Farming Chit Chat

Finno59 · 28-06-2012 09:09AM

tanko wrote: »

A neighbour of mine had a similar problem. He put the bull into his crush and got him squeezed. The owner of the bull didnt realise what had happened until three months later!!

How did that end up? did the fella who sqeezed him have to pay compensation?

Muckit · 28-06-2012 09:46AM

tanko wrote: »

A neighbour of mine had a similar problem. He put the bull into his crush and got him squeezed. The owner of the bull didnt realise what had happened until three months later!!

two wrongs don't make a right

tanko · 28-06-2012 12:25PM

Finno59 wrote: »

How did that end up? did the fella who sqeezed him have to pay compensation?

I suppose this wasnt a very good example to give. The bull was a scrub and owned by a farmer in his seventies who thinks its still the 1950's. The man who did the job on the bull is "well connected" and theres no question of compensation being paid.

I think that anyone with a bull should have a good mains electric fence to keep him in his place. Good fences make good neighbours and all that. It sounds like the bull in this case should be on a hook.

lakill Farm · 28-06-2012 02:06PM

How much is a foot or Meter of 6" x 3" RSJ? (or what is know as 6x3rsj but now metric)

I gave €6.80 inclusive of vat for 6" channel last week

whelan1 · 28-06-2012 07:32PM

fantastic evening here... feels like summer at last

1chippy · 28-06-2012 07:42PM

I'm not that far from you whelan and you need a canoe round me. Surface water running down fields is pretty bad round here.

whelan1 · 28-06-2012 07:45PM

1chippy wrote: »

I'm not that far from you whelan and you need a canoe round me. Surface water running down fields is pretty bad round here.

wasraining last night and this morning but sun shining since dinner time

Butcher Boy · 28-06-2012 08:02PM

We are nearly washed away here in west cork and its pouring now as I look out the window. Cattle will have to come in again if it continues!! summer my arse!

jimmy G M · 28-06-2012 08:21PM

cjpm wrote: »

There was a court case in Donegal a year or 2 ago where a fella got done for putting a ring on his neighbours dog. The neighbour thought that the dog was off form and took him to the vet. Vet descovered that the dog was missing a bit!!!:D:D:D

I think yer man admitted that he done it. Big mistake!! Would have been easier and cheaper to sing dumb!!

Hilarious, burst out laughin readin that. Best laugh I had all day!

jimmy G M · 28-06-2012 08:26PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

If he had any sense he would give him the hook. Can not see the reason some people keep bulls like that around the place. As you said an accident waiting to happen is the only way to describe it.

Agreed - He'd prob get €1700 for him in the factory. Get a decent replacement for a couple of hundred euro more. What's a couple of hundred euro if someone gets badly injured? That bull sounds like he'll do damage sooner or later.

Muckit · 28-06-2012 09:33PM

Anyone got some big anchors, some heavy rope and a few rachet straps.... the farm ready to float off here

Bodacious · 28-06-2012 10:11PM

jimmy G M wrote: »

Agreed - He'd prob get €1700 for him in the factory. Get a decent replacement for a couple of hundred euro more. What's a couple of hundred euro if someone gets badly injured? That bull sounds like he'll do damage sooner or later.

He would be better off without him for sure but he is/was a great breeding bull but he also has heifers up out of him now too and safetywise which should be the No. 1 priority and or the fact that he is really destroying other peoples fences and will in time more than likely hurt/cut himself due to his antics/size.

Graces7 · 29-06-2012 06:06AM

Butcher Boy wrote: »

We are nearly washed away here in west cork and its pouring now as I look out the window. Cattle will have to come in again if it continues!! summer my arse!

Here in West Cork too. Our landlord has beef and dairy and the electric fence was struck by lightning. The cattle fled and last night they were still hunting for them.

