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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #4892
    hoseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭hoseman


    WEnt to the first shop to buy a hedge trimmer,asked the assistant ,"Can the blade go flat on the ground?""Yes" he says ,I asked him twice to do it,but would not,left went to another shop,Asked the same question"No prob"and gave me the option of having it for a day on trial for free"No need I said,this is exactly what I wanted and paid €550.00,He threw a few bits with the deal.Perfect for cutting under wire,plus unlike a strimmer the stuff does not fly.


  • #4893
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭stanflt


    Knocked 16 acres of paddocks yesterday- shook them out this morning and are being baled this evening while I'm at a weeding enjoying myself- last big horah before junior arrives in a couple of weeks


  • #4894
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    stanflt wrote: »
    Knocked 16 acres of paddocks yesterday- shook them out this morning and are being baled this evening while I'm at a weeding enjoying myself- last big horah before junior arrives in a couple of weeks

    Jaysus stan..... going weeding to enjoy yourself. ... life must be bad ;-)
    Oh. And good luck with junior


  • #4895
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    moy83 wrote: »
    Better not but Im putting up the ugliest piece of barbed wire fencing he will ever see outside his back garden .
    It would have bee easier to put the heifer back into the garden then out onto the road

    Yeah, had that before with a c u next tuesday trying to drown sheep in a reservoir, easier to put them back where they came from.


  • #4896
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭stanflt


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    Jaysus stan..... going weeding to enjoy yourself. ... life must be bad ;-)
    Oh. And good luck with junior

    Wedding


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  • #4897
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    finished cutting weeds under fence:D found a few places where fence was earthing, brilliant shock in fence now. Came up to yard to find 3 cars there, county council inspector:eek::eek:, milk tank service man and man who does grass walks with me..... county council had had a good nosey around before i got there, anyways alls ok, you'd think they would have other things to be doing on a sunny friday afternoon


  • #4898
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    Have a Bord Bia inspection in an hour... Hope it goes ok... :(

    Last night I was thinking I should be fine, now I'm not so confident... ;):)


  • #4899
    royaler83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭royaler83


    Username John wrote: »
    Have a Bord Bia inspection in an hour... Hope it goes ok... :(

    Last night I was thinking I should be fine, now I'm not so confident... ;):)

    Found the board bia lads that came here are dead on


  • #4900
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Passed our annual TB test today. A lot to be said for an almost closed herd. 15 or so years ago, we had a lot of TB here. Plenty of badgers then too.


  • #4901
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    royaler83 wrote: »
    Found the board bia lads that came here are dead on

    I did too until the last w**ker turned up, considering the same farm was audited a couple of months earlier and passed as usual, when this prick turned up he failed me miserably. I thanked him for wasting 3 hrs of my time considering he said he had to fail me straight off (but didn't tell me until we were finished) when I said the cards were off driving in the jeep.


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  • #4902
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    the cow that im treating and minding has held the bed in now for 3 full days and its like a mini achievement... she is blooming now and coming on by the minute!!

    Her calf is successfully onto a freisan so icing on the cake would be to get her into a good weight in the factory as she would be an R for sure as only 2008 and a good heifer at that


  • #4903
    satstheway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭satstheway


    hoseman wrote: »
    WEnt to the first shop to buy a hedge trimmer,asked the assistant ,"Can the blade go flat on the ground?""Yes" he says ,I asked him twice to do it,but would not,left went to another shop,Asked the same question"No prob"and gave me the option of having it for a day on trial for free"No need I said,this is exactly what I wanted and paid €550.00,He threw a few bits with the deal.Perfect for cutting under wire,plus unlike a strimmer the stuff does not fly.

    I went to buy one this week too similar price but man said they are useless for grass? How did u fair?


  • #4904
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    royaler83 wrote: »
    Found the board bia lads that came here are dead on

    +1

    Grand lads, fine to deal with, explained everything, went through any issues or improvements...

    Passed anyways, so happy out... :)


  • #4905
    Mulumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mulumpy


    In work for next three nights on night shift not looking forward to trying to get sleep during the day with heatwave coming...


  • #4906
    hoseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭hoseman


    satstheway wrote: »
    I went to buy one this week too similar price but man said they are useless for grass? How did u fair?
    So far all I have cut is briars,thistle,ragworth and rushes.It just worked like the old finger bar.I find the strimmer no good for these when you use the gut on the strimmer.I am not a fan of the blade on the strimmer.Will let you know about the grass.


  • #4907
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Spent last hour gathering up plastic for today's collection, hateful job, drop it off now and get ready for baler who is coming this afternoon,
    Need to strim under some wire myself and spray a few ditches,


  • #4908
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Spent last hour gathering up plastic for today's collection, hateful job, drop it off now and get ready for baler who is coming this afternoon,
    Need to strim under some wire myself and spray a few ditches,

    are those bonfires you guys have up west not over by now. What pissog are you celebrating tonight with the bonfire


  • #4909
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    bob charles wrote: »
    are those bonfires you guys have up west not over by now. What pissog are you celebrating tonight with the bonfire

    Going havin a barbecue,


  • #4910
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Going havin a barbecue,

    You get a lovely charcoal flavour of the black silage plastic especially if there is a bit of sh*te mixed in with it aswell. do you use a tire to get the BBQ started and to let everyone local know your going BBQing


  • #4911
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    bob charles wrote: »
    You get a lovely charcoal flavour of the black silage plastic especially if there is a bit of sh*te mixed in with it aswell. do you use a tire to get the BBQ started and to let everyone local know your going BBQing

    No not all we just wrap it around a full diesel tank and away with it, I always find the rat and cats piss gives a better flavour,


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  • #4912
    tismesoitis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 858 ✭✭✭tismesoitis


    Hit a bit of a milestone today:). Roll on 2000...


  • #4913
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    tismesoitis wrote: »
    Hit a bit of a milestone today:). Roll on 2000...

    I have an animal in the yard with tag of 4900 and something and she is a 3 yr old


  • #4914
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bought in cow about 6 years ago and her tag was 3480 from cork:eek: can only imagine what number that farmer is at now, think kelleher was his surname


  • #4915
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    im only at 400:(


  • #4916
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    We are at 450 here only, but we did have to get a new herd no. after being cleaned out with BSE a few years back.


  • #4917
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    whelan1 wrote: »
    bought in cow about 6 years ago and her tag was 3480 from cork:eek: can only imagine what number that farmer is at now, think kelleher was his surname

    Oh. Probably the man from macroom. Kelleher is some operater, would try to avoid his bullocks tho. They can be wild bastards


  • #4918
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    Oh. Probably the man from macroom. Kelleher is some operater, would try to avoid his bullocks tho. They can be wild bastards

    I would be a bit wary and wild too, if someone squeezed my "you know what's" :D


  • #4919
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    Our milker who is here 10 years has handed in his notice. He is finishing at end of Dec.
    This is one guy who will be hard to replace!!!

    Don't know where to start looking but at least we have time.


  • #4920
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    delaval wrote: »
    Our milker who is here 10 years has handed in his notice. He is finishing at end of Dec.
    This is one guy who will be hard to replace!!!

    Don't know where to start looking but at least we have time.

    Well he gave you good notice anyway Delaval, not every lad would do it.


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  • #4921
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    delaval wrote: »
    Our milker who is here 10 years has handed in his notice. He is finishing at end of Dec.
    This is one guy who will be hard to replace!!!

    Don't know where to start looking but at least we have time.
    fair play to him for giving so much notice, he might train in the new person for you


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