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Farming Chit Chat II

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


    td5man wrote: »
    my dad died.
    jeeny , thats terrible r.i.p


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


    Muckit wrote: »
    I thought you had gone AWOL. ;) You must be up to your eyes. How are things looking on your farm Reilig?

    I was laughing to myself the other day thinking about when I posted before back in April (I think) about it possibly being 'May day' before all the cattle would be out here. Little did I know it would be closer to June 1 !!:eek: Looking out at it now the long winter seems a distant memory....

    I was AWOl for a week in the South of France. All good here. It's like we never saw a wet day. Although you can still tell by most fields being covered with buttercups up to your waist. Can't complain though, lots of grass ahead of them now. Silage won't start for 3 weeks, but it's time enough. Loads of extra meadows taken up this year too.

    Evenings are busy trying to roll out the cow tracks from last year and licking the rushes. But we'll get there!


    Did anyone get turf cut this year? Our turf man isn't going to bother at this stage - he says it's too late. It's going to leave a shortage of fuel in these parts next winter.


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


    reilig wrote: »
    I was AWOl for a week in the South of France. All good here. It's like we never saw a wet day. Although you can still tell by most fields being covered with buttercups up to your waist. Can't complain though, lots of grass ahead of them now. Silage won't start for 3 weeks, but it's time enough. Loads of extra meadows taken up this year too.

    Evenings are busy trying to roll out the cow tracks from last year and licking the rushes. But we'll get there!


    Did anyone get turf cut this year? Our turf man isn't going to bother at this stage - he says it's too late. It's going to leave a shortage of fuel in these parts next winter.

    turf cut last couple weeks around these parts although we didnt bother this year,anything cut last week will be saved by this weekend


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


    td5man wrote: »
    my dad died.

    I am truly sorry to hear that. I lost mine three years ago, leaves a big gap.
    Take care


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


    reilig wrote: »

    Evenings are busy trying to roll out the cow tracks from last year and licking the rushes. But we'll get there!


    Did anyone get turf cut this year? Our turf man isn't going to bother at this stage - he says it's too late. It's going to leave a shortage of fuel in these parts next winter.

    Hope you had a great holiday!

    Snap. trying to level ruts here too :mad: It's a pain. Cow tracks wouldn't be so bad, but tracks left by tractors is a pain in h*ole. Chain harrow not making a great job of it. Half thinking of giving some of it a light run of powerharrow, then roll.

    Yes we have turf cut, footing it at the moment.;) Too late?? I know it's hard to predict the weather, but if it was into August I'd say it was too late! Try get another lad in. I know you cut a lot of firewood, but I you just can't beat having the bit of turf to complement it ;)


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


    delaval wrote: »
    I am truly sorry to hear that. I lost mine three years ago, leaves a big gap.
    Take care


    I lost mine 55 years ago, I was 4 years old at the time, imagine the gap I had.


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


    td5man wrote: »
    my dad died.

    Sorry to hear about your Dad td5man.


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


    Very sorry to read of your loss TD5man :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    td5man wrote: »
    my dad died.

    Really sorry to hear that td5man. Not much I can say, that hasn't been said already...
    Try to remember the good times, and keep family close...


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


    Very sorry for your loss td5man


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


    Keep the head up td5man. All the best wishes.


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


    Really sorry to hear that td. Remember the good days to get u through the next few days.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭saranac1


    Can anyone suggest a good man to scan heifers to see if they Are in calf. I'm in the Meath/dublin area!!!!

    Much appreciated


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


    saranac1 wrote: »
    Can anyone suggest a good man to scan heifers to see if they Are in calf. I'm in the Meath/dublin area!!!!

    Much appreciated
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84659799


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭eddiek


    one of the 2 one year old bullocks i have in a paddock seems to do a lot of licking himself on the side and scratching. they were both injected with ivomec super before they were let out 3 weeks ago. on good grass and 1 kg nuts for last few days only. any advice appreciated as i am not 2 experienced . they were moved from other cattle in herd saturday to utilise grass and im not sure if its worse since .they do a bit of looing during the day. thanks


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


    eddiek wrote: »
    .they do a bit of looing during the day

    A bit of wha?


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


    I see Tom Hayes is our new junior minister, beef farmer from golden in the premier. anyone got the inside track on him. At least he is farming related.


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


    A bit of wha?

    Sh1ting? :-)


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


    A bit of wha?

    Do ye not say looing ? It's used a lot in the west!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭eddiek


    sorry.mooing


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


    A bit of wha?

    for fook sake have ya never heard the term the "cows are looing" :D

    its the posh way of speaking down here in the west


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


    bloody hot here today, says 23 degrees and i believe it, fcuking inside looking out and "what a view outside" went for a walk at lunch time and am still not right:D


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


    hugo29 wrote: »
    for fook sake have ya never heard the term the "cows are looing" :D

    its the posh way of speaking down here in the west

    They must have never sung 'away in a manager' !! :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭Conor556


    I thought he was getting married :D best of luck with them!!
    naughto wrote: »
    so did I:D:D

    Jesus no, the heat and the sun must be getting to the lot of ye! :D


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


    hugo29 wrote: »
    for fook sake have ya never heard the term the "cows are looing" :D

    its the posh way of speaking down here in the west

    Do you lads say your emptying the loo when spreading slurry


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


    How did paper1 go for ya? Off home now with ya, have a bit of a kip and then learn off your quotes for tomorrow! ;) And don't let us see you out near that tractor or you'l get a toes in the h*le EACH from the lot of us here!! :pac:


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


    Do you lads say your emptying the loo when spreading slurry

    no that would be just putting the ****e out:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭Conor556


    Muckit wrote: »
    How did paper1 go for ya? Off home now with ya, have a bit of a kip and then learn off your quotes for tomorrow! ;) And don't let us see you out near that tractor or you'l get a toes in the h*le EACH from the lot of us here!! :pac:

    Wasnt 2 bad, 2morrow will be a balls, poetry and all dat sh#t

    Id love to know what sort of stuff they were smoking when they writ that stuff!


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


    Conor556 wrote: »
    Wasnt 2 bad, 2morrow will be a balls, poetry and all dat sh#t

    Id love to know what sort of stuff they were smoking when they writ that stuff!

    they didnt have vodka and red bull in them days so they had to have some way to pull the women,


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


    OK i now have 2 sprayers, replacement sprayer delivered today, showed the delivery man the broken sprayer which has to go back, he replied i know nothing about that and left it there so "anyone want to buy a 300l jarmet sprayer" :D


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