Farming Chit Chat II

hugo29 · 03-08-2013 08:22AM

Mulumpy wrote: »

Best experience ever as well as scariest

Agree with that,

dzer2 · 03-08-2013 08:47AM

bob charles wrote: »

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

My granny always told the gran daughters if you didnt feel it going in you'll definitely feel it coming out:D:D

tanko · 03-08-2013 10:11AM

bbam wrote: »

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

Have the same problem myself today. Sulpha powders, Nuflor under the skin and Vecoxan always works for me.

redzerologhlen · 03-08-2013 10:40AM

Getting the serious s*its of this rain now, havent been able to do anything with the last couple of days with it and places are getting wet again :mad:

Timmaay · 03-08-2013 11:19AM

Had 2 cull cows in the mart today, 1 small 14 yr old lady, not much over 500kg and was only offered 375 for her. I have afew going to the factory soon anyway so brought her home and will send her on with them. Hard to know if it was the right move, think I'm at nothing either way, should have let her on last year

whelan1 · 03-08-2013 11:35AM

Sent a couple to factory.cant justify blooding them and mart fees at the minute. I sent them straight out of parlour. No drying off

Timmaay · 03-08-2013 11:51AM

Yeh have definitely lost money on culls this year messing around with trying to get them fit for the mart, this lady i brought home has lost condition sence being dried off 2 months ago with the lack of grass, but my dad doesn't believe in sending a cow packing straight out of parlour to the factory unless she is well big enough, but this might change his mind now, I certainly don't have the time to waste the day at the mart.

case 956 · 03-08-2013 12:17PM

whelan1 wrote: »

Sent a couple to factory.cant justify blooding them and mart fees at the minute. I sent them straight out of parlour. No drying off

what weight would they be starighted out of the parlour ?

Timmaay · 03-08-2013 12:21PM

case 956 wrote: »

what weight would they be starighted out of the parlour ?

I've one or two high scc ladies still milking that have a big HO frames on them, I'd guess they are close on the 700kg so should be fine to go straight to the factory.

whelan1 · 03-08-2013 12:33PM

around here a cull is a cull, no point drying her off and feeding bucket loads of meal into them for months...anything can happen mastitis, lame , death....was grand last year when they where a good trade in the mart but have lost a lot of money on trying to fatten culls over the years

Bc1990 · 03-08-2013 12:51PM

Well lads, could do with a bit of help. Stabilising arm for 3 point linkage on tractor fell off/got lost somewhere. Are they easy to get again? Im in the south west and the tractor is a 1988 Same laser.

nashmach · 03-08-2013 06:42PM

Given the falling cattle market, it is no surprise that culls will be the first to get absolutely hammered!

whelan1 · 03-08-2013 06:43PM

anyone watching the football, how was sean cavanagh not sent off

and how did dublin miss so many goals?

delaval · 03-08-2013 07:05PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Had 2 cull cows in the mart today, 1 small 14 yr old lady, not much over 500kg and was only offered 375 for her. I have afew going to the factory soon anyway so brought her home and will send her on with them. Hard to know if it was the right move, think I'm at nothing either way, should have let her on last year

Did you sell other cow? I'm curious as guy coming Monday to buy some and sweeper bulls
We sell all cows by hand here. We never fatten or take to the mart. We wait till we have a load and call the guy. Works very well. Hard enough to make money from milkers without the distraction of culls

Mulumpy · 03-08-2013 07:16PM

delaval wrote: »

Did you sell other cow? I'm curious as guy coming Monday to buy some and sweeper bulls
We sell all cows by hand here. We never fatten or take to the mart. We wait till we have a load and call the guy. Works very well. Hard enough to make money from milkers without the distraction of culls

Doing the same thing ere last couple of years. My Dad would never let a thin cow out the gate but with cost of feed gone through the roof a friend of mine just buys culls straight out of parlour now.

delaval · 03-08-2013 07:19PM

Mulumpy wrote: »

Doing the same thing ere last couple of years. My Dad would never let a thin cow out the gate but with cost of feed gone through the roof a friend of mine just buys culls straight out of parlour now.

the gret thing is that 3 wheelers and all are taken:)

whelan1 · 03-08-2013 07:21PM

delaval wrote: »

the gret thing is that 3 wheelers and all are taken:)

ye i have a guy that takes a good few of the unsaleable ones too, very handy

Mulumpy · 03-08-2013 07:44PM

delaval wrote: »

the gret thing is that 3 wheelers and all are taken:)

Once an animal has a pulse my lad is happy. He deals a lot with d Pakis

Muckit · 03-08-2013 08:09PM

Bc1990 wrote: »

Well lads, could do with a bit of help. Stabilising arm for 3 point linkage on tractor fell off/got lost somewhere. Are they easy to get again? Im in the south west and the tractor is a 1988 Same laser.

