Farming Chit Chat II

bbam · 16-07-2013 05:39PM

Lots of lads round here drive keeps like they are go-carts or small cars.
The higher centre of gravity and stiffer suspension will bite ya if you push it too far.

moy83 · 16-07-2013 05:45PM

bbam wrote: »

Lots of lads round here drive keeps like they are go-carts or small cars.
The higher centre of gravity and stiffer suspension will bite ya if you push it too far.

Spot on with that bbam . Its the third jeep crash my brother was in . The father reckons young lads shouldnt be allowed them until they are at least thirty

1chippy · 16-07-2013 06:15PM

leg wax wrote: »

just had a visit from 1chippy ,great to put a face to the name.

Lads report back from leg waxes. He has a great bunch of stock. Cheers for showing me round.

whelan1 · 16-07-2013 06:53PM

moy83 wrote: »

Spot on with that bbam . Its the third jeep crash my brother was in . The father reckons young lads shouldnt be allowed them until they are at least thirty

ye, if we are going after the cattle in the jeep i am always sent in the jeep, know exactly where i am with it and how far i can push it:D my mother was in the jeep one day and we swore never ever again:D

moy83 · 16-07-2013 07:48PM

whelan1 wrote: »

ye, if we are going after the cattle in the jeep i am always sent in the jeep, know exactly where i am with it and how far i can push it:D my mother was in the jeep one day and we swore never ever again:D

She must be a brave woman . My mother doesnt drive and is a ball of nerves in the passenger seat .
If you drive within forty yards of the car in front she has her hands out as if we are going to crash , dont know how the father has driven her around for the last thirty years without leaving her on the hard shoulder a few times

Timmaay · 16-07-2013 07:50PM

Our farm is just beside a very popular beach, which has been closed off last few days as someone is shooting a film on it. Some people are extremely annoyed that they cannot access it, I was out on the farm when I saw a young family calmly walking across our farm trying to get onto the beach, they had just walked across a feed with a good few weanlings, I stopped them just before they reached the feild with the bull and afew drycows, They were very slow about turning around, I was pointing at the bull (who is a massive 800kg lump of a chap and explaining that going into his field, with kids and lots of bright clothes really is not a smart move! Eventually got them to turn around and go back to their car, I could hear them arguing that they should have just kept going! Some people really do not have an ounce of cop on!

whelan1 · 16-07-2013 08:05PM

moy83 wrote: »

She must be a brave woman . My mother doesnt drive and is a ball of nerves in the passenger seat .
If you drive within forty yards of the car in front she has her hands out as if we are going to crash , dont know how the father has driven her around for the last thirty years without leaving her on the hard shoulder a few times

she never got out of first gear and cattle running past, she thought most of us to drive but would have her hands on the dash in the passenger seat at most times

Midlandsman80 · 16-07-2013 08:23PM

Hi Lads,
Have any of ye that use BB's as sucklers ever had a cow by Gitan? See links below, I have a Gitan 14 month old daughter from a PB simmental that I am thinking of putting in calf later this year, you can lay yer hand of her in the field and she is a fine big animal. I haven't got the Simmental breeding to hand but I will get it, would Gitan's poor maternal traits put any of you right off? I know knowing the Simmental line would have a big influence on it. Her dam was 10 when I bought the calf and and had mastitis and not able to feed him but had left 7 calves on the farm and calved her naturally. I will get her full breeding in the coming weeks.
Thanks
http://herdplus.icbf.com/bull-search/view/animalId/359136881
http://www.awenet.be/netbbg/commun/corps/fiche_tx_bbb.php?awe=1&langue=de&noan=13325726

Bizzum · 16-07-2013 08:31PM

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

Hi Lads,
Have any of ye that use BB's as sucklers ever had a cow by Gitan? See links below, I have a Gitan 14 month old daughter from a PB simmental that I am thinking of putting in calf later this year, you can lay yer hand of her in the field and she is a fine big animal. I haven't got the Simmental breeding to hand but I will get it, would Gitan's poor maternal traits put any of you right off? I know knowing the Simmental line would have a big influence on it. Her dam was 10 when I bought the calf and and had mastitis and not able to feed him but had left 7 calves on the farm and calved her naturally. I will get her full breeding in the coming weeks.
Thanks
http://herdplus.icbf.com/bull-search/view/animalId/359136881
http://www.awenet.be/netbbg/commun/corps/fiche_tx_bbb.php?awe=1&langue=de&noan=13325726

I'd be less worried about the milking ability of the heifer than her calving ability.
I've seen a few cows off blue bulls that were fit to calve nothing.
Only way to know is give her a go and she how she gets on.

Midlandsman80 · 16-07-2013 08:44PM

She is by no means extreme, I have a smaller BBQ heifer of the same age that has much more defined muscle but the Gitan heifers height might hide hers a bit, she was a good bit slower developing it too. I see her "pelvis length" on the "awenet" evaluation site is in the top 10% of the breed but this doesnt seem to have improved her maternal traits on ICBF.
Think they will all get very easy calving AI and see how it goes.

