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Farming Chit Chat

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  • #8432
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,939 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    whelan1 wrote: »
    just went down to end of the lane to get the wheelie bins, fook sake driving wind and rain on the way back up, couldnt breathe with the driving rain and its really cold too

    Are you far from the coast Mrs W?? - your part of the world could see alot of snow tommorow!!


  • #8433
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Are you far from the coast Mrs W?? - your part of the world could see alot of snow tommorow!!
    abot 7 miles from the sea...


  • #8434
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    It takes 2 minutes to skip out to the field on the quad to check it out. A lot of farmers operate a system where the far fields will only be grazed by day and the near fields by night.... therefore cows are in the parlor in less that 10 mins and the day starts off quickly. and the cow wont go back to that field until after the evening milking. the use of a "Batt-Latch" of timer latch reduces the time spent hunting cows which could be up to an hour a day on some farms. Its all part of smart time management and grassland management.
    Do you use one or where can they be got?


  • #8435
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    jfh wrote: »
    rather than add to an old post, i'm going to put this query in here, mod please feel free to move,
    where are people getting their tags, we usually get everything though mullinahone.
    is there much advantage going with enfer?
    thanks
    I was on the enfer website earlier and for ordering tags they provide the link to the mullinahone website. I believe there was a tender for the tags so that would mean there is only one supplier.


  • #8436
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,939 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    whelan1 wrote: »
    abot 7 miles from the sea...

    I assume your not too high up(less then 250 feet??) so hopefully you will miss the worst.


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  • #8437
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    delaval wrote: »
    Really bad forecast for next few days no cow due to calve here for 2 weeks T.G.

    Same here, next cow not due until early Feb! Stupid easterly breeze though, parlour is very exposed on that side so milking isn't fun at the minute!


  • #8438
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    Just this evening did not enjoy milking weather really pissing us all off


  • #8439
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    Rain pelting window going for a pint to compare hardship with my neighbours!!!!!!!


  • #8440
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    whelan1 wrote: »
    just went down to end of the lane to get the wheelie bins, fook sake driving wind and rain on the way back up, couldnt breathe with the driving rain and its really cold too

    Same here except rain not as bad more like sleet


  • #8441
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    delaval wrote: »
    Do you use one or where can they be got?

    My dad got one in NZ 20 years ago, we used it till we got out of cows a few years ago. Our neighbour bought it off us and still uses it. I'll put up a link tomorrow and pm the 2 of ye that asked about it.


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  • #8442
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Nice covering of snow here this morning. Decent wind too so if it snows much I can see it gathering up.


  • #8443
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bbam wrote: »
    Nice covering of snow here this morning. Decent wind too so if it snows much I can see it gathering up.
    no snow here , but driving rain and its reallllllllly cold


  • #8444
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    whelan1 wrote: »
    no snow here , but driving rain and its reallllllllly cold

    Huge dump of rain here yesterday evening and last night. 8 degrees and sunny now, good bit of rain forecast for the next few days but no cold down here unless that cold front shifts west a good bit.


  • #8445
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    freedominacup wrote: »
    Huge dump of rain here yesterday evening and last night. 8 degrees and sunny now, good bit of rain forecast for the next few days but no cold down here unless that cold front shifts west a good bit.
    feckin tanks are all full, the joys of it!


  • #8446
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    feckin tanks are all full, the joys of it!

    +1 every hostage to fortune I took in the past forthnight has got me into trouble, cell counts, grazing and slurry. I'll try to keep the gob shut in future:(


  • #8447
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    kind of same here spoke about scc and an hour later got a glanbia alert text:mad: was halved by the next collection and i did nothing different.. has the glanbia limit been reduced to 350?


  • #8448
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,890 ✭✭✭mf240


    whelan1 wrote: »
    kind of same here spoke about scc and an hour later got a glanbia alert text:mad: was halved by the next collection and i did nothing different.. has the glanbia limit been reduced to 350?

    it's going down 25 a year to 300 it was 375 last year


  • #8449
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    whelan1 wrote: »
    kind of same here spoke about scc and an hour later got a glanbia alert text:mad: was halved by the next collection and i did nothing different.. has the glanbia limit been reduced to 350?

    I thought it was 300. Ours spiked from 170 to 470 over a couple of colections no sign of mastits. Then we spotted a fairly severe mortellaro infection treated it for 3 days and footbathed a couple of times, problem treated and second collection cell count back down to 150.


  • #8450
    chippie1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭chippie1


    have cows due to calve in late april (outside hopefully) and have access to a cubicle behind them, how many is recommended per bay as have seven at mo and have no where to put a store heifer to be put in calf around march.


  • #8451
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    Awful rain here last night too. Have a Burren Life inspection now, I hope all my work was up to scratch for them.


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  • #8452
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,863 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Good luck with that redzer.

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



  • #8453
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    If anyone needs to stay awake for a cow calving, reading this may help :D


  • #8454
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    snowing heavy here now and sticking:eek::eek:


  • #8455
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Blizzard here all afternoon..
    About 10-15CM of snow on the ground..
    Twould cut the face of ya..

    All foddering done and stove hopping :)

    Phone line came down with the weight of snow on it and ESB was out for an hour too...

    Just love the snow.. :D:D


  • #8456
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    bbam wrote: »
    Blizzard here all afternoon..
    About 10-15CM of snow on the ground..
    Twould cut the face of ya..

    All foddering done and stove hopping :)

    Phone line came down with the weight of snow on it and ESB was out for an hour too...

    Just love the snow.. :D:D

    Power gone again.
    Early bed so ;)


  • #8457
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    How do I stop Boards sending an email each time there is a post in thread I'm following?


  • #8458
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    delaval wrote: »
    How do I stop Boards sending an email each time there is a post in thread I'm following?

    At the bottom of the thread - beside all the page numbers - is a button called "Unfollow Thread"

    That should do the trick


  • #8459
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Managed to get the inside sidewall cut on the feeder tyre, Plugged it as I only have to go about 5miles with a load. no chance, whipped it off and 'new' one back on. Its lashing and I have a long night ahead for my sins


  • #8460
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    freedominacup wrote: »
    I thought it was 300. Ours spiked from 170 to 470 over a couple of colections no sign of mastits. Then we spotted a fairly severe mortellaro infection treated it for 3 days and footbathed a couple of times, problem treated and second collection cell count back down to 150.
    Was that due to just one cow with mortellaro infection? Just shows how close to sterile milk is now being collected at considering she hadn't mastitis and you've the dilution effect of the other cows milk (although you mightn't have that many milking at the mo).


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  • #8461
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    Awful rain here last night too. Have a Burren Life inspection now, I hope all my work was up to scratch for them.

    Good luck with the inspection, although it's probably finished now. I presume it went well?


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