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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #5492
    Mulumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Mulumpy


    Have bord bia dairy inspection on Tuesday. Head man and all coming plus half a dozen more. Joyful


  • #5493
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Mulumpy wrote: »
    Have bord bia dairy inspection on Tuesday. Head man and all coming plus half a dozen more. Joyful

    Cant believe you dairy guys are allowing these sham into auditing dairy farms


  • #5494
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    Mulumpy wrote: »
    Have bord bia dairy inspection on Tuesday. Head man and all coming plus half a dozen more. Joyful

    You must feel so privileged that all those inspectors are coming.... bastards


  • #5495
    Mulumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Mulumpy


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    You must feel so privileged that all those inspectors are coming.... bastards

    Ya picked me out cos im not in beef scheme. Ya cant win


  • #5496
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    for some reason the eldests lads gaelic training has been at the beach the last 2 weeks this is 10 miles away, so my parent brought him and the other 2 over, expecting 3 wrecked kids home soon, enjoying peace as husband gone in lorry


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  • #5497
    kowtow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    whelan1 wrote: »
    enjoying peace as husband gone in lorry

    Mrs kowtow read those words over my shoulder and I saw the dreadful sparkle of an idea cross her eyes.


  • #5498
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    whelan1 wrote: »
    for some reason the eldests lads gaelic training has been at the beach the last 2 weeks this is 10 miles away, so my parent brought him and the other 2 over, expecting 3 wrecked kids home soon, enjoying peace as husband gone in lorry

    Great idea for the training. Can ya imagine the joy if my young lads were promised the same from Offaly :-)


  • #5499
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    he said the training was brilliant


  • #5500
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    whelan1 wrote: »
    he said the training was brilliant

    Much harder to run in the sand . Couple of weeks of that and when he gets back onto the pitch he will be like roadrunner


  • #5501
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    whelan1 wrote: »
    he said the training was brilliant

    yep back in the day when we still played ball, pre season training was running up and down the sand dunes, i never seen more stomachs been emptied but it did stand to you later


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  • #5502
    kowtow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    This is what happens when you let milky Holsteins rear calves...

    Below is a first calver with three bull calves born from Feb 10th to April 30th.. the smallest is her own.. the largest is almost up to his aunt's shoulders..

    9310921701_d3eb31fd01_z.jpg


  • #5503
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    kowtow wrote: »
    This is what happens when you let milky Holsteins rear calves...

    Below is a first calver with three bull calves born from Feb 10th to April 30th.. the smallest is her own.. the largest is almost up to his aunt's shoulders..

    9310921701_d3eb31fd01_z.jpg

    someone likes there numb numb


  • #5504
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    kowtow wrote: »
    This is what happens when you let milky Holsteins rear calves...

    Below is a first calver with three bull calves born from Feb 10th to April 30th.. the smallest is her own.. the largest is almost up to his aunt's shoulders..

    9310921701_d3eb31fd01_z.jpg

    It works well when it works..
    But for every one that stands to be sucked... there are three or four that will kick at any calf bar her own.. Many moons ago we tried double and trebble sucking on cows and mostly it was torture on man and beast.
    I've a friend that persisted at it for the last few years and he's giving it up this year...just too much work and abuse
    The ammount of time spent getting it done would milk cows in a parlour !


  • #5505
    kowtow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    bob charles wrote: »
    someone likes there numb numb

    The big one - poor fellow has worn his knees out getting underneath them though... if he gets any taller we'll have to line the girls up in the parlour and bring him down into the pit.

    You wouldn't believe it but he's the only orphan!


  • #5506
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Let one of my pedigree bulls out last weekend to replace my CH bull that wasn't working. He has bulled 6 of the 19 cows in 5 days. Let my other pedigree limousin bull out with the cows that i usually put in calf to AI BB. There was only 3 of them to go and he has 2 of them picked out so far! Here's hoping for live calves on the ground next spring from them!


