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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #62
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    hugo29 wrote: »
    here is one, i was at a shin dig saturday evening, was chatting a lady who told me her father farms 300 acres in wexford, she also has two brothers both of which have good high powerd jobs in dublin, none of which have any intrest in the farm

    her uncle (fathers brother) and his son (her 1st cousin) have always helped out on the farm and the father is seriously considering leaving the farm to the nephew as he knows it will be sold on if he leaves it to the sons and wants the land to stay in the family

    she says it is causing serious friction in the family

    Tough call lads and lassies what would you do in that situation
    Marry her immediately :D



    (I'm a bit late replying, I'm sure someone else has said something similar)


  • #63
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    just do it wrote: »
    Marry her immediately :D



    (I'm a bit late replying, I'm sure someone else has said something similar)

    what will i do with the current wife:confused:

    wonder would they mind sharing:D


  • #64
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    hugo29 wrote: »

    what will i do with the current wife:confused:

    wonder would they mind sharing:D
    Tricky, what if they hit it off? They could end up with both farms and you're left with nada :rolleyes:


  • #65
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    just do it wrote: »
    Tricky, what if they hit it off? They could end up with both farms and you're left with nada :rolleyes:

    your right, i better get pre nupts sorted out;)


  • #66
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Just stumbled across this: Moorepark Heavy Soils Publications

    Warning: First two papers are huge!


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  • #67
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    bob charles wrote: »
    only fitting a different gas fire, I could have done it myself!!

    Sounds a bit steep .
    Was that 260 for labour or did he supply material also ???
    Im in that trade myself and if it was a straight enough swap without too much alteration he seems to have done ok for himself today.
    Did you get a price before hand ??


  • #68
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Richk2012 wrote: »
    Sounds a bit steep .
    Was that 260 for labour or did he supply material also ???
    Im in that trade myself and if it was a straight enough swap without too much alteration he seems to have done ok for himself today.
    Did you get a price before hand ??

    he supplied an on/off valve and 3ft of gas piping and an elbow so about 10 of materials. didnt ask for a price beforehand as a couple of other fitters already didn't turn up, and i was getting an earful. I was thinking around 160 would be a good price for him to charge not 260. Anyway he wont be asked back or recommend to anyone else, I was going to ask him to do another job (couple of days work) before he handed me the invoice.


  • #69
    royaler83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭royaler83


    Quick question.

    How long would a bale of silage stay 'fresh' if it got punctured with a spike today. Thanks


  • #70
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    royaler83 wrote: »
    Quick question.

    How long would a bale of silage stay 'fresh' if it got punctured with a spike today. Thanks

    Allot depends on how dry the material is in the bale. Very dry bales would last ages whereas wet bales would want to be used within a week or so. I have bales of hayledge shifted a month ago with spike holes


  • #71
    royaler83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭royaler83


    bob charles wrote: »
    Allot depends on how dry the material is in the bale. Very dry bales would last ages whereas wet bales would want to be used within a week or so. I have bales of hayledge shifted a month ago with spike holes

    Really, didn't think they'd last a wk. Lets just say they're juicy :rolleyes:


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  • #72
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    Some wind chill over the last 24hrs. Glad I have some old lamb jackets lying around!!


  • #73
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Some wind chill over the last 24hrs. Glad I have some old lamb jackets lying around!!

    Best buy I made all year, have 100 ready and waiting.


  • #74
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    Road blocked on the way to a job this morning so i turned back and went fencing for the day. Two coats on and 9 hrs later we had fenced off 3 eight acre blocks on a bit of ground. Got home and the soliciter had dropped out paperwork on my first bit of ground i will have bought. So from this week on i will be whingeing about repayments.
    Great satisfaction in a bit of hardship.


  • #75
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    went to collect oh, he was leaving lorry in a yard as the roads into and out of our yard are lethal- had been away in lorry all day, i went in jeep and fecking spun it on the road, road is like a sheet of glass, ended up facing the opposite direction to where i was going:eek::eek: lucky nothing was coming in opposite direction


  • #76
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    1chippy wrote: »
    Road blocked on the way to a job this morning so i turned back and went fencing for the day. Two coats on and 9 hrs later we had fenced off 3 eight acre blocks on a bit of ground. Got home and the soliciter had dropped out paperwork on my first bit of ground i will have bought. So from this week on i will be whingeing about repayments.
    Great satisfaction in a bit of hardship.

    Congratulations Chippy. I rook that plunge two years ago and have never regretted it yet. I love hearing lads driving on and saying **** the recession. I listen to people in work everyday whinging and doing nothing to better their own lot. Best of luck with it and may it produce show quality cattle for ya.


