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Farming Chit Chat II

whelan1

welcome to farming chit chat 2, hope ye all enjoy the thread as much as the last one

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This thread is a continuation of the original Farming Chit Chat thread, which was approaching the 10,000 post limit.
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Sharpshooter82

start off with a pup then the dog grows up with the kids

whelan1

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

hard to know really, collies are supposed to be good for kids. Stay well away from king charles, staffs and bulldogs.
Im a huge fan of jack russells. great for pest control around the yard and have no fear. Some of them can be a little contrary against kids. female russells are lighter than the males and not as chunky. My jack russell is a real pet. loves being outside and chasing/ being chased by the calves and the like and as soon as it gets dark is a pure lazy git and tries to take over every couch.
She is great with kids and insists in travelling everywhere with me in the van/tractor

was a collie- lassie type- that attacked her, would we be better going for a pup or an older dog?

Sharpshooter82

whelan1 wrote: »

daughter is looking for a dog for christmas, quite surprising as she was attacked by a dog a few years ago and got numerous stitches on her face and shoulder, any suggestions of a breed and what age and male or female, she is 9...

hard to know really, collies are supposed to be good for kids. Stay well away from king charles, staffs and bulldogs.
Im a huge fan of jack russells. great for pest control around the yard and have no fear. Some of them can be a little contrary against kids. female russells are lighter than the males and not as chunky. My jack russell is a real pet. loves being outside and chasing/ being chased by the calves and the like and as soon as it gets dark is a pure lazy git and tries to take over every couch.
She is great with kids and insists in travelling everywhere with me in the van/tractor

Sharpshooter82

moy83 wrote: »

Is it detecting bombs you are in the army ? The girlfriend is a bit wuff !

dont be sneering the pup, great little hunter around the yard she is

moy83

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Ah lazy sunday evenings

Is it detecting bombs you are in the army ? The girlfriend is a bit wuff !

whelan1

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Ah lazy sunday evenings

daughter is looking for a dog for christmas, quite surprising as she was attacked by a dog a few years ago and got numerous stitches on her face and shoulder, any suggestions of a breed and what age and male or female, she is 9...

Sharpshooter82

Ah lazy sunday evenings

hugo29

whelan1 wrote: »

yup but that doesnt tell you who you wrote the cheques too- well ub dont

Found it in the van, only prob it starts march 12,

Keg of beer was tasty, early walk of stock in fresh wind soon sorted out the cob webs, bottle beer back in hand watching Peter Pan with the kids

Sharpshooter82

hugo29 wrote: »

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

Did ya find it yet :pac:

td5man

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Never thought I'd be back milking cows and not under these circumstances. Family member and his labourer were both killed on Friday evening and the uncle has no family. 140 cows to milk and none tail taped or no board up so no idea what stage of lactation any are at. Milk tank was sampled yesterday but going to have imto sample them all individually this evening. Any dairy people any advice as we don't know yet what the plan is short or long term. Trying to find a reliable relief milker asap.

Sorry for your troubles antrimglens.

Sharpshooter82

bob charles wrote: »

Have you the curtains pulled and in a dark room like myself today doing the accounts. I taught we were starting to use less and less cheques, fat chance, stack of the feckers here. Lakill how do you put up with such a job.

Because he gets well paid for it, he's known as a millionaire around here

Bizzum

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Never thought I'd be back milking cows and not under these circumstances. Family member and his labourer were both killed on Friday evening and the uncle has no family. 140 cows to milk and none tail taped or no board up so no idea what stage of lactation any are at. Milk tank was sampled yesterday but going to have to sample them all individually this evening. Any dairy people any advice as we don't know yet what the plan is short or long term. Trying to find a reliable relief milker asap.

Sorry to hear of your troubles. Hope you get it sorted out somehow.

bob charles

hugo29 wrote: »

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

Have you the curtains pulled and in a dark room like myself today doing the accounts. I taught we were starting to use less and less cheques, fat chance, stack of the feckers here. Lakill how do you put up with such a job.