  • #5507
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    bbam wrote: »
    It works well when it works..
    But for every one that stands to be sucked... there are three or four that will kick at any calf bar her own.. Many moons ago we tried double and trebble sucking on cows and mostly it was torture on man and beast. !
    Years ago, when the father was getting out of dairying, TB struck. He was so set on not milking that we tried multi-suckling. Complete chaos from what I rememeber. Calves drinking 2 or 3 cows. We didn't do it a second year.:rolleyes:


  • #5508
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    After putting in a new washing machine for my aunt, haven't wired a plug in years. If I disappear for a few days I've either flooded the house or fried someone :o

    Jaysus it's hot outside, was supposed to top rushes but I think I'll wait until evening now.


  • #5509
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    pakalasa wrote: »
    Years ago, when the father was getting out of dairying, TB struck. He was so set on not milking that we tried multi-suckling. Complete chaos from what I rememeber. Calves drinking 2 or 3 cows. We didn't do it a second year.:rolleyes:

    We had a similar issue. We had half of the cows gone, and the quota sold and 1 went down with TB. We calved the rest down and milked the cows with the machine and bucket fed the calves. It was a much easier task than trying to multiple suck cows.


  • #5510
    Dampintheattic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭Dampintheattic


    reilig wrote: »
    We had a similar issue. We had half of the cows gone, and the quota sold and 1 went down with TB. We calved the rest down and milked the cows with the machine and bucket fed the calves. It was a much easier task than trying to multiple suck cows.


    This is my effort this fine year:cool:


  • #5511
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Dampintheattic wrote: »
    This is my effort this fine year:cool:

    Indeed, we have a similar scene - but it wasn't planned. In fact there's 3 of them sucking the cow that had our best calf last year and her own calf is like a runt from a lack of milk!


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  • #5512
    Dampintheattic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭Dampintheattic


    reilig wrote: »
    Indeed, we have a similar scene - but it wasn't planned. In fact there's 3 of them sucking the cow that had our best calf last year and her own calf is like a runt from a lack of milk!


    Ah, mine isn't planned either. Two calves at the rear of the cow in the picture, are the "cuckoos". The other one is the native calf so to speak. He's not bad, but a fair bit behind the other two hoors!
    The cow is actually, 25% CF52, who was never noted for milk in the genes.
    Also 25% shorthorn.
    She is an out and out milker. An absolute bag of milk. No heifer calf to date from her:rolleyes:


  • #5513
    Damo810
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    Neighbour has 5 calves on one freisian! I'd say they keep her dry anyways..


  • #5514
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    was in drogheda this morning, there was a small rigid load of timber, there where 2 guys offloading it, they where carrying 2 2x2 lenghts of timber between them in each go, now i wanted to kick them in the arse, they could at least have carried 5 or 6 between them in a go...easy knowing they dont work for me


  • #5515
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    whelan1 wrote: »
    was in drogheda this morning, there was a small rigid load of timber, there where 2 guys offloading it, they where carrying 2 2x2 lenghts of timber between them in each go, now i wanted to kick them in the arse, they could at least have carried 5 or 6 between them in a go...easy knowing they dont work for me
    easy know you dont get paid by the hour:D


  • #5516
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    Dampintheattic wrote: »
    This is my effort this fine year:cool:

    Nice calves they are too!!


  • #5517
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    whelan1 wrote: »
    was in drogheda this morning, there was a small rigid load of timber, there where 2 guys offloading it, they where carrying 2 2x2 lenghts of timber between them in each go, now i wanted to kick them in the arse, they could at least have carried 5 or 6 between them in a go...easy knowing they dont work for me

    did they have their shirts off and holding a can guinness in one hand:D

    i think under the current construction health and safety guidelines thats all they are allowed carry


  • #5518
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    pakalasa wrote: »
    Years ago, when the father was getting out of dairying....
    reilig wrote: »
    We had a similar issue. We had half of the cows gone, and the quota sold .....

    Well would ye go back to it?


  • #5519
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Muckit wrote: »
    Well would ye go back to it?
    I was always told it was slavery, but then, the father also worked 7 days a week off farm. Madness, when I think back. I often remember him coming home at 11PM in the summer and then go and milk the cows.


  • #5520
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    hugo29 wrote: »
    did they have their shirts off and holding a can guinness in one hand:D

    i think under the current construction health and safety guidelines thats all they are allowed carry
    there where 4 of them to offload the load, 2 guys carrying 2 lengths between them at a time, times have changed


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  • #5521
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    bord gais crew arriving today to fix my drains:D:D


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