Farming Chit Chat II

Timmaay · 23-06-2013 09:28PM

Will soyahulls replace silage, or needed to complement it? If say Kevs silage was only 60dmd, would he be better off not feeding it at all to milkers, and instead say use straw and soyahulls?

Also, how soon can you test your silage? Got the pit for the autumn milkers filled myself on June 5th, I'd be hoping for in around the 73dmd mark again, It was cut 10days later than last yr, but in much better conditions. But if it's much under that, then I think I'll look at buying in some maize. Feeding the autumn ladies a proper diet this year is most certainly going to be a bigger priority, they didn't milk great at all last winter, and quite a few slipped around due to low BCS.

mf240 · 23-06-2013 10:34PM

Hows about we approach it from a different angle.

Kev is spring calving so what about feed extra meal for the last 6 weeks of milking before dry off. This will drive solids and lactose and hopefully put majority of cows into good condition. then he will get away with the ok silage and minerals for dry period.

redzerologhlen · 23-06-2013 11:23PM

pakalasa wrote: »

Went to the Clare match. Game over 5 mins into the second half. Terrible stuff. The wind was very strong and there is a slight fall in that pitch. It made the game into a game of two halves. Will it be enough for Davy to walk, I wonder?

I can't see the team developing much more under him unfortunately and there is talent there but I can't see him walking. A great player he was but I don't think he's up to speed for management at inter county level. No good having lads that can run the 100 meters in 10 seconds and lift a half a ton if they have no first touch and that's a lack of stick work causing that. They should be lacing balls down on top of honan to make some use of him and have Conor McGrath and Podge Collins playing off him. Pussy footing around on your own 45 is asking for trouble.

Bizzum · 24-06-2013 12:31AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I can't see the team developing much more under him unfortunately and there is talent there but I can't see him walking. A great player he was but I don't think he's up to speed for management at inter county level. No good having lads that can run the 100 meters in 10 seconds and lift a half a ton if they have no first touch and that's a lack of stick work causing that. They should be lacing balls down on top of honan to make some use of him and have Conor McGrath and Podge Collins playing off him. Pussy footing around on your own 45 is asking for trouble.

At least Clare are still in the championship, a big performance in the next game will put them well in the shake-up.
We on the other hand are gone. It's a long time till 2014 now!

Juniorhurler · 24-06-2013 01:08AM

Offaly have got a harsh year alright. Kilkenny then Waterford.
Compare that to my own county, Wexford, who lost to Dublin then got Antrim and Carlow. The back door needs looking at.

Damo810 · 24-06-2013 01:15AM

http://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/massey-ferguson-590/5163871

What a beauty. Credit to the owner, he'll never get 12,500 but shes well done up.

Also, Delaval, care to give it a try?

Marooned75 · 24-06-2013 01:30AM

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Offaly have got a harsh year alright. Kilkenny then Waterford.
Compare that to my own county, Wexford, who lost to Dublin then got Antrim and Carlow. The back door needs looking at.

Make it a champions league format,run all other comps as a warm up.eg, winners group A play runners up group B and vice versa there you are semis and a final at least teams get to play around five matches a year alternate home and away for fans at least.

darragh_haven · 24-06-2013 08:50AM

Sent away 28 bullocks to the factory this morning. I don't think we'll be buying more than 15 as replacements. They are too expensive at the moment. And we are going to drive on with fertilizer as we are getting orders for silage and have 2 fellas signed up. There will be more money in contract growing feed this year that buying expensive cattle.

vanderbadger · 24-06-2013 09:41AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I can't see the team developing much more under him unfortunately and there is talent there but I can't see him walking. A great player he was but I don't think he's up to speed for management at inter county level. No good having lads that can run the 100 meters in 10 seconds and lift a half a ton if they have no first touch and that's a lack of stick work causing that. They should be lacing balls down on top of honan to make some use of him and have Conor McGrath and Podge Collins playing off him. Pussy footing around on your own 45 is asking for trouble.

jeez i think they are going backwards..i mean if he wants them to play a certain style they should be on top of it by now but hand pass after hand pass seems to go astray yesterday, had to turn it off in the 2nd half, disgusted :mad:

pakalasa · 24-06-2013 10:12AM

vanderbadger wrote: »

jeez i think they are going backwards..i mean if he wants them to play a certain style they should be on top of it by now but hand pass after hand pass seems to go astray yesterday, had to turn it off in the 2nd half, disgusted :mad:

And Davy won't go either, not with Daddy at the helm. I'd love to know how much they are taking in between them, in this so called amatuer game.

