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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #6332
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    hugo29 wrote: »
    what was wrong with her foot,

    No idea, she jumped out through the barrier of the shed so it's not broken anyway:pac:

    Think she turned on her knee on the hard ground. Waiting on the AI man here so might try to get her in again rather than hitting stones with the hurley here.


  • #6333
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-specialbuys-4th-august/

    The fishing bag is very useful, I bought one for the farm years back at lambing time to use as a kind of medicine/emergency bag. Fishing vest looks handy too.


  • #6334
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-specialbuys-4th-august/

    The fishing bag is very useful, I bought one for the farm years back at lambing time to use as a kind of medicine/emergency bag. Fishing vest looks handy too.

    That's not a bad idea Conmaicne! But what makes a fishing T-shirt different :confused:

    AI man didn't have ERE so used KJB instead, he's a test bull. Looks good on paper and he has good breeding behind him. Put him on a PB LM sired by Navarin and with Ulysse in her dam.
    Here's his ICBF
    http://herdplus.icbf.com/bull-search/view/animalId/841131512.

    Also discovered that our AI man is almost exactly twice my age, his birthday is tomorrow!


  • #6335
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-specialbuys-4th-august/

    The fishing bag is very useful, I bought one for the farm years back at lambing time to use as a kind of medicine/emergency bag. Fishing vest looks handy too.
    jeez they are very sexist with their fishing gear, dont see any for wimens


  • #6336
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    whelan1 wrote: »
    jeez they are very sexist with their fishing gear, dont see any for wimens

    We can just go fishing in the nip whelan :D


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  • #6337
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    We can just go fishing in the nip whelan :D
    yup, that must be their plan


  • #6338
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    That's not a bad idea Conmaicne! But what makes a fishing T-shirt different :confused:

    Good question, if you figure it out let me know :pac: Maybe someones been a bit over enthusiastic with the theme of the day.
    whelan1 wrote: »
    yup, that must be their plan

    Will it work though?!?!


  • #6339
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »


    Will it work though?!?!

    http://www.everymilesamemory.com/Images%207/Naked%20Fishing.jpg
    ;)


  • #6340
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    whelan1 wrote: »
    yup, that must be their plan

    Good cure for the man flu,


  • #6341
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    http://www.everymilesamemory.com/Images%207/Naked%20Fishing.jpg
    ;)

    Is that you or whelan1


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  • #6342
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    http://www.everymilesamemory.com/Images%207/Naked%20Fishing.jpg
    ;)

    That's proper fishing technique, sure to get some kind of catch like that :pac:


  • #6343
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Is that you or whelan1

    It's Redzer without his skirt:D


  • #6344
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Is that you or whelan1
    well its deffo not me after 3 kids:cool:


  • #6345
    C0N0R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭C0N0R


    whelan1 wrote: »
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=522518084484775&set=a.212152158854704.51324.212147665521820&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

    Feeling that one meself! Doesn't help when ur crawling into the leaba half an hour before ya start work! The things I used to be able to do when young! :rolleyes:


  • #6346
    C0N0R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭C0N0R


    moy83 wrote: »
    The smart phone is easy for me anyhow . Take the pics with the phone , then when you are posting something you will see" add attachment " at the bottom of the box . Hit that and it will let you pick photos from the gallery on the phone .
    delaval wrote: »
    I use photo bucket but they then have to be opened. I can't do it on lap top or in such a way as to not have to open


    Cheers picking up a new phone Monday so ill throw up a few pics then hopefully.


  • #6347
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    C0N0R wrote: »
    Feeling that one meself! Doesn't help when ur crawling into the leaba half an hour before ya start work! The things I used to be able to do when young! :rolleyes:
    i am used to listening to " no one has ever been this sick before" ****e.. quickly forgetting 3 pregnancies and c sections....god love ya, hope you get better soon


  • #6348
    C0N0R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭C0N0R


    whelan1 wrote: »
    i am used to listening to " no one has ever been this sick before" ****e.. quickly forgetting 3 pregnancies and c sections....god love ya, hope you get better soon

    Now I think it could be terminal, feeling fair ****e this morning and its been raining all night to, think This could be the death of me :D sure your pain threshold would be twice as high as mine anyway!


