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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #8282
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    8x4x3 bales of straw - how many round bales in one?

    What are lads paying for them delivered in non straw areas?

    Round bales are €22 to €24 delivered here. Thankfully I'm only buying a few for bedding calving pens this year instead of feeding. Hoping to collect some in the the morning with the jeep and trailer and squares would be easier for me to haul than rounds.


  • #8283
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    thetangler wrote: »
    Mohill is always small on the first day tend come out in early October.
    Dont know what his idea with running 1 Ring is.
    Done the same in ballymote 2 weeks ago for the special heifer sale.

    I know it's always small, but they always had 2 rings as far as i can remember. Lots of buyers and sellers unhappy that there were not 2 rings and said that it wasn't encouraging them to come back to buy or sell again.


  • #8284
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    reilig wrote: »
    I know it's always small, but they always had 2 rings as far as i can remember. Lots of buyers and sellers unhappy that there were not 2 rings and said that it wasn't encouraging them to come back to buy or sell again.

    they done same in ballymote, i think fellas complain about having to filter between rings, who knows, id prefer two rings

    have 3 to 4 good BB bull calves that must be touching 380kg mark, no meal yet either, might try them end of month in ballymote, they having a special BBx and AAx weanling sale


  • #8285
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    reilig wrote: »
    8x4x3 bales of straw - how many round bales in one?

    What are lads paying for them delivered in non straw areas?

    Round bales are €22 to €24 delivered here. Thankfully I'm only buying a few for bedding calving pens this year instead of feeding. Hoping to collect some in the the morning with the jeep and trailer and squares would be easier for me to haul than rounds.

    small square bales were 3-50 delivered around here, good quality this year compared to last


  • #8286
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    thetangler wrote: »
    260 heifers booked in

    busy sale so, were you there or going


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  • #8287
    jay gatsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭jay gatsby


    reilig wrote: »
    8x4x3 bales of straw - how many round bales in one?

    What are lads paying for them delivered in non straw areas?

    Round bales are €22 to €24 delivered here. Thankfully I'm only buying a few for bedding calving pens this year instead of feeding. Hoping to collect some in the the morning with the jeep and trailer and squares would be easier for me to haul than rounds.


    8x4x4 can have about 3 in them as far as I know so I suppose somewhere around 2-2.5? That's just a guesstimate though


  • #8288
    Dampintheattic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭Dampintheattic


    reilig wrote: »
    8x4x3 bales of straw - how many round bales in one?

    What are lads paying for them delivered in non straw areas?

    Round bales are €22 to €24 delivered here. Thankfully I'm only buying a few for bedding calving pens this year instead of feeding. Hoping to collect some in the the morning with the jeep and trailer and squares would be easier for me to haul than rounds.

    50.24 cubic feet in a 4 x 4 round
    96 cubic feet in a 8x4x3

    1.91 4x4 rounds in the 8x4x3.

    D


  • #8289
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Dampintheattic wrote: »
    50.24 cubic feet in a 4 x 4 round
    96 cubic feet in a 8x4x3

    1.91 4x4 rounds in the 8x4x3.

    D

    Do square balers pack a little tighter than round?


  • #8290
    jay gatsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭jay gatsby


    reilig wrote: »
    Do square balers pack a little tighter than round?


    Quite a bit tighter IMO. I haven't got the figure to back it up but the packers on those big balers generate serious force so I'd be allowing a bit for that.

    Weighing is obviously the fairest but another long shot is knowing how big the field is and seeing how many bales came off it. Average yield is probably 10-12 4x4's in most crops this year


  • #8291
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    jay gatsby wrote: »
    Quite a bit tighter IMO. I haven't got the figure to back it up but the packers on those big balers generate serious force so I'd be allowing a bit for that.

    Weighing is obviously the fairest but another long shot is knowing how big the field is and seeing how many bales came off it. Average yield is probably 10-12 4x4's in most crops this year

    Just did a bit of googleing and our UK counterparts claim that there's 2.3 round bales of silage (Haylege) in an 8x4x3 square bale based on an experiement in a field with balers and a weighing scales.

