Farming Chit Chat

2 hours of torture on the phone:( and still animal things not sorted.

Bizzum wrote: »

I see the Farmers Journal are publishing a " Standalone Dairy Magazine" called Irish Dairy Farmer. Coming to a shop near you on Nov 22nd.

Wonder is it a oneoff a weekly or monthly doesnt give anymore info on facebook

i got a bvd form, how much per calf? also i got a form for the last 10 calves that were born in may/june. surely they dont have to be done:mad:

whelan1 wrote: »

2 hours of torture with my daughter at hairdresser getting knots out of her hair, got my shins kicked, my hair pulled and scrapped... give me 2 hours on the phone anyday:cool: then was late getting back to milk .... think she will brush her hair properly in future:p

Our 7 year old stuck a lollipop to her hair and cut it out herself.

Did u ever feel like getting a hammer and smashing some tru-test milk metres.? Milk recording with them can be such a pain. Pure torture this morning.

just do it wrote: »

No, but the odd limousin elicits that type of reaction

Only the odd one???

flat out !! wrote: »

Did u ever feel like getting a hammer and smashing some tru-test milk metres.? Milk recording with them can be such a pain. Pure torture this morning.

No but I've entertained thoughts of shoving that stainless steel pipe sticking out of the end of them up a hole it wasn't designed for:eek:. Nothing worse esp if you get stuck doing it on a Fri than tempramental meters. Big step up from those old blue meters though and some of the unreliables the records crowd had doing recordings.

whelan1 wrote: »

never had to use the meters thank god

Whenthey work they're grand our recorder usually leaves a couple of spares. Still a pain when one kicks up during milking. Also bought cows from a guy and freeze brands bear no corelation to tags, until we got used to them it was a real pain.

I had a pb dorset ewe lamb about 3 weeks ago with a set of twin ewe lams and the auld bit*h hadn't a drop of milk in one teat and only a dribble in the other. So i stuck her in a pen with the two lambs and bottled them every day until they settled and didn't really look for their mother. On wednesday i let her out of the pen and put her in a 1 acre square field right in front of my folks house which you can see every inch of from the kitchen window with two tips and a teaser as i was waiting on a new movement book from the dept to take her and the two tips to the fat ring but i saw the gate open on thursday morning when i was out before work. I saw the two tips and teaser but no sign of the ewe and thought to myself, well shes probably gone looking for the lams so i rang the auld fella later and told him to keep an eye out for her. Still no sign of her yesterday and then i went searching for her this morning and couldn't find her. It only clicked with me when i saw a buzzard sitting on the fence rail beside the field and i walked over and there she was standing upright in an old strainer hole full of water drowned. If theres one thing sheep will teach you its that they will find any way possible to commit hari kari.

Ah Bizzum ..!! I'm in the fits of laughter here. Fair play for bringing this to our attention! :D:D:D

just do it wrote: »

Jeez folks, looks like everyone is having a quiet Saturday night and surfing on the farming forum at the moment

Quiet saturday night:D:D i don't think so ...was taking part in a STARS IN THEIR EYES fundraiser for the local GAA club last night .Fcukin ROCKed the house even gave biddy from glenroe(one of the judges) a crotch grinding:D:D:D:D. i'l post a vid as soon as i get it....no one wil recognise me even if u knew me;)