  • #6349
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    worst pain i ever had was when anaesathist (sp) kept hitting nerve in my spine when putting in epidural- i let some fooks out of me, husband said to her she doesnt complain unless its bad , they got another and he got it first go...


  • #6350
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    whelan1 wrote: »
    worst pain i ever had was when anaesathist (sp) kept hitting nerve in my spine when putting in epidural- i let some fooks out of me, husband said to her she doesnt complain unless its bad , they got another and he got it first go...
    Your husband was with you:confused::confused:


  • #6351
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    delaval wrote: »
    Your husband was with you:confused::confused:
    yup


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  • #6352
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    300kg yearling heifer with coccidiosis. She is weakest in the group anyway.

    Girl in office says its rife at the moment.

    Feckin typical, we're heading off for a few nights in the morning. Never fails :(


  • #6353
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    sea12 wrote: »
    That's was good money seen as the price fell so much in the last 2 weeks.
    No unfortunately not. Find the factory handier with work. I actually castrated all ram lambs this year as I got caught with ram lambs last year that no body wanted. Will be on holidays in a coupe of weeks though and will go to mart ten. Have a few hoggets to sell and a few ewes to buy as well.
    Originally Posted by Richk2012
    Sold 30 lambs in mart yesterday . First of this year .
    49kg suffolk Ram lambs Eur108
    45kg black suffolk ewe lambs Eur98

    Didnt castrate a lamb this year apart from about 10 really small hoggets lambs .
    "Thought id need them finished quicker than usual .

    Seemed like a lot of lads were thinking the same . Very few wether lambs there

    Have you been to mart with any yet?"[/


    ---–
    Got the cheque today. Average 98.45 per head. Only paid to 21kg dead weight.Good few over 22.5kg. One great lamb was 24kg. Would have been a great butchers lamb.


    Happy enough but need to keep on top of drafting the, to get them off at the right weights.


  • #6354
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    airneal wrote: »
    Any rumours heard about a new agri-environmental scheme opening next year anyone?

    I hope there is but ive heard nothing so far


  • #6355
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    sea12 wrote: »
    Only paid to 21kg dead weight.Good few over 22.5kg. One great lamb was 24kg. Would have been a great butchers lamb.


    Happy enough but need to keep on top of drafting the, to get them off at the right weights.

    educate me, what would the KO% be for lambs? Like would they be around 40kg liveweight? No sheep here so not a clue!


  • #6356
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    delaval wrote: »
    Your husband was with you:confused::confused:

    Did you not go in, I did, wanted to see if it was as bad as they made out;)


  • #6357
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Calf with sore foot won't put any weight on it at all, will catch him in field tomorrow, got fcuking soaked too


  • #6358
    Mulumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Mulumpy


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Did you not go in, I did, wanted to see if it was as bad as they made out;)

    Best experience ever as well as scariest


  • #6359
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    sea12 wrote: »
    That's was good money seen as the price fell so much in the last 2 weeks.
    No unfortunately not. Find the factory handier with work. I actually castrated all ram lambs this year as I got caught with ram lambs last year that no body wanted. Will be on holidays in a coupe of weeks though and will go to mart ten. Have a few hoggets to sell and a few ewes to buy as well.
    Muckit wrote: »
    educate me, what would the KO% be for lambs? Like would they be around 40kg liveweight? No sheep here so not a clue!

    Between 44-50 percent. I actually wrote down the live weight of a few. Must match their tags with the kill out rate and give you the actual percent tomorrow.


  • #6360
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Did you not go in, I did, wanted to see if it was as bad as they made out;)

    many is the man that didnt see it go in, but watched it coming out


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  • #6361
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    sea12 wrote: »


    ---–
    Got the cheque today. Average 98.45 per head. Only paid to 21kg dead weight.Good few over 22.5kg. One great lamb was 24kg. Would have been a great butchers lamb.


    Happy enough but need to keep on top of drafting the, to get them off at the right weights.

    Yea there is no point in not gettin paid for your hard work ..

    Have you many ewe lambs fit for breeding to sell???


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