Bleating Lamb · 24-06-2013 10:49AM

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Up Whest tis alive and well.....and now with all the rules and regulations is the only decent chance ya get to burn 'brush':)[/QUOT
Was out last night....saw a field in the distance....'those pesky kids' from Scooby Doo must have lit a bonfire in it:P

jomoloney · 24-06-2013 11:20AM

pakalasa wrote: »

And Davy won't go either, not with Daddy at the helm. I'd love to know how much they are taking in between them, in this so called amatuer game.

need to go outside the county, for a manager and the co board needs to be booted

loughnane wouldn't have won 2 all Irelands only for the ground work done by len gaynor

reilig · 24-06-2013 11:41AM

Ah lads, ye have it tough!!

Inside job managers are never a good thing. He was too hyped up anyway. I've never heard him do anything but complain about being unfairly treated. Even yesterday he hinted that Clare were cheated. It took him a spluttering to say that Cork was the better team. He failed to say that he as a manager had come up short in preparing his team. He failed to accept any responsibility. At the end of teh day, the buck stops with him.

My own county had a bit of a debacle yesterday too. After dropping 4 of the best players a month ago and trialing them by media for the last 4 weeks, we could only manage a draw with London - and we were lucky with that!

At the end of the day, there are several clubs with bigger populations than our county. The town of Ennis has a greater population than our whole county. But as Davy was shown up yesterday, GAA is about having the balls to take responsibility and drive forward - not look for excuses to dodge!

delaval · 24-06-2013 01:05PM

I am a lazy so and so. Bush touching fence, was passing with loader decided 2 minute job so moved it. That was at 11.30 now dinner time and just finished.

I bulldozed without checking or getting chainsaw which was 20m away. I forgot 2" main water pipe and destroyed it. Two trips to town 2x2" joiners and length of pipe and a wasted 1.5 hours. In all I recon €120. As the saying goes there's 2 ways to do a job the right way and the wrong way and I chose the latter.
Anyway all fixed I'm off for spuds and to mow 25 acres for bales,….........lazy sod!!!!!

redzerologhlen · 24-06-2013 01:12PM

reilig wrote: »

Ah lads, ye have it tough!!

Inside job managers are never a good thing. He was too hyped up anyway. I've never heard him do anything but complain about being unfairly treated. Even yesterday he hinted that Clare were cheated. It took him a spluttering to say that Cork was the better team. He failed to say that he as a manager had come up short in preparing his team. He failed to accept any responsibility. At the end of teh day, the buck stops with him.

My own county had a bit of a debacle yesterday too. After dropping 4 of the best players a month ago and trialing them by media for the last 4 weeks, we could only manage a draw with London - and we were lucky with that!

At the end of the day, there are several clubs with bigger populations than our county. The town of Ennis has a greater population than our whole county. But as Davy was shown up yesterday, GAA is about having the balls to take responsibility and drive forward - not look for excuses to dodge!

I said it from day one he wasn't the man for the job at hand anyway and plenty more have said it. They threw the game away at the start of the second half yesterday looking for silly goal chances when they could have tapped over a few points and settled themselves. You can be sure the cork lads got a big boost from all the clare attacks coming to nothing and they drove on from there. In fairness there was a few questionable ref decisions against clare but it wasn't the winning or losing of it. Davy is too closely connected to the county board and I would love to see him booted. The thing he is best at is controversy.

redzerologhlen · 24-06-2013 01:15PM

delaval wrote: »

I am a lazy so and so. Bush touching fence, was passing with loader decided 2 minute job so moved it. That was at 11.30 now dinner time and just finished.

I bulldozed without checking or getting chainsaw which was 20m away. I forgot 2" main water pipe and destroyed it. Two trips to town 2x2" joiners and length of pipe and a wasted 1.5 hours. In all I recon €120. As the saying goes there's 2 ways to do a job the right way and the wrong way and I chose the latter.
Anyway all fixed I'm off for spuds and to mow 25 acres for bales,….........lazy sod!!!!!

Sounds like something my auld lad would do :rolleyes:

Bizzum · 24-06-2013 01:34PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I said it from day one he wasn't the man for the job at hand anyway and plenty more have said it.

Would ya take Ollie Baker?

I suppose it's easy to bitch and moan about the format of the championship, but with a bit of luck in the draw it can leave ya in a good position, like Wexford this year.

kevthegaff · 24-06-2013 04:09PM

got stuck in a field there, neighbour/friend had to pull me out, chain broke at smashed hes windscreen, lucky he wasnt hurt. he said hel claim windscreen cover. What should i do, i offered to pay for the damages

oh ya me iphone aaint working either now, someday!

bob charles · 24-06-2013 04:18PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

got stuck in a field there, neighbour/friend had to pull me out, chain broke at smashed hes windscreen, lucky he wasnt hurt. he said hel claim windscreen cover. What should i do, i offered to pay for the damages oh ya me iphone aaint working either now, someday!

