hugo29 wrote: » Right that's me beat, 62 bales in, 18 left, God I'd murder a pint, Nothing like walking a silage field after its finished
bbam wrote: » Just back today from two great weeks in France... Couldn't think what else to get ye all so I brought back a few weeks good weather for ye to be getting on with :D There was some amount of hay being saved there.. They'd just had two wet cold weeks before we arrived so every field of hay was being knocked... The sheer scale of the grain production is staggering..
mahoney_j wrote: » Not a fan of giving hay to calves,Find it gives them pot bellies and slows them down eating ration/Nut.Good wheaten or oaten straw is what i use and they go mad for it
pakalasa wrote: » Do you not find the oaten straw as rough as barbwire? Didnt think it would be great for calves. Great for bedding though.
Muckit wrote: » Are U not afraid they will sag?
delaval wrote: » Did the dog on it last night. I now have a decision to make, I drink more regularly or never again, am tending towards the latter!!!! This mornings milking will not be forgotten for a while!!!!!!
Bizzum wrote: » It'll be finished when you bring in them 18. Back out there with ya. Otherwise it's up before the crows get at em in the morning!
hugo29 wrote: » Lol no fcuking crows here thank god, all in now
whelan1 wrote: » thats mad, was just going to post that i have started giving the kids the milk from the tank, eldest lad would easily drink 2 litres in a day, they love it and they couldnt believe the difference in taste
hugo29 wrote: » No they are good solid bales from fusion baler, will be sound
pakalasa wrote: » FFS, who owned it, Elvis Presley. €20 for a 1996 390T, 4WD.http://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/1996-mf390-t/4685028[/QUOTE] I know a good few massey addicts that would buy it! At least she's not a heap of sh*t like a lot of stuff on DD!
hugo29 wrote: » yep heard all the stories, OH is a nurse and reckons that the bouncy castles are worse, she wont have one of those around the place but will go with a trampoline, funny ya put up the net to make them safe and they try to climb them wont be much bouncing here today its lashing rain
funny man wrote: » Yea we had one here for the Grand kids and i never liked the thing, so i got the digger man when he was tidying up a field to dig a hole and bury it in the garden so the top of it is flush with the grass and done away with the safety nets. just hope i don't forget it someday and drive the lawnmower over it :eek:.
Muckit wrote: » You should be grand because your crop was heavy and lodged, but if baling paddocks or short stuff, the bales definitely WILL sag no matter how dry it is. I nearly got caught out with this a few weeks ago. And Yes a Fusion baler.
Muckit wrote: » Kids eating crips/sweets and going jumping on it... you've created a lovely rats nest :eek: Same with BBQ's on timber decking
kowtow wrote: » Charming article from the UK independent this morning on the "Moo Man"... a farmer who sells raw milk and is the subject of a forthcoming film:http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/the-farmer-who-wouldnt-cowtow-rather-than-supply-supermarkets-and-face-financial-ruin-steve-hook-has-developed-a-market-for-raw-milks-8692664.html For this farmer anyway, raw milk appears to be a cure for hayfever as well as a route to profit. delaval did you ever think of trying it?
kowtow wrote: » Cows are definitely domesticated now. In January you couldn't get into the field with them, they were so wild. This morning they were all gathered by the gate looking a bit hot. Ten minutes ago they unhooked (not broke) their spring gate, gathered up their calves, and trooped in orderly fashion up 600m of lane, past the fresher paddocks, past the cars & the ponies, past the feed room and into the yard where they let themselves into the cubicle shed to enjoy a little bit of shade.
delaval wrote: » Yea all milk here straight from bulk tank, kids love it
