Farming Chit Chat III

bob charles · 04-10-2013 08:51AM

anyone going to the Goldcrop forage open day? just heading off, will take photos if anyone want them posted

freedominacup · 04-10-2013 12:34PM

I'm having a right time of it here. Mrs Freedom in the spa, bottomless coffee cup, comfy chair and a grand view. Able to keep a close eye on boards uninterrupted.:cool: Only trouble is the laptop battery is starting to die.

Muckit · 04-10-2013 12:39PM

freedominacup wrote: »

I'm having a right time of it here. Mrs Freedom in the spa, bottomless coffee cup, comfy chair and a grand view.

Jaysus who have you over? !!! :-)

naughto · 04-10-2013 01:41PM

two PB cows broke last week one 9 weeks the other 6 ,will have to give them a miss now as its there second time breaking.one of them has only on ovari so its not uncommon ,she would get the road put she throws great calves.
the other one will prob get the hook she puts very little in to the calves and has very little milk.
if it was me id be changing from sucklers as part time farming with sucklers is a joke put what do i no iam only the farm help.

Muckit · 04-10-2013 01:58PM

naughto wrote: »

two PB cows broke last week one 9 weeks the other 6 ,will have to give them a miss now as its there second time breaking.one of them has only on ovari so its not uncommon ,she would get the road put she throws great calves.
the other one will prob get the hook she puts very little in to the calves and has very little milk.
if it was me id be changing from sucklers as part time farming with sucklers is a joke put what do i no iam only the farm help.

I feel you pain. Changed over to all mainly drystock inlast few years, but still held onto 2 PB's for oul lad's sake. I don't know if they're even in calf as I've given up worrying about them. Not making too bad a fist at the drystock. Only thing is have to watch cash flow as alot of money tied up in stock when your not breeding your own.

darragh_haven · 04-10-2013 02:00PM

This is just the dig out for a round slurry storage tank. Mostly under ground and 2 meters over ground.... its a lotta sh1te :eek:

bogman_bass · 04-10-2013 02:11PM

That in cork?

Timmaay · 04-10-2013 02:18PM

Our 18yr old pet farm cat died today! Was great for catching mice and rats, I remember her in one of the sheds, found a mouse, had it in her mouth, when out popped another mouse, she sticks her paw out and caught that one also ha.

darragh_haven · 04-10-2013 02:30PM

bogman_bass wrote: »

That in cork?

Naw. Antrim. Storage tank will hold 1.2 million gallons

delaval · 04-10-2013 02:43PM

FFS, cows no water today. I set up break and let them out and locked them out this am so can only blame myself.

I tell every one to check water as cows enter and leave the paddock, one of the golden rules here so much so that the sticker is on the two bikes.

I think I'll say nothing as the slagging will be awful. Word still is the milk drop, not good at this time of the year.

Elementary error could only be made by a gobshyte!!!!

whelan1 · 04-10-2013 03:32PM

bought 2 x 8ft galvanised hanging troughs and 1 x 4ft one off mr connors for 160 euro, got him down from 220, look sturdy enough:D

bob charles · 04-10-2013 06:12PM

delaval wrote: »

Elementary error could only be made by a gobshyte!!!!

there is a least one of them employed full time around here

delaval · 04-10-2013 06:45PM

bob charles wrote: »

there is a least one of them employed full time around here

And I have one that gets paid last aswell

just do it · 04-10-2013 06:51PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Naw. Antrim. Storage tank will hold 1.2 million gallons

Is that a few metres of top soil I see?!

(not jealous......honestly

)

just do it · 04-10-2013 06:52PM

bob charles wrote: »

there is a least one of them employed full time around here

The one here is only part-time employed!

Today's elementary error, forgot to turn electric fence back on yesterday....you can guess the result :rolleyes:

darragh_haven · 04-10-2013 07:17PM

just do it wrote: »

Is that a few metres of top soil I see?!

(not jealous......honestly )

There is "only" 1meter if top soil, the rest is sub soil. I'm sure we would have hit rock in the next meter or 2 if we kept digging :-D

moy83 · 04-10-2013 07:23PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

There is "only" 1meter if top soil, the rest is sub soil. I'm sure we would have hit rock in the next meter or 2 if we kept digging :-D

Thats a nice dig , I dug two holes today for gate posts by hand and I'd say I brought up more stones out of them than ye had in the that big hole

Conmaicne Mara · 04-10-2013 07:26PM

moy83 wrote: »

Thats a nice dig , I dug two holes today for gate posts by hand and I'd say I brought up more stones out of them than ye had in the that big hole

I've no topsoil in spots

Pure nutritious bedrock, great for thrive :cool:

Was looking at putting in a bit of an access road earlier in the year, an inch of soil, a foot of subsoil, and then "where's the rock breaker". Will have to find a new route, can't lower that hill.

moy83 · 04-10-2013 08:11PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

I've no topsoil in spots Pure nutritious bedrock, great for thrive :cool:

Was looking at putting in a bit of an access road earlier in the year, an inch of soil, a foot of subsoil, and then "where's the rock breaker". Will have to find a new route, can't lower that hill.