I would be on my knees praying in thanks to the man above. Someone was watching over you guys today

always always tie a weight to the middle of the chain which will help if this happens, have seen a lorry tyre used with the chain just passed through it

delaval · 24-06-2013 04:51PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

got stuck in a field there, neighbour/friend had to pull me out, chain broke at smashed hes windscreen, lucky he wasnt hurt. he said hel claim windscreen cover. What should i do, i offered to pay for the damages oh ya me iphone aaint working either now, someday!

You're lucky men that could have been nasty. Call your insurer and check if your public liability will cover. Probably quicker for your neighbour to claim off his own

jomoloney · 24-06-2013 05:07PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

got stuck in a field there, neighbour/friend had to pull me out, chain broke at smashed hes windscreen, lucky he wasnt hurt. he said hel claim windscreen cover. What should i do, i offered to pay for the damages oh ya me iphone aaint working either now, someday!

you mean the chain by passed him in the cab ? he was lucky indeed

delaval wrote: »

You're lucky men that could have been nasty. Call your insurer and check if your public liability will cover. Probably quicker for your neighbour to claim off his own

don't think PL would cover, maybe employers liability should..

whelan1 · 24-06-2013 06:39PM

maybe his first call should be to see if the windscreen is covered.... and he was very lucky

nashmach · 24-06-2013 07:20PM

Similar happened my neighbour over 20 years ago and a weight block followed him into the cab....

Spent a lot of time in hospital after that but was very very lucky.

Dampintheattic · 24-06-2013 08:29PM

nashmach wrote: »

Similar happened my neighbour over 20 years ago and a weight block followed him into the cab....

Spent a lot of time in hospital after that but was very very lucky.

Driving to work one morning many years ago. Large truck approaching on its side of the road. As I passed by the truck, the car behind it pulled over the white line to try to overtake it. (the truck)
Saw me, swerved back in to its own side, but not before our two door mirrors met full on at probably combined speed of over 90mph, or more.
All I rememberd at the time was a huge bang. When I stopped my car and got it together, I realised, my door mirror had broken off in impact, it had been driven through my door window. It flew across in front of my face, hit the passenger door window, smashed it, and bounced back into the passenger footwell.
I was covered in broken glass, but not as much as a scratch on me!!
Now if that missile had taken a course, just a few inches further back into my car, I would probably have been decapitated!!
Talk about thankfull, to a greater power than me!!

pakalasa · 24-06-2013 09:34PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

got stuck in a field there, neighbour/friend had to pull me out, chain broke at smashed hes windscreen, lucky he wasnt hurt. he said hel claim windscreen cover. What should i do, i offered to pay for the damages oh ya me iphone aaint working either now, someday!

Just goes to show, all metal is highly elastic, like an elastic band.

td5man · 24-06-2013 09:56PM

jomoloney wrote: »

you mean the chain by passed him in the cab ? he was lucky indeed .

I always use a good heavy chain in case it breaks, towing a jeep one day and the towing eye broke off the the jeep and the heavy chain came in through the open back window luckily the hook hit something on the way in :-(

mf240 · 24-06-2013 10:03PM

ya did you ever see the way large h irons can bend and sway when a shed is partly erected.

Richk2012 · 24-06-2013 10:05PM

Lads have any of ye used Flectron Fly tags in cows , and if so how did you find them???
Ordered some of magenta on Saturday for cows that are being weaned

whelan1 · 24-06-2013 10:47PM

reilig wrote: »

25 years banking with them and this year so far I have had charges of over €150. Got the motivation last night when I saw that they had removed €75 from my account as fees and I opened a new fee free account with Permanent TSB this morning. I have to say it was a pain free experience and would recommend it to anyone who is being charged by a bank for minding money that they are getting interest on!

local shopkeeper- village shop- told me this evening the quarterly charges for the last quarter where 960 on his account,- bank of ireland- so neary 4k a year, was telling him about permanent tsb, said he is calling them tomorrow, total rip off

hugo29 · 24-06-2013 11:11PM

reilig wrote: »

Ah lads, ye have it tough!!

Inside job managers are never a good thing. He was too hyped up anyway. I've never heard him do anything but complain about being unfairly treated. Even yesterday he hinted that Clare were cheated. It took him a spluttering to say that Cork was the better team. He failed to say that he as a manager had come up short in preparing his team. He failed to accept any responsibility. At the end of teh day, the buck stops with him.

My own county had a bit of a debacle yesterday too. After dropping 4 of the best players a month ago and trialing them by media for the last 4 weeks, we could only manage a draw with London - and we were lucky with that!

At the end of the day, there are several clubs with bigger populations than our county. The town of Ennis has a greater population than our whole county. But as Davy was shown up yesterday, GAA is about having the balls to take responsibility and drive forward - not look for excuses to dodge!

Now now, London are a super outfit I mean they beat us:D

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