Conmaicne Mara · 16-07-2013 09:13PM

Just in from finishing shearing the ones at home, started in the evening so no heat to worry about. Lot of lads do be going on giving out about the heat nearly killing them. Sure that's what you get late morning through the afternoon in this weather. Early and late, with a break in the middle of the day, get's the job done without killing a fella.

Conmaicne Mara · 16-07-2013 09:20PM

moy83 wrote: »

The brother and his buddy rolled a jeep about a month ago . The front pillars and the roof was down more or less to the top of the seats but they managed to get out the back .
Not a scratch on the driver and the brother only had a cut on his head .
Lucky lads to walk away .

The front drivers pillar was down like that on his jeep too. I thought they'd have took a bit more abuse than that to be honest.

moy83 · 16-07-2013 09:36PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

The front drivers pillar was down like that on his jeep too. I thought they'd have took a bit more abuse than that to be honest.

Frightening how easy they folded alright

1chippy · 16-07-2013 09:36PM

I rolled my first van four and a half hours after buying it. the best and most costly lesson i ever learnt. all those cattle i had sold as a kid just wasted.

lakill Farm · 16-07-2013 10:50PM

anyone ever use rebar to made a roost for hens in a shed?

Bizzum · 16-07-2013 10:52PM

lakill Farm wrote: »

anyone ever use rebar to made a roost for hens in a shed?

Too narrow. I've used light posts and light boughs.

hugo29 · 16-07-2013 10:57PM

All in to 14 bales, early start in the am to get rest in before heading to work, will be asleep in pub tomorrow evening,

just do it · 16-07-2013 11:24PM

I've decided to cull the barren cows. They're young cows in good condition and will be weaned in a fortnight. What feeding regime should I be looking at?

ellewood · 16-07-2013 11:45PM

just do it wrote: »

I've decided to cull the barren cows. They're young cows in good condition and will be weaned in a fortnight. What feeding regime should I be looking at?

6.gs meal and good grassfor 2mts is what i have a few on at the moment with the sun on their backs their thriving mad

lakill Farm · 17-07-2013 08:20AM

Bizzum wrote: »

Too narrow. I've used light posts and light boughs.

oh. So it needs to be 2" approx?

Currently using 2x1 timbers but there new permanent shed is hopefully going to be washable.

hugo29 · 17-07-2013 09:03AM

lad who owns 15 acres beside me as an out farm is selling bales of silage off it this year.

its first time silage has ever been cut off it, and there would have been a lot of rush (which was sprayed).

€30 a pop, seems awful extreme bearing mind quality wont be great, they are handy location wise,

blue5000 · 17-07-2013 09:55AM

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

She is by no means extreme, I have a smaller BBQ heifer of the same age that has much more defined muscle but the Gitan heifers height might hide hers a bit, she was a good bit slower developing it too. I see her "pelvis length" on the "awenet" evaluation site is in the top 10% of the breed but this doesnt seem to have improved her maternal traits on ICBF.
Think they will all get very easy calving AI and see how it goes.

Have you a link to the awenet pelvis evaluation?

Had a few bb x fr here over the years (VDC sire I think) I always put them in calf to angus. Their angus x daughters need to be watched at calving. Every other angus x cow on the farm will calve to a blonde by themselves. I'd suggest an easy calving angus, it's a lovely cross with a blue

Kovu · 17-07-2013 10:39AM

Anyone got any way of stacking bales 2 high without using a front spike? Or am I landing myself in the Darwin award category for even thinking about it?

vanderbadger · 17-07-2013 10:43AM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Anyone got any way of stacking bales 2 high without using a front spike? Or am I landing myself in the Darwin award category for even thinking about it?

http://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/bale-stacker/5317449

hugo29 · 17-07-2013 10:45AM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Anyone got any way of stacking bales 2 high without using a front spike? Or am I landing myself in the Darwin award category for even thinking about it?

quad boy probably has some gadget that will fit on the front of the quad

AntrimGlens · 17-07-2013 10:52AM

sure quadboy has a 23" tool that would go someway to stacking them two high. Before we got the loader my father and i used to roll bales of straw up two planks to stack them two high, hay might require a few more hp - sure its only hardship

Dampintheattic · 17-07-2013 10:56AM

vanderbadger wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/bale-stacker/5317449

Based on the picture with the bale up to the top, it would appear that that stacker, would go three high:cool:

vanderbadger · 17-07-2013 11:02AM

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Based on the picture with the bale up to the top, it would appear that that stacker, would go three high:cool:

i dont see any stacked bales in his pics mind you :rolleyes:
trouble with them is you have to leave bale directly on top of bale underneath to avoid tearing, b4lls of a job

simx · 17-07-2013 11:02AM

hugo29 wrote: »

lad who owns 15 acres beside me as an out farm is selling bales of silage off it this year.

its first time silage has ever been cut off it, and there would have been a lot of rush (which was sprayed).

€30 a pop, seems awful extreme bearing mind quality wont be great, they are handy location wise,

would sound saucy enough, getting bales delivered and stacked today for 14e/bale, good quality

hugo29 · 17-07-2013 11:06AM

simx wrote: »

would sound saucy enough, getting bales delivered and stacked today for 14e/bale, good quality

ya what:eek:, 14 euro a bale, where are ya located, sounds great value

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