Kovu

hugo29 wrote: »

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

Where would you deem a safe place to put them, away from the kids? And then go to the bottom of that thought list and they will prob be there.
Failing that, look for a biscuit tin.

Antrim I'm so sorry to hear that. Not a nice way to be thrown back into dairy farming. If I knew how to milk I'd be up there like a shot but I don't so hopefully the dairy men (and women) on this forum can be of some help.

whelan1

delaval wrote: »

Download your bank statement and take a chill pill

yup but that doesnt tell you who you wrote the cheques too- well ub dont

delaval

whelan1 wrote: »

i was going to suggest sure have a can or two and it might turn up

Download your bank statement and take a chill pill

Sharpshooter82

whelan1 wrote: »

i was going to suggest sure have a can or two and it might turn up

That could turn into a pity piss up

whelan1

Lastin wrote: »

There is your keg of beer for you now

i was going to suggest sure have a can or two and it might turn up

Lastin

hugo29 wrote: »

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

There is your keg of beer for you now

Sharpshooter82

hugo29 wrote: »

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

Blame the kids or the dog

boby1234

hugo29 wrote: »

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

Nothing worse!:eek:

whelan1

hugo29 wrote: »

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

spent a day looking for a cheque book that never exsisted... mood was good that day

Sharpshooter82

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Never thought I'd be back milking cows and not under these circumstances. Family member and his labourer were both killed on Friday evening and the uncle has no family. 140 cows to milk and none tail taped or no board up so no idea what stage of lactation any are at. Milk tank was sampled yesterday but going to have to sample them all individually this evening. Any dairy people any advice as we don't know yet what the plan is short or long term. Trying to find a reliable relief milker asap.

Sorry for your troubles lad

Sharpshooter82

hugo29 wrote: »

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

The horror

delaval

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Never thought I'd be back milking cows and not under these circumstances. Family member and his labourer were both killed on Friday evening and the uncle has no family. 140 cows to milk and none tail taped or no board up so no idea what stage of lactation any are at. Milk tank was sampled yesterday but going to have to sample them all individually this evening. Any dairy people any advice as we don't know yet what the plan is short or long term. Trying to find a reliable relief milker asap.

PM with a few tips sent

moy83

Thats a tough one Antrim , hope you get sorted with a helper . Is FRS up there . Just in the longer term try to suss out how much forage ye have/need going into the winter .

hugo29

Trying to get info together for accountant, can't find 2012 cheque book stubs, :mad:
Turned place upside down, foooookkkk

Sharpshooter82

boby1234 wrote: »

Buy Charolais,they will cost more but you will make more,I sold 2 heifers 5 months old for 500,had plenty of calls and they were gone quick

Yeah I noticed that at the mart alright,just found Angus hardier and easier to manage but might have to change breeds. Fond of the AA tho

Timmaay

Antrim, condolences, terrible news. Did the bulk tank test showup positive? If not I wouldn't bother testing all the cows individually, its alot of effort. Almost all farmers would have an antibiotic cow marked, esp if they have someone else working with them, so the odds are no cow has got an injection recently. Your based in the north, down south the icbf will tell you almost everything you need to know about the cows, like calving dates, milk recording records etc, I don't know if you have any equivalent up there, but it would tell you alot that you need to know. Look around in the farm office/parlour etc for any sort of calendar also, that what I use for jotting down agood few details like medicines/dryoff dates etc etc.

just do it

jersey101 wrote: »

Theres a quick antibiotic test you can get only takes a few seconds to get a results. Delaval mentioned them on this before. Sorry to here about you uncle and his worker

Yeah talking to someone else about this just this week. Seems to be reliable which would be the worry. Worth giving the co-op a call? It's in their best interests to see continuity of supply. Was he a teagasc client? They should also know of local relief milkers. And finally our famous farming union - surely helping out in situations like this is the very reason for their existence.

Edit: Or the Northern equipment equivalent.

AG - I hope it all works out. I don't know the details but it sounds like an awful tragedy.