Farming Chit Chat II

hugo29 · 27-07-2013 03:28PM

whelan1 wrote: »

what ya spraying them with? prefer to pull them and get the roots out of the ground

There mostly on the ditches, using grazon 90, in fairness if I get one in the field I pull them

Conmaicne Mara · 27-07-2013 03:36PM

Hand shearing 9am-4pm, have 99% of the feckers done now, great to see shorn sheep leaving the pen.

ME don't know what they're at this weather with the forecast, I nearly called it off with the doom and gloom forecast this morning, not a drop of water did we see until we were well finished.

delaval · 27-07-2013 04:01PM

hugo29 wrote: »

Feck it, think I will sample a few pints again tonight,

Wife was asleep last night when I stumbled in at 3-30, she asked me this morning what time I got home as she said she never heard me come in, i said 12-30, you were very sensible she replied,
Hardly work 2 nights running

Forgiveness easier gotten than permission

naughto · 27-07-2013 04:18PM

jesus where having some thunder and lighting and the rain its unreal

jomoloney · 27-07-2013 04:25PM

hugo29 wrote: »

Cows scanned, all in calf bar one, and one set twins again
The cow that is empty, i think she was bulled around 02nd July, scanner man says she could be in calf, its hard to tell in first few weeks (up to 4) anyone else second that opinion,

Dosed calves too, do these companies try to make the pour ons harder to use, have to say the bb are a pleasure to handle, big dopey lambs,

whelan1 · 27-07-2013 05:00PM

hugo29 wrote: »

There mostly on the ditches, using grazon 90, in fairness if I get one in the field I pull them

found graz on doesnt kill them, they are left half dead and when they are in that state are palatable... better safe than sorry

reilig · 27-07-2013 06:04PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zakdzo09E3s&feature=youtube_gdata_player

For all ye rain dancers down south

redzerologhlen · 27-07-2013 06:31PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Hand shearing 9am-4pm, have 99% of the feckers done now, great to see shorn sheep leaving the pen.

ME don't know what they're at this weather with the forecast, I nearly called it off with the doom and gloom forecast this morning, not a drop of water did we see until we were well finished.

There used to be another lunatic on here one time from up the Connemara side that shore his sheep by hand aswell :eek:

nashmach · 27-07-2013 06:55PM

Jaysus, Bob I'm beginning to wonder about you now!!

hugo29 · 27-07-2013 06:55PM

whelan1 wrote: »

found graz on doesnt kill them, they are left half dead and when they are in that state are palatable... better safe than sorry

Ditches are on silage ground, I make me own concoction put a squirt of mortone and thistlex thru the mix, riddles everything

joe stodge · 27-07-2013 06:57PM

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE TRACKTOR?

hugo29 · 27-07-2013 06:58PM

jomoloney wrote: »

Lol, meant to say this years bb calves are like big dopey pet lambs,

Conmaicne Mara · 27-07-2013 07:07PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

There used to be another lunatic on here one time from up the Connemara side that shore his sheep by hand aswell :eek:

Full to the brim of lunatics in this area

Must be something in the water.

1chippy · 27-07-2013 07:08PM

I reckon its the bull Hugo. they are bbig square continental carrying a good cover so were not too badly off. i had pkanned for a few and bought a couple of springers last week and bought another 3 today . Im moving to a lot of autumn calvers As i wean off the calves i'll ship out and buy back in. Some of the ones i intended moving on were all incalf so they will hang around another year. I was told by one lad that he had a similar issue a few years back and found out it was the bucket licks that were with the cows that caused his bull to be low in fertility.Whelan have you any lad close that does fertility testing?
This bull is throwing very stylish calves and id hate to get rid of him but then again if needs must.

whelan1 · 27-07-2013 07:21PM

1chippy wrote: »

I reckon its the bull Hugo. they are bbig square continental carrying a good cover so were not too badly off. i had pkanned for a few and bought a couple of springers last week and bought another 3 today . Im moving to a lot of autumn calvers As i wean off the calves i'll ship out and buy back in. Some of the ones i intended moving on were all incalf so they will hang around another year. I was told by one lad that he had a similar issue a few years back and found out it was the bucket licks that were with the cows that caused his bull to be low in fertility.Whelan have you any lad close that does fertility testing?
This bull is throwing very stylish calves and id hate to get rid of him but then again if needs must.

theres loads of ads on donedeal for fertility testing, we used progressive genetics years ago , one guy that bought a bull off us got him tested as soon as he landed in the yard.

kevthegaff · 27-07-2013 08:50PM

I was topping earlier( ragworth!), tractor took off down steep hill. jumped out me hip is killing me. Broke windscreen she went into the ditch but slowed down a little at the bottom of the hill, was only taking off when i jumped couldnt control it. 110-90 some yolk, reversed out of the ditch no damage and shes gotten turned over before by the brother. The dangers of farming!

freedominacup · 27-07-2013 08:52PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

I was topping earlier( ragworth!), tractor took off down steep hill. jumped out me hip is killing me. Broke windscreen she went into the ditch but slowed down a little at the bottom of the hill, was only taking off when i jumped couldnt control it. 110-90 some yolk, reversed out of the ditch no damage and shes gotten turned over before by the brother. The dangers of farming!