    4x4 Round bale = 240kg
    5x4 Round Bale = 360kg
    8x4x3 bale = 570kg

    Interesting stuff. Have a few bales booked for collection in the morning so will test the theory :D


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  • #8292
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    fook as whelan would say, took horns off calves last week and taking maggots out of them since yesterday,never seen it before,poor buggers,wound powder and spray on too keep flies away.:(:(


  • #8293
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    leg wax wrote: »
    fook as whelan would say, took horns off calves last week and taking maggots out of them since yesterday,never seen it before,poor buggers,wound powder and spray on too keep flies away.:(:(

    jaysus i may have a look at mine so. Bavent really paid much attention to em tbh


  • #8294
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    hugo29 wrote: »
    small square bales were 3-50 delivered around here, good quality this year compared to last

    Jeez that's deer. I paid 1.50 a bale collected. Admit it was from the in laws so a bit of a discount.


  • #8295
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    leg wax wrote: »
    fook as whelan would say, took horns off calves last week and taking maggots out of them since yesterday,never seen it before,poor buggers,wound powder and spray on too keep flies away.:(:(

    Its fierce dead weather lately . Stockholm tar I found best to keep them out . Heat it up first and it will flow into the wound . I think the savlon type dettol is the kindest on them for cleaning it out first


  • #8296
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    sea12 wrote: »
    Jeez that's deer. I paid 1.50 a bale collected. Admit it was from the in laws so a bit of a discount.

    €1-50 seriously, fcuk, thats great value,


  • #8297
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    leg wax wrote: »
    fook as whelan would say, took horns off calves last week and taking maggots out of them since yesterday,never seen it before,poor buggers,wound powder and spray on too keep flies away.:(:(
    How old were these? Did you do them with the hot iron?


  • #8298
    naughto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,404 ✭✭✭naughto


    iam off to maam cross to morrow with the father in law with sheep
    have no idea about sheep only that they taste good


  • #8299
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    pakalasa wrote: »
    How old were these? Did you do them with the hot iron?
    2 weeks old and yes hot iron,:mad:


  • #8300
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    i made 1.80 a kg so close enough :D:D
    but what did you make? what did they cost you?


  • #8301
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    whelan1 wrote: »
    but what did you make? what did they cost you?
    you see i dont rely on the farm for income as im employed full time.
    so all i have to cover is the feed and the orginal cost of the calf.
    im just on my second year of running my own little patch so still figuring somethings out


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  • #8302
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    Had a HMY heifer calf today came 10 days early. Came up from the field and i seen this calf popping around the field and another cow taking the calf of her. Heifer wont look at her calf now


  • #8303
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    jersey101 wrote: »
    Had a HMY heifer calf today came 10 days early. Came up from the field and i seen this calf popping around the field and another cow taking the calf of her. Heifer wont look at her calf now
    have a smashing hmy red and white heifer calf that was born in january, think he has the red gene


  • #8304
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    :D

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057039365

    How was his first thought yak and not the Scottish looking cow at least!


  • #8305
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    whelan1 wrote: »
    have a smashing hmy red and white heifer calf that was born in january, think he has the red gene

    had a nice red and white red heifer. Quarter NR and it died last week. Gutted


  • #8306
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    jersey101 wrote: »
    had a nice red and white red heifer. Quarter NR and it died last week. Gutted
    had 1 nr heifer here too and she also died:eek:


  • #8307
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    whelan1 wrote: »
    had 1 nr heifer here too and she also died:eek:

    i only said to the father the week before the calf was born wouldn't it be nice if we got a red heifer like her mother and we did but she came backwards and i pulled the muscles in her back legs. She mustnt have been able for the antibiotics to help her stand


  • #8308
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    jersey101 wrote: »
    i only said to the father the week before the calf was born wouldn't it be nice if we got a red heifer like her mother and we did but she came backwards and i pulled the muscles in her back legs. She mustnt have been able for the antibiotics to help her stand
    never nice when you lose one


  • #8309
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    naughto wrote: »
    iam off to maam cross to morrow with the father in law with sheep
    have no idea about sheep only that they taste good

    Good luck, what ye selling? They've picked up there in the past fortnight. I'll be heading down for a sandwich, tae (@McHughs), and the craic :D


  • #8310
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Good luck, what ye selling? They've picked up there in the past fortnight. I'll be heading down for a sandwich, tae (@McHughs), and the craic :D
    How about the cattle ? I was a bit disappointed in them a few weeks ago . I think they are gone to monday evening now ?


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  • #8311
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    never nice when you lose one

    when ye have a unique one lyk the one i had its fairly sickening. Would have brought a nice bit of colour to the herd


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