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Farming Chit Chat

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  • #8732
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    We got the calf tagged this evening. some fun again. closed in gates again and pulled the calf to the side. great fun in contrast we had another limo calve this morning and tagged and iodine on while she was nuzzling up beside her calf. For some reason we are landing far superior calves from the same bull this year.


  • #8733
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    1chippy wrote: »
    We got the calf tagged this evening. some fun again. closed in gates again and pulled the calf to the side. great fun in contrast we had another limo calve this morning and tagged and iodine on while she was nuzzling up beside her calf. For some reason we are landing far superior calves from the same bull this year.
    did you ever notice when you are under pressure tagging a calf like that that they do this mental bawl, like ffs as if things arent bad enough trying to get the job done


  • #8734
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    whelan1 wrote: »
    did you ever notice when you are under pressure tagging a calf like that that they do this mental bawl, like ffs as if things arent bad enough trying to get the job done
    The calf landed bawling when he was being born but it was me bawling this evening while holding the calfs head with one hand and change the taggers from the test head to the normal one with the other hand and a 750kg b*tch trying to get a shot at me.
    Im thinking of changing the calving layout so that i can close them into a narrow area without trying to coax them out the head locking gate with a bucket of nuts or me as bait.


  • #8735
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    1chippy wrote: »
    The calf landed bawling when he was being born but it was me bawling this evening while holding the calfs head with one hand and change the taggers from the test head to the normal one with the other hand and a 750kg b*tch trying to get a shot at me.
    Im thinking of changing the calving layout so that i can close them into a narrow area without trying to coax them out the head locking gate with a bucket of nuts or me as bait.
    2 sets of taggers, pain in the butt doing 3 tags


  • #8736
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    whelan1 wrote: »
    2 sets of taggers, pain in the butt doing 3 tags
    Having to buy the second tagger for the BVD tag is the one thing that made my life easier with this scheme . I dont know why we hadnt a second tagger years ago


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  • #8737
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    moy83 wrote: »
    Having to buy the second tagger for the BVD tag is the one thing that made my life easier with this scheme . I dont know why we hadnt a second tagger years ago
    was tagging a mentaller calf out in the field last year and bent the pin in the taggers, jeez could only happen with a big black mamma up your butt, luckilly had the other taggers


  • #8738
    MfMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,588 ✭✭✭MfMan


    You haven't farmed until you test cattle out of a shed! It's on days like this you appreciate ultra-strong fittings.


  • #8739
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    whelan1 wrote: »
    had 3 missed calls from school this morning, was assuming 1 of my lot where misbehaving, anyways principal said, i see you have a big field of rushes can we pick some for st brigids crosses? took great pleasure in saying that field isnt mine

    Oh god..
    last year our 9 year old offered teacher that she could bring in rushes for anyone that needed them :o

    However, these parts are well supplied with rushes, everyone had more then enough of their own :rolleyes:


  • #8740
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    hugo29 wrote: »
    i am not trying to make excuses, somebody is at fault or else its a freak accident and if somebody is at fault they should have to face the consequences but pillars are not a requirement, the wall could have steel vertically or horizontally as a secondary support or may have been butressed by walls running perpindicular to same,

    but it does sound dodgy


    Could have? Should have, but from the VT I can see neither. I could be wrong but in the RTE clip there didn't appear to be any pilars in the wall nor was there any evidence that there was steel re-enforcing anywhere in it.

    TBH it's not the first time something like this has happened where presumably an engineer signed off on work not up to standard. Priory Hall anyone?


  • #8741
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    whelan1 wrote: »
    did you ever notice when you are under pressure tagging a calf like that that they do this mental bawl, like ffs as if things arent bad enough trying to get the job done
    Like mother like son/daughter!:D
    1chippy wrote: »
    Im thinking of changing the calving layout so that i can close them into a narrow area without trying to coax them out the head locking gate with a bucket of nuts or me as bait.
    Same here. And after one or two times running from them they sense/ know they've the upper hand. Hard to turn that around after. My calving gate looks great when they've there head out but is too short to get a sqeeze on them if they keep reversing out.

    Funny enough I just did a google of the guy I got the gate from and came across this article detailing his improved gate which gets over the issue I describe above! Petty he didn't have it in '08 when I built the shed:rolleyes:

    The lada and the rolls royce http://www.persteel.com/Calving%20Gate.html


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  • #8742
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    i can never see the pictures on the journal articles for some reason. the problem isnt so much the head issue its tightening them into a corner. in such a way that you are safe the whole time and they cant get a run at you.


