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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #1022
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    hugo29 wrote: »
    that "how late can a tractor start working thread" is funny, talk about getting a roasting

    Was it deleted?


  • #1023
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Ah redzer have you freckles as well as the red hair??:D

    Any amount of them :D


  • #1024
    andymann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭andymann


    Muckit wrote: »
    it hits 10C for about an hour and the string top vests are out..... only in Ballinasloe! :rolleyes:

    Up Ballinasloe ! Or should i say
    The sunny south east


  • #1025
    andymann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭andymann


    Muckit wrote: »
    it hits 10C for about an hour and the string top vests are out..... only in Ballinasloe! :rolleyes:


    Up Ballinasloe !


  • #1026
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    very heavy frost last night, last 2 unit frozen over in parlour:rolleyes:


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  • #1027
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    leg wax wrote: »
    women, i have a dose of man flu what do i do to get rid of it :confused:

    Man up :D

    Or a shot of micotil! Wait, actually isn't that fatal in humans?

    Try a bit of Baytril.


  • #1028
    caseman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭caseman


    reilig wrote: »
    Savage day in these parts. Was up at 5am and had 40 bales of silage in the yard before 10am - have enough to keep us going for a month now. Had to draw them through miles of fields that were only dry enough now to travel through multiple times. Will try to keep some over in case we have to house during the summer like the last few years.

    Spread 40k gallons of pig slurry after that. Then rolled 10 acres with the ring roller.

    It was so warm - the kind of weather you'd hope for in summer. I swear you can see how much the grass grew from morning to evening.

    Don't want to see rain, but judging by tonight's watery sun it's on its way.

    Got 4 calves in the midst of it all today too - all unassisted. New jack has only been used twice since last november.

    I love productive days!! :D:D:D

    Not easy to get all that done and keep a eye an four cows calving.


  • #1029
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    leg wax wrote: »
    women, i have a dose of man flu what do i do to get rid of it :confused:

    I hear ya brother..... :pac: chest infection here the last 2 weeks. On third course of antibotics. We should set up a support group :P


  • #1030
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Just out of Croker and it's 12.5c, glorious day. Hard to eat the sun and warmth :)


  • #1031
    Dont be daft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Dont be daft


    Gorgeous day here

    Cattle are all panned out in the sunshine and the best days growth so far this year I'd say.
    Days like these remind ya why ya stay in farming.


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  • #1032
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    when im spreading slurry, i run around feeding bedding calves while shes filling, saves a right bit of time!


  • #1033
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    when im spreading slurry, i run around feeding bedding calves while shes filling, saves a right bit of time!
    yup;)


  • #1034
    Catphish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭Catphish


    whelan1 wrote: »
    very heavy frost last night, last 2 unit frozen over in parlour:rolleyes:

    They're giving severe frost again for tonight Whelan -
    Cold and clear in many places with sharp or severe frost developing and some mist also in parts of the midlands, north and east. Freshening winds and thickening cloud in the southwest and along the south coast should prevent frost there, but bring some patchy rain drizzle later. Lowest temperatures of -3 to +3 degrees, coldest in parts of north Leinster and Ulster.

    Went for a drive up as far as Carlingford Lough today, while it was a bit nippy it was a grand sunny day for it. Amazing views :)


  • #1035
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    we have great views of carlingford lough, the saying is if it looks near, that there is rain coming, when my dad was young he thought it was nearby and decided to walk to it, turns out its nearly 20 miles away, he came home after half an hour:pac: ... can see the mountains and all from here, my dream when i retire is to build a house with a view of all the mourne mountains etc... we can all dream:)


  • #1036
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,954 ✭✭✭stanflt


    hugo29 wrote: »
    anyone ever had to stomach tube a cow

    Vet done it last night and first time i seen it done. had old girl down on slats a week over her time, bottle calcium into vein, and stomach tube her some energy packs and up she popped fresh as a daisy, needless to say she no longer on slats
    think will induce her this evening, she a week over anyway and handling her she is starting to soften,

    i do all the cows after they calve with 50litres warm water and chanadol


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  • #1037
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Saw 14 on the car here today, but got driving and it went down to 9!


  • #1038
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    whelan1 wrote: »
    very heavy frost last night, last 2 unit frozen over in parlour:rolleyes:

    Checked back on our weather station and it was -6.5c here in Cavan last night 😱


  • #1039
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bbam wrote: »
    Checked back on our weather station and it was -6.5c here in Cavan last night 😱
    must have been a different type of frost last night as oh lorry was out and windscreen wasnt frozen but back of parlur was:confused:


  • #1040
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    stanflt wrote: »
    i do all the cows after they calve with 50litres warm water and chanadol


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    I had something similar to the one pictured but with the cross beef animals didnt last longer than a year. I import what I can only describe as the dogs dangles of a one. If anyone is interest I can pass on the name, but this is or serious use/abuse


  • #1041
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    i had a good day in new ross fat stock sale today , first and second in cow class, and second in beef heifer class , blueheifer 495 kg 1350 happy enough with the day,a full mart as well.


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  • #1042
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    leg wax wrote: »
    i had a good day in new ross fat stock sale today , first and second in cow class, and second in beef heifer class , blueheifer 495 kg 1350 happy enough with the day,a full mart as well.

    Good to hear legwax .
    All your cows calved at this stage???


  • #1043
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    calving pens and calf pens cleaned, another 2 ton of fertilizer out, roller filled, jacked another calf out and started grass harrowing. i didnt actually want to finish tonight, this weather is great while it lasts.


  • #1044
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    Richk2012 wrote: »
    Good to hear legwax .
    All your cows calved at this stage???
    no i still have 8 to go


  • #1045
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    Were you calving many to STQ this year???


  • #1046
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    1st calver had a lim heifer calf this mornin. calf licked clean got up and went for the teat. she kicked the lard out of the poor calf...yet very good/protective mother. checked later one teat got a small suck, cow cleaned,calf no interest in sucking my finger or showing any real hunger.
    was away all afternoon and evening so didn't get to do anything about it since :(
    early rise in morning to check for progress..local stock expert says when sickness passes cow will let her suck......we'll see :rolleyes:


  • #1047
    quadboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 472 ✭✭quadboy


    spent the day in the bog, yesterday too, nearly didn't make it yesterday on way to bog and a tire blew and hit a pothole too hard and broke a side butt, carried on driving anyway and got a few loads home. nearly bounced out the tractor seat with all the potholes


  • #1048
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    does anyone have a link to the form to change animal details, registered a heifer as a bull


  • #1049
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    Richk2012 wrote: »
    Were you calving many to STQ this year???
    i think there is 4 stq calves , have some maserati and kyr calves,the plan is to leave off the part bull staight away this year and go all part for heifers.


  • #1050
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    leg wax wrote: »
    i think there is 4 stq calves , have some maserati and kyr calves,the plan is to leave off the part bull staight away this year and go all part for heifers.

    How are the maserati calves. We have one off a good cow and it is a very disappointing beast altogether.


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  • #1051
    Bactidiaryl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭Bactidiaryl


    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    How are the maserati calves. We have one off a good cow and it is a very disappointing beast altogether.

    Fast no doubt!!! :)


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