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Farming Chit Chat

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  • #9332
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Can you castrate a male pig at 4/5 months old if you just want to fatten him for meal?
    Well if you do, you can't say you ate the whole pig.:D


  • #9333
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Can you castrate a male pig at 4/5 months old if you just want to fatten him for meal?

    My Grandfather used to say "if you can hold the pig you can cut him". Holding him will be a harder job than the actual castration ;)


  • #9334
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    Stereomaniac wrote: »
    Holy God. Were they just desensitized to rats in that place or something, and was it back when the world was filmed in black and white? That's ****in shocking. I must say though, I like the notion of indoor cattle. Seemingly there's a pub near Tramore with a calf in the bar area.
    Not sure when it was but i'd say it was late 40's early 50's, my grandfathers brother would always have an excuse to go home for his dinner rather than eat in that house.


  • #9335
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Jesus christ lads, I always thought my dad was being over the top whenever he'd moan about me not putting the cover straight away back on the tank after taking the pipe out, incase of cats (I'd usually leave it 2/3mins, while I'm sending the cold water through the parlour), I haven't asked him if it ever happened to him ha, If I were him I'd probably deny it ha, but from reading here he did have a fair point!


  • #9336
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    Did anybody read the farming indo yesterday? apparently there was an article about a large farm sold in south Tipp which Coolmore bought

    Have checked the indo on line but can't find the story - anybody have a link to it?


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  • #9337
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Did anybody read the farming indo yesterday? apparently there was an article about a large farm sold in south Tipp which Coolmore bought

    Have checked the indo on line but can't find the story - anybody have a link to it?

    is this it
    http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/large-holdings-whet-appetite-as-thurles-farm-goes-on-market-29078920.html
    oops just read it, i guess thats not it :)


  • #9338
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Did anybody read the farming indo yesterday? apparently there was an article about a large farm sold in south Tipp which Coolmore bought

    Have checked the indo on line but can't find the story - anybody have a link to it?
    this is it

    http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/10mplus-payout-by-coolmore-for-tipp-farm-29078925.html


  • #9339
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Jesus christ lads, I always thought my dad was being over the top whenever he'd moan about me not putting the cover straight away back on the tank after taking the pipe out, incase of cats (I'd usually leave it 2/3mins, while I'm sending the cold water through the parlour), I haven't asked him if it ever happened to him ha, If I were him I'd probably deny it ha, but from reading here he did have a fair point!
    used to relief milk in a farm, we nicknamed it beruit:D he would just knock off the machine in the evening after last cow went out- no washing- washings lasted a week as he was only washing once a day. there was straw wrapped round the agitator in the milk tank, dont know how long it was there but it took we about half an hour to cut it off, no wash down pump , just hand scraper and a few buckets of water, dry cows running with milkers, how he passed his quality tests i will never know


  • #9340
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    this is it

    http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/10mplus-payout-by-coolmore-for-tipp-farm-29078925.html

    Yep thats the 1, thanks Vander


  • #9341
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    jacked a serious BB Bull calf off a charlaois cross cow this am, usual swollen head, swollen tongue assoc with hard pull, spent a hour trying to get calf to suck, milked cow into bottle, milked cow into calf mouth, no go, put the calf under lamp in corner and hour later he was up sucking himself, who said nature does not know best

    was harder trying to explain to work why i was 2 hours late:D


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  • #9342
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Did anybody read the farming indo yesterday? apparently there was an article about a large farm sold in south Tipp which Coolmore bought

    Have checked the indo on line but can't find the story - anybody have a link to it?

    It was mentioned in the farmers Journal last week too. 500acres for €7million - I think. I wasn't in the normal property section though. I'll check for you later.


  • #9343
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    pakalasa wrote: »
    It was mentioned in the farmers Journal last week too. 500acres for €7million - I think. I wasn't in the normal property section though. I'll check for you later.