  • #8743
    Askim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭Askim


    hoseman wrote: »
    Eventually treated my self to a hook drenching gun to-day,Chanelle make € 70.00.Will be using it friday to give a vitamin drech to weanlings.Gun appears fragile.It's one more thing for a neighbour to borrow when he sees it!His excuse will be the same ,he would buy one only he has no use for it,and yet he has twice the amount of cattle as me,I just hate borrowing something will happen it and then you end up fixing it or repairing it.Sorry ! rant over.

    Tell him you just borrowed it from someone else & have to give it back, as for me my Da owns the chainsaw etc in my shed & I wouldn't like to lend his stuff iykwim

    A


  • #8744
    Marooned75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Marooned75


    wide awake here with thunder and lighting is it ever going to let up.Think ill write a list of what has to be done around the place in spring.


  • #8745
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    calves got out last night,but were not out long and got them in easy enough, had to call vet this morn as one has sliced his leg very badly off a sheet of galvanise.does not look great for him.:mad:


  • #8746
    jomoloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 859 ✭✭✭jomoloney


    leg wax wrote: »
    calves got out last night,but were not out long and got them in easy enough, had to call vet this morn as one has sliced his leg very badly off a sheet of galvanise.does not look great for him.:mad:

    FU$%

    hope he makes it

    first 3 cows calved since sunday , 3 calves in IC but all should be (hopefully) be ok ...

    1 born about 3 weeks pre mature & to add to his plight the cow ate his navel cord straight off ,

    I huge bull knuckling very bad on front legs ...and the last one the cow calved her against a gate pillar damaging her mouth:(


  • #8747
    dealerman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭dealerman


    leg wax wrote: »
    no flies on you lot:D.thanks lads but none of you phoned with money burning a hole in yer pockets.:confused:

    well legs how did you get on with your weanlings

    you does have super stock like the videos and pics


  • #8748
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    MfMan wrote: »
    You haven't farmed until you test cattle out of a shed! It's on days like this you appreciate ultra-strong fittings.

    I thought you were talking about something else there.... testing cattle in a shed. The oul lad told me that when he started out farming first, he had no crush, I don't think they were a requirement back then. He had a small single story shed about 12' square and he'd squash in a many cattle as possible. Then in you'd go and climb along their backs!! Even the poor vet had no option but to follow along with 'the madness' :rolleyes:


    On a totally different topic... did any of ye notice that today's date is a palindrome 31-1-13.... it's the same backwards as forwards.... now there's one for the local if yer off for a sneaky Thursday night pint!

    Oh and if you're a bit of a hoarder and happen to have held on to a calendar from 1985, you can use it this year! ;)


  • #8749
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Muckit wrote: »
    ..Oh and if you're a bit of a hoarder and happen to have held on to a calendar from 1985, you can use it this year! ;)
    Will the year not be wrong? :D


  • #8750
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    dealerman wrote: »
    well legs how did you get on with your weanlings

    you does have super stock like the videos and pics
    let you know sat after i sell them:confused:


  • #8751
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    leg wax wrote: »
    let you know sat after i sell them:confused:
    You going to new ross with them


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  • #8752
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,860 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Just saw this over on motors, stealing a trailer

    http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/trailers/4492696

    Keep it locked

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



  • #8753
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Just saw this over on motors, stealing a trailer

    http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/trailers/4492696

    Keep it locked
    Jeez, how much evidence do they need! Hopefully on foot of this they perform some surveillance on the q.t.


  • #8754
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,890 ✭✭✭mf240


    They dont care you might as well ring a nursing home to report it stolen.


  • #8755
    nashmach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭nashmach


    just do it wrote: »
    Jeez, how much evidence do they need! Hopefully on foot of this they perform some surveillance on the q.t.

    Especially with the logo on the side!

    Getting ridiculous this is :mad:


  • #8756
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    nashmach wrote: »
    Especially with the logo on the side!

    Getting ridiculous this is :mad:

    anyone recognize the logo, mr magoo here cant


  • #8757
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    simx wrote: »
    You going to new ross with them
    carnew:)


  • #8758
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    leg wax wrote: »
    carnew:)

    Never there what would numbers/quality be like there?


  • #8759
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    simx wrote: »
    Never there what would numbers/quality be like there?
    quality would be up there with any top marts no many frs or dairy stock.numbers for this sale other years are around 900-1100 cattle.


  • #8760
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    leg wax wrote: »
    quality would be up there with any top marts no many frs or dairy stock.numbers for this sale other years are around 900-1100 cattle.

    I have saw up to 1400 cattle here at spring sales meeting grass.


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  • #8761
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    mf240 wrote: »
    They dont care you might as well ring a nursing home to report it stolen.

    unbelievable. If thats true I would have more regard for the thief than I would for the Guard who provided such a lame excuse to avoid doing his/her job.


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