Farming Chit Chat II

just do it · 12-07-2013 11:14PM

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Got fibre at work this week. 70mb down. 35mb up. Actual speeds achieved. Whoosh!

Download speed x100 and upload speed x200 what I've at home :eek:

redzerologhlen · 12-07-2013 11:27PM

blue5000 wrote: »

I'm having a peaceful day, OH and kids went to Lahinch, off to finish ploughing the headlands now and then a nice cold beer.

Ah you should have sent them to fanore, better scenery altogether

just do it · 12-07-2013 11:39PM

Can you believe it?!

whelan1 · 13-07-2013 06:55AM

Not much rain there

freedominacup · 13-07-2013 08:46AM

Winter 2013 is arriving early. First bales fed out this morning. Grand stuff though cut 25th May must be 40% DM min, bales just fell apart as crop was so short so you'd expect DMD to be good.

pg141 · 13-07-2013 08:49AM

Supose it's a good complaint for us non farmer folk when you have to stand in the shade @ 9:30am in the morning in Dublin!

Manoffeeling · 13-07-2013 09:45AM

just do it wrote: »

Can you believe it?!

Lads will be feeding hay shortly. Ground starting to get hard.

Dampintheattic · 13-07-2013 10:15AM

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Lads will be feeding hay shortly. Ground starting to get hard.

Will it be a case of fodder moving from the wet west to the dry east next spring, instead of the usual transfer from east to west.

pakalasa · 13-07-2013 11:09AM

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Will it be a case of fodder moving from the wet west to the dry east next spring, instead of the usual transfer from east to west.

Yep - If I was farming dry land in weather like this, I'd be looking seriously at forestry. Cactus maybe.:D

mf240 · 13-07-2013 11:25AM

To hell or to Leinster.

whelan1 · 13-07-2013 12:20PM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=557069437690951&set=a.160123287385570.43642.144961662235066&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

Dampintheattic · 13-07-2013 12:38PM

mf240 wrote: »

To hell or to Leinster.

But hell is a grand spot -;)

freedominacup · 13-07-2013 12:41PM

Mocking is catching boys. There'll be no sympathy when normal service is resumed.

muirsin · 13-07-2013 12:47PM

Sorry I sprayed my rushes now.Could have been worth alot.
http://www.donedeal.ie/farmproduce-for-sale/mixture-of-hay-and-rushes/5338748

Conmaicne Mara · 13-07-2013 02:10PM

freedominacup wrote: »

Mocking is catching boys. There'll be no sympathy when normal service is resumed.

There was never much in the first place

Bizzum · 13-07-2013 03:20PM

Anyone know where a lad could buy a pair of Haybob gates (old type), midlands area. Meath would suit as I pass through a lot of it for work.
Thanks.

Conmaicne Mara · 13-07-2013 03:28PM

Would ye think a month is a reasonable time frame to expect something to be delivered from Germany? I ordered two of those Gallagher smart fences on the 16th of last month. No sign of them and getting a bit of a run around by email. Pondering going through PayPal to basically cancel the order on Monday, have emailed company with that. Was saving €100 on the price of them here, but it may have cost me in terms of not being able to implement my paddock system!

Conmaicne Mara · 13-07-2013 07:43PM

Must've killed 50 horseflies in the hour I was out licking rushes :eek:

Mulumpy · 13-07-2013 07:45PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Must've killed 50 horseflies in the hour I was out licking rushes :eek:

Always get a strange image in my head when hear lads saying that :-)

Conmaicne Mara · 13-07-2013 07:57PM

Mulumpy wrote: »

Always get a strange image in my head when hear lads saying that :-)

Yeah I get it too, going to write to Teagasc first thing Monday to see if they can do anything about the flavour

jomoloney · 13-07-2013 08:28PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Would ye think a month is a reasonable time frame to expect something to be delivered from Germany? I ordered two of those Gallagher smart fences on the 16th of last month. No sign of them and getting a bit of a run around by email. Pondering going through PayPal to basically cancel the order on Monday, have emailed company with that. Was saving €100 on the price of them here, but it may have cost me in terms of not being able to implement my paddock system!

usually about a week,

however we have got a part over in less than 48 hours

paypal are very good, but make sure you keep all copies of corrospondence

bbam · 13-07-2013 08:32PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Must've killed 50 horseflies in the hour I was out licking rushes :eek:

Thanks... I hope they were the 50 that ate me alive today !! :rolleyes:

Conmaicne Mara · 13-07-2013 09:34PM

jomoloney wrote: »

usually about a week,

however we have got a part over in less than 48 hours

paypal are very good, but make sure you keep all copies of corrospondence

Yeah it's all email and I don't delete them when it's stuff I'm buying so have it all here. Just a bit annoyed really, if they hadn't it in stock they should have said or there's been some other cock up somewhere along the line. All amounts to the same for me, no paddocks and grass not grazed out properly.

Birdnuts · 13-07-2013 10:32PM

Had the lovely job today of treating a hogget with maggots in one of its ears. The smell nearly knocked me sideways:(

Conmaicne Mara · 13-07-2013 11:08PM

Birdnuts wrote: »

Had the lovely job today of treating a hogget with maggots in one of its ears. The smell nearly knocked me sideways:(

Ah yes, lovely little fellows, terrible weather for them. Good dash of dip will see them out of this world and into some fiery pit of hell I hope.

Absolutely nothing beats the smell of pulling a dead rotten lamb though.

Good loser · 13-07-2013 11:23PM

For the last week my cattle have been put gadding by a large buzzing fly.
Not too badly though - at most 4 at a time. Saw him/her on a branch once; about two inches long and broad abdomen with yellow & brownish stripes. Probably not a warble.

darragh_haven · 14-07-2013 01:21AM

Drunkakity drunk drunk......

delaval · 14-07-2013 04:53AM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Drunkakity drunk drunk......

Milkity, milk , milk, milk

jomoloney · 14-07-2013 07:55AM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Absolutely nothing beats the smell of pulling a dead rotten lamb though.

especially when it comes out in pieces

darragh_haven · 14-07-2013 08:30AM

delaval wrote: »

Milkity, milk , milk, milk

You win..... I'm fit for nothing this morning. I took herself to killarney yesterday, syayed in a hotel and said we'd take advantage of the situation and got a good few cocktails and pints in. Old fella looking after the farm. Thank god for old fellas........

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