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Farming Chit Chat

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  • #6242
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    whelan1 wrote: »
    My cow can now stand up on her own and dropped her cleanings. Thank god

    Good to hear . Are you going to dry her off and fatten her or is she sound enough to milk


  • #6243
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    DaNiEl1994 wrote: »
    hello lads, i was wondering would anybody know where i could find the photos of an anti backing bar that a man on these forums made himself it was really good, if it helps i think it was green dont quote me on that tho.

    thanks

    Is this the one? I can put up some other photos of it, if you like.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056212709&page=120


  • #6244
    saranac1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭saranac1


    pakalasa wrote: »

    Is this the one? I can put up some other photos of it, if you like.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056212709&page=120

    Not a happy camper today
    Found a fr bull calf of mine gorged to death by either a pack of dogs or foxs, hard to know which done it. Calf was healthy but a bit small and in back field with 30 other fr bull calves @ 9 mth old.
    Never happened to me before


  • #6245
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Richk2012 wrote: »
    Good to hear . Are you going to dry her off and fatten her or is she sound enough to milk
    she hasnt been out of the shed since friday, has no springing what so ever , just glad she's alive ... will just fatten her up and factory her


  • #6246
    DaNiEl1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭DaNiEl1994


    pakalasa wrote: »
    Is this the one? I can put up some other photos of it, if you like.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056212709&page=120

    no i cant find the anti backing bar in the link, or dont think i can ee any backing bar in that link, it might have been one of the clare lad who made it? maybe even you? any chance you might have miss linked it, it was a very simple idea


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  • #6247
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    DaNiEl1994 wrote: »
    no i cant find the anti backing bar in the link, or dont think i can ee any backing bar in that link, it might have been one of the clare lad who made it? maybe even you? any chance you might have miss linked it, it was a very simple idea

    When I saw your first post looking for this my immediate thought was that Pakalasa had made it.
    Maybe the pic was in the Labour saving and general guntering thread rather than the photo one. I'm sure the man himself will sort ya out:)

    Tipp Man is right. I see it in that link alright!


  • #6248
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    DaNiEl1994 wrote: »
    no i cant find the anti backing bar in the link, or dont think i can ee any backing bar in that link, it might have been one of the clare lad who made it? maybe even you? any chance you might have miss linked it, it was a very simple idea

    I see a green backing bar when i open Paka's link:confused:


  • #6249
    DaNiEl1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭DaNiEl1994


    https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/224975/202583.jpg

    this was the one i was looking for, sorry if it was in the original link but i couldnt find it, great piece of DIY'ing


  • #6250
    keep going
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    id say i have a first calver throwing a calf tonight:(.oh well as long as there is only one


  • #6251
    keep going
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    saranac1 wrote: »
    Not a happy camper today
    Found a fr bull calf of mine gorged to death by either a pack of dogs or foxs, hard to know which done it. Calf was healthy but a bit small and in back field with 30 other fr bull calves @ 9 mth old.
    Never happened to me before
    are you he didnt die first and was then eaten,unusual to see a live calf attacked


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  • #6252
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,463 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    keep going wrote: »
    id say i have a first calver throwing a calf tonight:(.oh well as long as there is only one

    feel your pain. 3rd calver spat out a dead calf 2 weeks early about 2 hours ago.:(


  • #6253
    Milkymoos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭Milkymoos


    bogman_bass wrote: »

    feel your pain. 3rd calver spat out a dead calf 2 weeks early about 2 hours ago.:(
    @ keep going as well: are ye vaccinating for salmonella? Seems to be alot of it around this year already. Would be worth taking the calf to the regional vet lab just to make sure it is nothing sinister. Test for neospora as well while they at it.


  • #6254
    keep going
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    Milkymoos wrote: »
    @ keep going as well: are ye vaccinating for salmonella? Seems to be alot of it around this year already. Would be worth taking the calf to the regional vet lab just to make sure it is nothing sinister. Test for neospora as well while they at it.
    just back from the shed and shes popped it. to be honest i wasnt thinking of taking it to the lab as i have done loads of times before and nothing ever comes back but if a second happened i would.a bit small looking for this stage in the year- less than a foot long but maybe she was calving later


  • #6255
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    The rain has started here, but on the upside I got the SFP text. I hope it hits the account tomorrow ;)


  • #6256
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    i am with ulster bank, money is in :D


  • #6257
    KCTK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭KCTK


    BOI, in also :D


  • #6258
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,961 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    KCTK wrote: »
    BOI, in also :D

    AIB must be using it to stop a gap temporarily somewhere:mad:

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #6259
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    blue5000 wrote: »
    AIB must be using it to stop a gap temporarily somewhere:mad:
    in too another repayment for one of my loans!


  • #6260
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    aib money in :D


  • #6261
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    BOI in too :D


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  • #6262
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,463 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    If you are in the BVD scheme this year do you have to do an ear test on a dead calf does anybody know?


  • #6263
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    If you are in the BVD scheme this year do you have to do an ear test on a dead calf does anybody know?

    Its voluntary this year, so you don't have to - but maybe you want to rule out BVD as a cause of death?

    Next year, you will have to do a bvd test on all registered calves, dead or alive.


  • #6264
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Yeah its in... but after the cheques I had to write yesterday it'll be out by this evening.
    Still no point in complaining.


  • #6265
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    If you are in the BVD scheme this year do you have to do an ear test on a dead calf does anybody know?

    I do them


  • #6266
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,463 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    reilig wrote: »
    Its voluntary this year, so you don't have to - but maybe you want to rule out BVD as a cause of death?

    Next year, you will have to do a bvd test on all registered calves, dead or alive.

    It would be unusual to have a calf born dead but full term because of BVD wouldnt it?

    to finish the scheme a year early (because you tested in 2012) do you need to test dead calves is what I'm asking I suppose


  • #6267
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    It would be unusual to have a calf born dead but full term because of BVD wouldnt it?

    The calf might not have died of BVD but could still be a PI.
    bogman_bass wrote: »
    to finish the scheme a year early (because you tested in 2012) do you need to test dead calves is what I'm asking I suppose

    I imagine that the answer to that is yes.


  • #6268
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    whelan1 wrote: »
    i am with ulster bank, money is in :D
    KCTK wrote: »
    BOI, in also :D

    PTSB, in also :D


  • #6269
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    reilig wrote: »
    The calf might not have died of BVD but could still be a PI.



    I imagine that the answer to that is yes.
    but you have already paid for the bvd tag , you are going to have to tag the dead calf for the knackery to take it, cant understand why you wouldnt bvd test it:confused:


  • #6270
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,463 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    still have to pay for the test and its another job to do


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  • #6271
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    still have to pay for the test and its another job to do
    so wait another year to see if the cow has a pi calf, its a no brainer imo, why do the rest and not do this one


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