At least you got off before you destroyed the seat:D:D

kevthegaff · 27-07-2013 08:56PM

im too cool for that

whelan1 · 27-07-2013 08:57PM

dangers of ragworth:D

kevthegaff · 27-07-2013 09:03PM

whelan1 wrote: »

dangers of ragworth:D

haha, hate tht
e the ffn stuff, got greedy after topping most of the field, steep bit had to get the cu$ts, they had the last laugh! ill get them yet before i die:D

whelan1 · 27-07-2013 09:08PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

haha, hate tht
e the ffn stuff, got greedy after topping most of the field, steep bit had to get the cu$ts, they had the last laugh! ill get them yet before i die:D

thats my thoughts too, kills me when they break before roots come up:rolleyes:

moy83 · 27-07-2013 09:13PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

haha, hate tht
e the ffn stuff, got greedy after topping most of the field, steep bit had to get the cu$ts, they had the last laugh! ill get them yet before i die:D

The father had to finish off cutting the uncles silage awhile back . He has some serious hills . He cut the top and and bottom of one hill but left the steepest part of it , when the uncle came for the next load he said that he would usually get most of the steep part aswell by going across it at a certain angle .
Off went pops at his own angle and toppled the trailer after forty yards

Hopped down , unhooked the harvester and said you will have more grazing ground this year

freedominacup · 27-07-2013 09:16PM

moy83 wrote: »

The father had to finish off cutting the uncles silage awhile back . He has some serious hills . He cut the top and and bottom of one hill but left the steepest part of it , when the uncle came for the next load he said that he would usually get most of the steep part aswell by going across it at a certain angle .
Off went pops at his own angle and toppled the trailer after forty yards
Hopped down , unhooked the harvester and said you will have more grazing ground this year

The grandfather started spreading lime in the fifties. He had this problem reguarly and his stock answer was "work away, I'll fill the spreader and you horse it out". Very few takers:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Dupont · 27-07-2013 09:18PM

After cutting a field this evening with the pz mower and 35x. Boy was it a struggle. An ojes heavy crop was cutting in low first with nearly full revs. Me with no cab and the wee stones and bits of thistles coming at me. Was never as glad to get finished

AntrimGlens · 27-07-2013 09:24PM

I was working down at my house today to look up when I heard the telehandler going and watched the oul fella drive around to the front of his house with a pallet on the forks. I came up and asked him what he was for doing, ah sure i'm going paint those barge boards on the gable of the house. I said not a chance are you getting on a pallet balanced on the toes when theres a cradle built for the yoke sitting in the yard. Ugh i'm not that stiff says he that I need to stand in one of them and him that can barely get outa bed in the morning for his arthritis.
so off I went and hooked on the cradle and he's telling my wife ah that boys got wile safety conscious... Seriously WFT. Oul boys are their own worst enemy

nashmach · 27-07-2013 09:41PM

Kev, you were dead lucky!!

Won't go that way again I bet!

freedominacup · 27-07-2013 09:44PM

AntrimGlens wrote: »

I was working down at my house today to look up when I heard the telehandler going and watched the oul fella drive around to the front of his house with a pallet on the forks. I came up and asked him what he was for doing, ah sure i'm going paint those barge boards on the gable of the house. I said not a chance are you getting on a pallet balanced on the toes when theres a cradle built for the yoke sitting in the yard. Ugh i'm not that stiff says he that I need to stand in one of them and him that can barely get outa bed in the morning for his arthritis.
so off I went and hooked on the cradle and he's telling my wife ah that boys got wile safety conscious... Seriously WFT. Oul boys are their own worst enemy

Thjere's nothing more dangerous to the health both physical and mental than an oul fella who takes a notion oof a Saturday afternoon. Best case scenario is you get suckered into some sort of lost cause and an ateing from the boss for coming in at "what kept you 'til now on a Saturday evening".:mad:

Conmaicne Mara · 27-07-2013 10:05PM

So much for my easy evening. Got a call from a friend of mine, himself and the two brothers were gathering the front of the hill. The sheep had gotten away from them and if they got past a certain point they'd circle up around and be gone out the back of the hill again. Had to jump in the car with the dog and run up his place, lungs were bursting it's that steep. Managed to head them off with seconds to spare and hold them until the lads caught up.

Thought that's that now until he mentioned he'd left a ewe with damaged eyes up near the top of the hill. Off up we went and carried her down spelling each other. Dangerous enough hill for a person never mind carrying a sheep on the shoulders!

Chain up the dog and come in he says when we got down, better head says me. He ws having none of it and the dog got chained up anyway. In we went and I got a big plate of steak, mushrooms and chips and two pints of miwadi lol, nice way to finish off the day.

1chippy · 27-07-2013 10:30PM

sitting up watching a cow to calve. blue cow carrying to cvv. i just checked the calving difficulty and not too impressed. it could be an intresting night.

iverjohnston · 27-07-2013 11:49PM

Dupont wrote: »

After cutting a field this evening with the pz mower and 35x. Boy was it a struggle. An ojes heavy crop was cutting in low first with nearly full revs. Me with no cab and the wee stones and bits of thistles coming at me. Was never as glad to get finished

Nojus things very common here in cavan as wel

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