw today

what price will straw be this season or do you sell any?

stanflt · 25-07-2011 06:01PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

what price will straw be this season or do you sell any?

all sold- had only 63for sale at 33in the field

5live · 30-07-2011 10:11AM

Had my first case of mastitis in 3 months yesterday. Not sure if i am happy that i had only one in the last 3 months or sad that one finally got mastitis

Then went to check the sheep tupping. My vendeen ram was lying down taking a break after a rough night (he was hard at it the night before when i was putting the dogs to bed;)) so i went over to wake him and check his condition. Stone cold dead:mad:. So off to cork for the day to pick up a replacement. Got a 4 star ram lamb for 500 , better maternal than my old guy but only 1 star for finishing so not sure if he is better or worse than what he is replacing

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Typical august bank holiday weekend really:)

whelan1 · 30-07-2011 10:16AM

lovely day here , lads drawing in silage, have a few autumn calvers springing up nicely, milk will be welcome in the tank as it has slid a bit recently, any one know what good br/fr bull calves are making?

rancher · 30-07-2011 10:29AM

[/QUOTE]Got a 4 star ram lamb for 500 , better maternal than my old guy but only 1 star for finishing so not sure if he is better or worse than what he is replacing

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Typical august bank holiday weekend really:)[/QUOTE]
Much more important to be 5 star finishing, progeny wil be slower growing than you'd like, especially at one star.

5live · 30-07-2011 10:40AM

rancher wrote: »

Got a 4 star ram lamb for 500 , better maternal than my old guy but only 1 star for finishing so not sure if he is better or worse than what he is replacing

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Typical august bank holiday weekend really:)[/QUOTE]
Much more important to be 5 star finishing, progeny wil be slower growing than you'd like, especially at one star.[/QUOTE]
But 5 for maternal and 4 for lambing and will be keeping a good few ewe lambs. The 5 star finishers were great to look at but 1 star for lambing and 1 or 2 for maternal. Going to fall between 2 stools whatever one i picked:o

KatyMac · 30-07-2011 12:44PM

Just finished cutting the last meadow, will spend a while walking it now as I saw a few suspicious yellow flowers

whelan1 · 31-07-2011 02:15PM

was out in the car today and i saw a field that had probably been sprayed with round up there where a good few cattle on it, quick question would the ragworth not be dangerous in a dying state to the cattle?

johngalway · 02-08-2011 05:31PM

My home made roofed creep feeder doesn't accommodate all the lambs I'm feeding at the moment. So I put out an ordinary trough I feed the ewes from. But, no, they wouldn't have it. 80% of the feed would be left in the trough after the feeder had been cleaned out, and they're not getting too much.

So day before yesterday I spied two short lengths of big pipe I have laying about. I'll screw the trough to them to life it off the ground. Hey presto, not a speck of ration left in either now. Fussy gits, soon they'll want me cutting grass for them.

snowman707 · 02-08-2011 10:29PM

johngalway wrote: »

My home made roofed creep feeder doesn't accommodate all the lambs I'm feeding at the moment. So I put out an ordinary trough I feed the ewes from. But, no, they wouldn't have it. 80% of the feed would be left in the trough after the feeder had been cleaned out, and they're not getting too much.

So day before yesterday I spied two short lengths of big pipe I have laying about. I'll screw the trough to them to life it off the ground. Hey presto, not a speck of ration left in either now. Fussy gits, soon they'll want me cutting grass for them.

just be careful of bird droppings

a neighbour had an out break of coccidiosis earlier this year losing about 15 lambs, he reckoned the birds were to blame

johngalway · 02-08-2011 10:32PM

snowman707 wrote: »

just be careful of bird droppings

a neighbour had an out break of coccidiosis earlier this year losing about 15 lambs, he reckoned the birds were to blame

Ration doesn't last long enough to draw any birdies

Always been wary of over feeding sheep in case of drawing vermin/spoiling ration.

jerdee · 03-08-2011 09:00AM

i work in grain stores all day LOADING OUT and them pigeons are worse that rats

Rats of the sky they are:mad::mad::mad:

5live · 03-08-2011 09:22AM

whelan1 wrote: »

was out in the car today and i saw a field that had probably been sprayed with round up there where a good few cattle on it, quick question would the ragworth not be dangerous in a dying state to the cattle?

I think its at its most dangerous when it is dying. I saw a lad cutting hay last week and there was more ragworth than grass in it. Hopefully cattle getting it arent hungry this winter:mad:

Tipp Man · 03-08-2011 10:13AM

5live wrote: »

I think its at its most dangerous when it is dying. I saw a lad cutting hay last week and there was more ragworth than grass in it. Hopefully cattle getting it arent hungry this winter:mad:

Apparently cattle are very unlikely to eat dried ragworth so it is not too much of a threat in hay - apparently

Wouldn't be buying that hay though

Bizzum · 03-08-2011 11:07AM

My understanding of cattle eating ragwort is that when it's dried, like in hay its not palatable, and they will leave it behind, but when it's wilted, say after being topped and lying around a few days, it is more palatable.

When hunger is a factor all bets are off!

whelan1 · 03-08-2011 11:29AM

ye but this is different i know from my research that they will not eat it in hay as it is dried as was said , what about after being sprayed with round up... if it was in baled silage or pit silage they would eat it also as it has been preserved and is palatable

Bizzum · 03-08-2011 12:03PM

It would be my opinion that cattle would eat ragwort as it was wilted from roundup. Particularly if hungry. They seem to like grass that has a wilt on it from roundup. It makes strange but good silage. Come to think of it, it would be more like haylage.

Grecco · 03-08-2011 03:39PM

The majority of cattle wont touch the stuff either way but then you get one or two who will eat it and then you have a pine-er or else its off to the knackery
I definitely wouldn't be buying hay with it in it

weefarmer · 04-08-2011 05:54PM

Duck appeared on the street today with 5 ducklings

nice to see as we thought the fox had taken her!!

5live · 05-08-2011 09:46AM

Reading in journal yesterday about the new rules on drainage and land use. OMG:eek:. John Gormless and the Greens really left us in the s**t. Looks like he spent all his time opposing the incinerator in his own back yard and stopping deer hunting instead of doing his job and getting some faintly realistic proposals on land use.

A pox on you johnny boy:mad:. I may have to not vote green again;)

whelan1 · 06-08-2011 08:18AM

first calf born this morning a british friesian heifer , all well, up now drinking cow:)

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