Kovu · 29-06-2012 10:49AM

Was up in Dublin yesterday getting a newer spec laptop and managed to get sunburned.
Came home and could have washed my hair in the rain outside:mad:

limo_100 · 29-06-2012 01:17PM

sold a shorthorn weanling bull 11months old 450kg for €1080 fairly happy with him think its a good price for a shorthorn anyway

pakalasa · 29-06-2012 02:12PM

limo_100 wrote: »

sold a shorthorn weanling bull 11months old 450kg for €1080 fairly happy with him think its a good price for a shorthorn anyway

Sure is. It wasn't that long ago when the Comic were talking about 1000 Euro being a reality for weanlings. I think we've passed that now......;)

Kovu · 29-06-2012 02:58PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxa03Abo3U

I cannot embed this but hehehhhehehehehehe.

leg wax · 30-06-2012 10:06AM

may the sun shine on your wet fields and the grass grow,while i rub oil on my white legs in the comfort of french wine and food while putting up kilos of weight for the busy calving season when i get home.ps i will be keeping a eye on you's so behave. legs

bogman_bass · 30-06-2012 10:48AM

Us? Behave? Pfft!

Enjoy yourself over there!

porter shark · 30-06-2012 11:54PM

ballinasloe mart today anybody?
two super charolais calves... 370ish 1170/80ish... followed owner out asking questions expecting them to be out of cottage devon or crosmolina...

CWI out of heifers, serious stuff!

simx · 01-07-2012 01:28AM

anyone direct me to where cull cows prices are resonable:D

whelan1 · 01-07-2012 06:47AM

simx wrote: »

anyone direct me to where cull cows prices are resonable:D

have had 3 lads ring me in lastfew weeks looking for some culls

SilverKrest · 01-07-2012 12:19PM

Anyone have any good farm safety tips. Someone almost lost their fingers the other day on a mchale wrapper. They were tying the wrap onto the table but the driver thought he was holding it for him to squeeze and he caught 2 fingers

dar31 · 01-07-2012 06:33PM

is it possible to use a bluetooth enabled radio from a car or some thing, in the parlour, and then play your tunes from iphone/smartphone
or would it just keep disconecting as you walked up and down the pit???

porter shark · 01-07-2012 07:25PM

i'm after renting more land than i can handle and i need to sell grazing. how much should i charge neighbour for grass? lets say 20 cows and calves, how much per week?

Charlie Charolais · 01-07-2012 08:12PM

porter shark wrote: »

ballinasloe mart today anybody?
two super charolais calves... 370ish 1170/80ish... followed owner out asking questions expecting them to be out of cottage devon or crosmolina...

CWI out of heifers, serious stuff!

We were in headford yesterday, them prices were the norm, bought two charolais's at that weight, at very similar prices!
There was a few real serious blue heifers in it, the real deal ones, seller refused €1600 for 345kg!

moy83 · 01-07-2012 08:48PM

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

We were in headford yesterday, them prices were the norm, bought two charolais's at that weight, at very similar prices!
There was a few real serious blue heifers in it, the real deal ones, seller refused €1600 for 345kg!

It woud be interesting to see how much more he will get at a different day / mart .

vanderbadger · 02-07-2012 09:49AM

dar31 wrote: »

is it possible to use a bluetooth enabled radio from a car or some thing, in the parlour, and then play your tunes from iphone/smartphone
or would it just keep disconecting as you walked up and down the pit???

would it be easier get a little dock station with speakers, pop iphone or whatever in there when milking?

Dozer1 · 02-07-2012 03:24PM

Just wondering how soon I can inject some heifers that the bull broke into last week, they're for selling so don't want them incalf. thanks

Angus4life · 02-07-2012 04:04PM

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

We were in headford yesterday, them prices were the norm, bought two charolais's at that weight, at very similar prices!
There was a few real serious blue heifers in it, the real deal ones, seller refused €1600 for 345kg!

think these heifer were on done deal... unreal heifers tho of the highest quality. 1600 wasnt bad for a show heifers as alot of buks wit calfs claming them be show standard and there pretty average for the quality of the stock for sale now days

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