  • #77
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,887 ✭✭✭mf240


    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    I love hearing lads driving on and saying **** the recession. I listen to people in work everyday whinging and doing nothing to better their own lot. Best of luck with it and may it produce show quality cattle for ya.

    + one and fcuk the begrudgers.


  • #78
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    Yea best of luck chippy. May u have lots of luck with it. Did u but in auction or private sale.


  • #79
    joe man utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭joe man utd


    Just had to get vet to assist calving.. calves head was not right and I couldn't get.. vet came hook in eye socket. Calf out dead a huge Hereford bull.. I jokingly said to vet "there's hardly another one in her" vet said no way but he would handle her to see if she was ok.. low and behold another calf tailwards and dead too.... Vet said they are the biggest twins he has seen in years... A costly eve but atleast cow is ok.... :(


  • #80
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    joe man utd wrote: »
    Just had to get vet to assist calving.. calves head was not right and I couldn't get.. vet came hook in eye socket. Calf out dead a huge Hereford bull.. I jokingly said to vet "there's hardly another one in her" vet said no way but he would handle her to see if she was ok.. low and behold another calf tailwards and dead too.... Vet said they are the biggest twins he has seen in years... A costly eve but atleast cow is ok.... :(

    Feck that for a game of soldiers ...Are you in milk or sucklers Joe?


  • #81
    limo_100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭limo_100


    joe man utd wrote: »
    Just had to get vet to assist calving.. calves head was not right and I couldn't get.. vet came hook in eye socket. Calf out dead a huge Hereford bull.. I jokingly said to vet "there's hardly another one in her" vet said no way but he would handle her to see if she was ok.. low and behold another calf tailwards and dead too.... Vet said they are the biggest twins he has seen in years... A costly eve but atleast cow is ok.... :(

    The calves were hardly by DPS by any chance?? all his calves are big but brilliant quality. Helped an uncle pull one last week from a second calver br/fr, he said it was the hardest pull he had in years. got her out alive anyway which is the main thing


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  • #82
    joe man utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭joe man utd


    Muckit wrote: »

    Feck that for a game of soldiers ...Are you in milk or sucklers Joe?

    We are in milk here and keep a few Hereford crosses for beef each year.. I know its not as much as a loss as a fella who is just in beef.. just the point..


  • #83
    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    anyone have any winner for cheltenham over the next few days. wouldnt mind winning the price of a new ratchet that i broke last week.


  • #84
    joe man utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭joe man utd


    limo_100 wrote: »

    The calves were hardly by DPS by any chance?? all his calves are big but brilliant quality. Helped an uncle pull one last week from a second calver br/fr, he said it was the hardest pull he had in years. got her out alive anyway which is the main thing

    No the calves are from our own bull which we bought to clean up after we finish with the AI. Had no problems with calves from him last year..10 cows left to calve all incalf by him.. fingers crossed for smaller calves


  • #85
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    just in from cow after having twins one bull one heifer 2 calves so happy days regardless of a freemartin:D


  • #86
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Another cracking morning here. Bright and cold but no winds to speak off.

    Everything frozen solid, low of -6.5c overnight and it's warmed up to -3.2 now.


  • #87
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Element in water heater gave up. No hot water to feed so had to drain hot water in house to feed calves.
    Another late night job for tonight !!


  • #88
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    Two parlours locked solid this am. Got milked but no water to wash up will do later, I hope Glanbia understand!!!


  • #89
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Quick question.
    When a dealer buys stock and brings them to a mart to sell on.
    Who's name appears on the board when the stock hit the ring??

    Was told that the last two calves I bought were bid up by the dealer selling them :(.
    I'm happy with the price but didn't notice his name on the board, should it have been ?


  • #90
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    bbam wrote: »
    Quick question.
    When a dealer buys stock and brings them to a mart to sell on.
    Who's name appears on the board when the stock hit the ring??

    Was told that the last two calves I bought were bid up by the dealer selling them :(.
    I'm happy with the price but didn't notice his name on the board, should it have been ?

    it depends on how well the dealer knows mart manager, sometimes dealer can buy stock and run them through the mart in the previous owners name, so it looks like you bought directly from previous owner,


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  • #91
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    bbam wrote: »
    Quick question.
    When a dealer buys stock and brings them to a mart to sell on.
    Who's name appears on the board when the stock hit the ring??

    Was told that the last two calves I bought were bid up by the dealer selling them :(.
    I'm happy with the price but didn't notice his name on the board, should it have been ?

    he could also have been selling them on behalf of the farmer. Of course the seller or a representative of the seller is not allowed to bid on their own animals.


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