It's easily done. Lost one myself few years ago. Pulled both pins to adjust arms when taking off a machine and forgot to put them back, then brother hopped up following day and lost the sleeve on the road drawing turf!! Not sure where you'i get sorted for your Same. Is there no dealer nearby? QTP now have agents around the country so you might be able to source a spurious one through them

Timmaay · 03-08-2013 09:24PM

delaval wrote: »

Did you sell other cow? I'm curious as guy coming Monday to buy some and sweeper bulls
We sell all cows by hand here. We never fatten or take to the mart. We wait till we have a load and call the guy. Works very well. Hard enough to make money from milkers without the distraction of culls

Yep, other cow wasn't alot bigger, 570kg,but made 800 or so, about 13yrs old, so it was disappointing to have only got offered 370 for that one.

But 100% agreed, I've zero interest in the beef side of things at all, if it was my decision I'd never be going to the mart with culls or calves, straight out the door to either a dealer or to the factory.

Western Pomise · 03-08-2013 10:19PM

Any one on here noticed all the ???quality??? Bedding for sale ie Rushes!!....talk about asking for trouble....seed when spread would destroy a rush free field.....donedeal.

Bizzum · 03-08-2013 10:31PM

whelan1 wrote: »

anyone watching the football, how was sean cavanagh not sent off and how did dublin miss so many goals?

Brolly went on some rant afterwards. Hard to argue against him. I'm certainly getting a bit sick of cynical fouling. Hopefully the black card system coming next year will stamp it out.

bbam · 03-08-2013 10:46PM

Lying back with a few sociables here in Castlebar.
Spent a few hours cycling on the western greenway this afternoon.

The west is looking good. Haven't been over this way in a few years.

delaval · 03-08-2013 11:14PM

Coffee machine set for 5.45 so I'd best head for the charger!!!

Kovu · 03-08-2013 11:17PM

delaval wrote: »

Coffee machine set for 5.45 so I'd best head for the charger!!!

:eek:

Cemetery Sunday here tomorrow and I'm on the table for collections standing in for my father.
A big Holy Joe face on me in the morning so:p

bob charles · 03-08-2013 11:51PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

:eek:

Cemetery Sunday here tomorrow and I'm on the table for collections standing in for my father.
A big Holy Joe face on me in the morning so:p

and some of the talk outta ya you would never think your so pious:D, - a chuid an muc ciúin a itheann an chuid is mó
Did you not make the bright lights for your B

Kovu · 03-08-2013 11:58PM

bob charles wrote: »

and some of the talk outta ya you would never think your so pious:D, Did you not make the bright lights for your B

Does the word sanctimonious ring a bell:D
Living 2 years in city centre p**'d me off a bit towards it. Gathering thingy on here this weekend so hosting 6 Londoners in a house here & have an agri show on Monday to enter

delaval · 04-08-2013 08:14AM

Conor.
How's calving going? Have ye any growth yet and did any more heifs have mastitis?

How is this Botulism scare being viewed in NZ?

My opinion a cynical exercise on the part of the Chineese, too many scares to be a coincidence???

Conmaicne Mara · 04-08-2013 08:58AM

bbam wrote: »

Lying back with a few sociables here in Castlebar.
Spent a few hours cycling on the western greenway this afternoon.

The west is looking good. Haven't been over this way in a few years.

Did it rain on you?

There's a new greenway being agreed on the old Clifden - Galway railway line, hopefully will be as popular.

bbam · 04-08-2013 10:16AM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Did it rain on you?

There's a new greenway being agreed on the old Clifden - Galway railway line, hopefully will be as popular.

Nothing worth talking about.
Heading to Achill later to try out that end of the route.

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