Pity we cant blast these things

Conmaicne Mara · 04-10-2013 08:26PM

moy83 wrote: »

Pity we cant blast these things

Chaper to go the long route I reckon. The last time there was blasting on that land the cops parked their car sideways right on the blind corner :eek: Wasn't the explosives that were hazardous that day.

Milked out · 04-10-2013 08:48PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

This is just the dig out for a round slurry storage tank. Mostly under ground and 2 meters over ground.... its a lotta sh1te :eek:

Jaysus, if I tried that around here I'd put john a wood out of business with the rock i'd have to break and ballygowan out with the water that would be flowing

darragh_haven · 04-10-2013 08:56PM

Milked out wrote: »

Jaysus, if I tried that around here I'd put john a wood out of business with the rock i'd have to break and ballygowan out with the water that would be flowing

I wanted the digging company to price the job, and I had boreholes done. They wouldn't belive the borehole results so we did trial pits. They went down as far as the boom of the 20ton track machine would go with the big digging bucket. = cheaper price :-D

bob charles · 04-10-2013 09:13PM

just do it wrote: »

The one here is only part-time employed!

Today's elementary error, forgot to turn electric fence back on yesterday....you can guess the result :rolleyes:

the clown done the same here last monday, hence heifer in with neighbors bulls Wednesday morning, added a couple of hours work to the day all for the sake of remembering to do a 20second walk to put the fence back on

bob charles · 04-10-2013 09:16PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

I wanted the digging company to price the job, and I had boreholes done. They wouldn't belive the borehole results so we did trial pits. They went down as far as the boom of the 20ton track machine would go with the big digging bucket. = cheaper price :-D

was it cost effective to do the boreholes on such a small job, And what machine was used. I have a slatted tank to dig out but usually is a case of keep digging until we cant dig no more (3ft ish) and then get the sledge and crowbar out:D

redzerologhlen · 04-10-2013 09:34PM

Sad day here. My uncle in America got hit by a car this evening and was killed instantly, 2 young lads and one of them is 13 tomorrow and the other is 11. Hard to believe this time last week all we were worried about was getting tickets for the match. You can't prepare for something like this happening

freedominacup · 04-10-2013 09:38PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Sad day here. My uncle in America got hit by a car this evening and was killed instantly, 2 young lads and one of them is 13 tomorrow and the other is 11. Hard to believe this time last week all we were worried about was getting tickets for the match. You can't prepare for something like this happening

Sorry for your troubles Red.

darragh_haven · 04-10-2013 09:38PM

bob charles wrote: »

was it cost effective to do the boreholes on such a small job, And what machine was used. I have a slatted tank to dig out but usually is a case of keep digging until we cant dig no more (3ft ish) and then get the sledge and crowbar out:D

Jaysus bob, you sound like you love hardship ;-) . I should do a weeks works placement with you just to experience the depression ha ha.
The boreholes were done by stratex, a specialist company with a serious looking tracked rig. I just analyse the report. Cost approx 8k sterling but it has to be done to nail down costs. But the entire job is 2.5 million sterling so its a small part of it

bob charles · 04-10-2013 09:45PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Sad day here. My uncle in America got hit by a car this evening and was killed instantly, 2 young lads and one of them is 13 tomorrow and the other is 11. Hard to believe this time last week all we were worried about was getting tickets for the match. You can't prepare for something like this happening

Sorry to hear that Redzer. I was sitting around today and two different lucky spiders were fooling around my hands :rolleyes::rolleyes: and I was just thinking that we dont realise how lucky we are each day just to see the day out. your whole life can be changed in split seconds

Mac Taylor · 04-10-2013 09:46PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Sad day here. My uncle in America got hit by a car this evening and was killed instantly, 2 young lads and one of them is 13 tomorrow and the other is 11. Hard to believe this time last week all we were worried about was getting tickets for the match. You can't prepare for something like this happening

Redzer, sorry for your loss.

darragh_haven · 04-10-2013 09:50PM

bob charles wrote: »

Just as I taught, 8k would go a long way to doing most of the rock breaking.

The muck shift was over 100k sterling alone. Its a big hole!!!!

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