    Yeah i saw the journal - 600 acres for 7m they said - the area is roughly correct but not sure on the price. 2 blocks of 300 acres with fantastic roadways through both and not a ditch to be seen. Both would have made amazing green field sites for Dairy

    Loads of different numbers on price floating around here so was wondering was anything mentioned in the Indo - unsurprisingly it wasn't


  • #9344
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭rancher


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Yeah i saw the journal - 600 acres for 7m they said - the area is roughly correct but not sure on the price. 2 blocks of 300 acres with fantastic roadways through both and not a ditch to be seen. Both would have made amazing green field sites for Dairy

    Loads of different numbers on price floating around here so was wondering was anything mentioned in the Indo - unsurprisingly it wasn't

    Page 2 in the farming indo says €10m+. You probably know the seller..... he also has 1000 ac in Poland


  • #9345
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    rancher wrote: »
    Page 2 in the farming indo says €10m+. You probably know the seller..... he also has 1000 ac in Poland

    So it does - should have read the article more carefully

    Most certainly do know the seller - both farms would be local enough to me


  • #9346
    parth88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭parth88


    Is it possible that the young farmers of today will end up like the young builders of 7-8 years ago, in the sense that big loans will be taken out to buy land in the hope that the ag sector will continue to grow and leave a big enough margin to make repayments. it leaves the young expanding farmers of today in a very vulnerable position.


  • #9347
    coolshannagh28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭coolshannagh28


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Its a nice place that mansion. Its called middleton house hotel, in castletown, outside mullingar co westmeath. I was there at a posh wedding over christmas.
    Barney Curley was the renowned gambler ex owner


  • #9348
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    parth88 wrote: »
    Is it possible that the young farmers of today will end up like the young builders of 7-8 years ago, in the sense that big loans will be taken out to buy land in the hope that the ag sector will continue to grow and leave a big enough margin to make repayments. it leaves the young expanding farmers of today in a very vulnerable position.
    Wouldnt thinks so the banks arent to quick to approve loans without a lot of information being provided. Established viable businesses are getting it hard to get finance.


  • #9349
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    eldest lad is making his confirmation tomorrow, so i had to get my haircut- normally only out of neccesity- so had a shower this morning;) before i went i decided to take the cleanings from a cow but there was a hole in the glove, so could smell the smell... hoofcare man came and i was talking to him, he was using the grinder and a load of puss flew up into my face:eek: i washed about 4 times before i went to hairdressers and could still smell it .... nothing worse than those smells


  • #9350
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    WONDER IF THESE ARE A RELATION OF MINE:D http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/dairycattle/4607910


  • #9351
    Dupont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭Dupont


    whelan1 wrote: »
    WONDER IF THESE ARE A RELATION OF MINE:D http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/dairycattle/4607910
    I was going to say something but better not


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  • #9352
    DMAXMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭DMAXMAN


    whelan1 wrote: »
    WONDER IF THESE ARE A RELATION OF MINE:D http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/dairycattle/4607910
    a friend of mine reared one and killed it for the freezer.said it was lovely but the animal could only be classed as front wheel drive


  • #9353
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Deal done on 2 different plots of rented land today. Keeps expansion plans for 2013 on track and gives me room for reseeding and drainage plans on owned land for 2013. All I need now is weather!


  • #9354
    hoseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭hoseman


    reilig wrote: »
    Deal done on 2 different plots of rented land today. Keeps expansion plans for 2013 on track and gives me room for reseeding and drainage plans on owned land for 2013. All I need now is weather!
    Well done.When I was in dairying had a field rented from neighbour ,always left in good condition.new tenant in it for the last few years,neighbour very unhappy,land poached,weeds etc.I said I would take it ,said he will come back to me.


  • #9355
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    smashing day here, slurry all spread and going pulling the fertilizer spreader out for a bit of an overhaul.


  • #9356
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Has anyone ever had a new born calf that won't put weight on one front foot, keeps bottom bent back at claw,


  • #9357
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Has anyone ever had a new born calf that won't put weight on one front foot, keeps bottom bent back at claw,

    yep,

    we had them years back with both front feet knuckled back under them and them came right


  • #9358
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Bodacious wrote: »
    yep,

    we had them years back with both front feet knuckled back under them and them came right

    Did you do anything or just let him sort it self out, does it take long, hard to get him to suckle at moment,


  • #9359
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Did you do anything or just let him sort it self out, does it take long, hard to get him to suckle at moment,

    Had one knuckling like this last year on two legs. We left nature to its course and the calf was o.k after a week to ten days afair. We put it down to maybe the front legs were bent up in the womb at the wrong angle.


  • #9360
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    Had one knuckling like this last year on two legs. We left nature to its course and the calf was o.k after a week to ten days afair. We put it down to maybe the front legs were bent up in the womb at the wrong angle.

    +1

    he be sound in a week, bear with it


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  • #9361
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    There is a wind blowin thru the shed at moment that would cut ya in two, waitin for cow o calve bout hour or so I'd say, can see why old boys years ago had the moonshine handy:D


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