Farming Chit Chat II

redzerologhlen · 20-06-2013 02:24AM

quadboy wrote: »

Tis only mid week yet

I'll make a long weekend out of it so!!

Bizzum · 20-06-2013 02:39AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I'll make a long weekend out of it so!!

Make sure an pace yourself. You don't want to peak too early. :-)
Enjoy yourself.

just do it · 20-06-2013 04:18AM

just do it wrote: »

Thanks for replies folks, should have read the thread before replying above! No money left in the kitty for this year. I've tried an experiment which combines a few of the suggestions given above. For one trough in a boggy spot I've dropped in a few loads of the spoil I used for the road, dug out ~3" for the trough to sit into and reset the trough. It will get 2/3 weeks to set and then we'll see how it goes.

Here's what I did. The wire is set up so that it can supply 3 paddocks. First grazing around it and has held up well.

Bucking insomnia, awake since 2am :rolleyes:

maxxuumman · 20-06-2013 06:27AM

Just heard on the news that James Gandolfini ( Tony Soprano) has died at the age of 51, heart attack.

whelan1 · 20-06-2013 06:30AM

just do it wrote: »

Here's what I did. The wire is set up so that it can supply 3 paddocks. First grazing around it and has held up well.

Bucking insomnia, awake since 2am :rolleyes:

had to go out at 3.30, immaculate conception heifer was calving, anyways alls well, was very warm last night

leg wax · 20-06-2013 07:24AM

hurty head:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Muckit · 20-06-2013 08:10AM

drinking in the sun is one sure way to f**k yourself up..... dehydration. Take a sachet of scour powder* and you'I be right as rain again

(*Disclaimer: joke btw.... nobody try that!!)

kevthegaff · 20-06-2013 08:21AM

some yrs ago, friend and i rotten one night drank lectade after coming home, was right as rain the next day!

epfff · 20-06-2013 08:35AM

kevthegaff wrote: »

some yrs ago, friend and i rotten one night drank lectade after coming home, was right as rain the next day!

Yep serious stuff few work colleagues still looking at me as if I was doing crack cocaine when the seen me at it

ellewood · 20-06-2013 08:51AM

whelan1 wrote: »

had to go out at 3.30, immaculate conception heifer was calving, anyways alls well, was very warm last night

Was up till 2 myself waiting on a wh heifer to calf got fed up waiting and went home to bed, ould lad got up at 4 to check her still no stirr went over at 6.30 - nice char bull calf up sucking like mad:D

This is a calf the 2 boys bought 2 years ago with their conformation money so theres great excitment this morning!

delaval · 20-06-2013 09:52AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Off to Edinburgh now for the weekend, don't wreck the place while I'm gone

If taking other half have lunch in a place called the Dome. Really nice and I guarantee you a treat afterwards. Be careful your foot doesn't slip off the clutch though!!!!!
If its a Stag forget it and go to Mathers on Princes St. Friday evening lots of hot Totty heading home after work

quadboy · 20-06-2013 09:59AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Off to Edinburgh now for the weekend, don't wreck the place while I'm gone

Oh i actually have a friend working over there, shes a redhead stay away from her she'll be getting you to buy her drinks all nyt

Timmaay · 20-06-2013 10:16AM

robbed from facebook

hugo29 · 20-06-2013 11:32AM

kevthegaff wrote: »

some yrs ago, friend and i rotten one night drank lectade after coming home, was right as rain the next day!

never tried that one, must try it

knew a lad who took a paracetamol before he went to bed, another mad man used to put a slice of lemon in his bulmers, both swore by it

man up i say and suffer the pain, or just go back to the pub for the cure, although thats a lot harder now with a wife and kids

Manoffeeling · 20-06-2013 12:08PM

Muckit wrote: »

drinking in the sun is one sure way to f**k yourself up..... dehydration. Take a sachet of scour powder* and you'I be right as rain again

(*Disclaimer: joke btw.... nobody try that!!)

Effyrdal are excellent for a hangover. Only take half a one and does the trick.

just do it · 20-06-2013 01:07PM

epfff wrote: »

Yep serious stuff few work colleagues still looking at me as if I was doing crack cocaine when the seen me at it

Your supposed to drink, not sniff it

just do it · 20-06-2013 01:09PM

Sure at the end of the day what is Berocca only lectate or effydral reformulated and sold in a lovely tube for ten times the price!

darragh_haven · 20-06-2013 01:25PM

just do it wrote: »

Sure at the end of the day what is Berocca only lectate or effydral reformulated and sold in a lovely tube for ten times the price!

Hmmm, I don't think I'll be coming to one of your house parties........ id end up sniffing milk replacer, drinking sliage effluent, and riding a sheep.

whelan1 · 20-06-2013 01:25PM

a pint of water before you go to bed and a cup of tea when you get up.... you'll be grand

hugo29 · 20-06-2013 01:26PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Hmmm, I don't think I'll be coming to one of your house parties........ id end up sniffing milk replacer, drinking sliage effluent, and riding a sheep.

you never tried a sheep

darragh_haven · 20-06-2013 01:27PM

hugo29 wrote: »

you never tried a sheep

Im in the middle of dairy country. ..... all the sheep are spoken for (and are a sought after commodity)!

hugo29 · 20-06-2013 01:29PM

whelan1 wrote: »

a pint of water before you go to bed and a cup of tea when you get up.... you'll be grand

very ladylike whelan1,:D

mf240 · 20-06-2013 01:38PM

hugo29 wrote: »

you never tried a sheep

Farmer walk into bedroom one night with a sheep under his arm and says
" this is the ugly pig I have to ride when your not in the mood"
His wife says "I think you'll find that's a sheep"

Farmer replies "I think you'll find I was talking to the sheep"

ABlur · 20-06-2013 01:59PM

Jack Kennedy has spent a few days in West Clare and has a 4 page spread on drains and cows in the Journal. Just when I was threatening to give up buying it!

moy83 · 20-06-2013 02:19PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Im in the middle of dairy country. ..... all the sheep are spoken for (and are a sought after commodity)!

Dairy country - Where men are men and sheep run scared .....

reilig · 20-06-2013 02:36PM

ABlur wrote: »

Jack Kennedy has spent a few days in West Clare and has a 4 page spread on drains and cows in the Journal. Just when I was threatening to give up buying it!

vanderbadger · 20-06-2013 02:44PM

reilig wrote: »

We always put a bit of stone underneath pipe also

reilig · 20-06-2013 03:02PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

We always put a bit of stone underneath pipe also

So would we

bob charles · 20-06-2013 03:05PM

considering the expense that guy is going to would he not be better off using river shingle and putting some under the pipe. Years ago on a farm I worked we put a white gravel dug on farm under the pipe and shingle on top. worked a treat

Timmaay · 20-06-2013 03:48PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Got 40 of the late winter/early spring calvers scanned today. 4 empties in total, all were cows that were dirty inside, they had showed one strong heat back in May, and had not come bulling since, so alittle disappointing in that respect, but to be expected. I'm thinking of getting them washed out, then coils/injection, what sort of timeframe would you's suggest to do all that?

My dad didn't listen to delavals advice of cull them cows, and learning how to wash out cows is still on my to do list, so we decided to just get the vet to wash them out, needed to bloodtest afew culls anyway. Vet showed up the other day when I was away, he told my dad noone bothers washing out cows anymore, and just gave them a shot of estrumate! FFS I could have bloody well done that myself! Whats the opinion among any of you, will estrumate do anywhere near as good a job as washing out the cow?

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