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Farming Chit Chat III

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  • #872
    stand on!!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭stand on!!


    Muckit wrote: »
    Bsloe

    Some great stock in it today good cattle were a great trade


  • #873
    Marooned75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Marooned75


    I'd say the SFP got lashed today


  • #874
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    stand on!! wrote: »
    Some great stock in it today good cattle were a great trade

    Were ya buying/selling or in at lunchtime for a look?


  • #875
    stand on!!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭stand on!!


    Muckit wrote: »
    Were ya buying/selling or in at lunchtime for a look?

    Was in for the cows and was back after 4 again at the heifers. The boys from the south east were very fit again today


  • #876
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,557 ✭✭✭simx


    anyone tell me where in the midlands west would be best to pick up a few sucklers?


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  • #877
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    stand on!! wrote: »
    Was in for the cows and was back after 4 again at the heifers. The boys from the south east were very fit again today
    God that's a good number your on! :-)


  • #878
    stand on!!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭stand on!!


    simx wrote: »
    anyone tell me where in the midlands west would be best to pick up a few sucklers?

    Would you want Springers or calves at foot?


  • #879
    stand on!!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭stand on!!


    Muckit wrote: »
    God that's a good number your on! :-)

    The best dry cow in it was in calve . Bought one but gave her to another man in the end


  • #880
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    stand on!! wrote: »
    The best dry cow in it was in calve . Bought one but gave her to another man in the end

    You buy that charolais that tipped the scales at 900 kg. God she was a tank.


  • #881
    stand on!!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭stand on!!


    Muckit wrote: »
    You buy that charolais that tipped the scales at 900 kg. God she was a tank.

    Id have bought her if she wasnt that long gone incalf even if she was dry she needed alot more feeding


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  • #882
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,557 ✭✭✭simx


    stand on!! wrote: »
    Would you want Springers or calves at foot?


    calves at foot preferably but would take springers also


  • #883
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    jersey101 wrote: »
    Got the disease screening report there from the coop. Says ive a high positive for stomach worms. All the winter ones were dosed at dry off for fluke and worms. Should i bother doing them all seeing as half the spring ones will be dried off in a month?

    I got a similar report and had a few young cows that I wasn't happy with the condition of. I just did them on Mon immeadiate improvement.They were girls I bought in. Eprinex dispenser makes it very easy to hop up and do one or two in a row just added a couple of mins to milking. We do everything with Albex 2 weeks after drying off.


  • #884
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    freedominacup wrote: »
    I got a similar report and had a few young cows that I wasn't happy with the condition of. I just did them on Mon immeadiate improvement.They were girls I bought in. Eprinex dispenser makes it very easy to hop up and do one or two in a row just added a couple of mins to milking. We do everything with Albex 2 weeks after drying off.
    is there a cheaper version of eprinex or was i dreaming?


  • #885
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,900 ✭✭✭mf240


    whelan1 wrote: »
    is there a cheaper version of eprinex or was i dreaming?

    Eprizero


  • #886
    flat out !!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭flat out !!


    Bags packed. Off to New York for a week in the morn. They even lifted the goverment spending shutdown in time for us, happy days.:D


  • #887
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Have a good time!


  • #888
    awaywithyou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭awaywithyou


    flat out !! wrote: »
    Bags packed. Off to New York for a week in the morn. They even lifted the goverment spending shutdown in time for us, happy days.:D


    enjoy....

    myself and the missus are heading there monday fortnight....!


  • #889
    Lastin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 125 ✭✭Lastin


    awaywithyou wrote: »
    enjoy....

    myself and the missus are heading there monday fortnight....!
    Will somebody please tell me where I am going wrong?


  • #890
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    will you lads going for the cows give me a shout in the morning :)


  • #891
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    bob charles wrote: »
    will you lads going for the cows give me a shout in the morning :)

    Bob, bob, bob, get up ta f**k will ya;)


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  • #892
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,900 ✭✭✭mf240


    freedominacup wrote: »
    Bob, bob, bob, get up ta f**k will ya;)

    No sigh of him yet?

    Get up bob.


  • #893
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    mf240 wrote: »
    No sigh of him yet?

    Get up bob.

    Lazy git:rolleyes:


  • #894
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    freedominacup wrote: »
    Lazy git:rolleyes:

    im up, you lads didnt shout loud enough earlier and im running late now. So much for thinking the long days were over earlier in the week


  • #895
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    went over to see cow there about 7 ish this morning, hard to see at that time but she had calved and calf seemed to be sucking so left her be and went off and did few other jobs, came back around that way 7.30 ish and was curious to see what she had so was heading toward her, was about 50m away from her and it was still darkish enough, though i saw something move around her very low to ground, saw the cow swirl around a few times like they would with a dog so i let a shout out..fcuker of a fox..he took off like a rocket, couldnt believe the devil was so bold around a cow, he had gone right up to her and hadnt taken off till i shouted..i suppose he was looking for a bit of cleaning or something


  • #896
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    went over to see cow there about 7 ish this morning, hard to see at that time but she had calved and calf seemed to be sucking so left her be and went off and did few other jobs, came back around that way 7.30 ish and was curious to see what she had so was heading toward her, was about 50m away from her and it was still darkish enough, though i saw something move around her very low to ground, saw the cow swirl around a few times like they would with a dog so i let a shout out..fcuker of a fox..he took off like a rocket, couldnt believe the devil was so bold around a cow, he had gone right up to her and hadnt taken off till i shouted..i suppose he was looking for a bit of cleaning or something

    I've heard of them chewing on newborn calves hooves, even udders of sick cows.


  • #897
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    I've heard of them chewing on newborn calves hooves, even udders of sick cows.

    they have some speed, my own dog took off after him but never got near him


  • #898
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    they have some speed, my own dog took off after him but never got near him

    Yeah, rocket powered.


  • #899
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    bob charles wrote: »
    im up, you lads didnt shout loud enough earlier and im running late now. So much for thinking the long days were over earlier in the week

    Nag nag nag


  • #900
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    went over to see cow there about 7 ish this morning, hard to see at that time but she had calved and calf seemed to be sucking so left her be and went off and did few other jobs, came back around that way 7.30 ish and was curious to see what she had so was heading toward her, was about 50m away from her and it was still darkish enough, though i saw something move around her very low to ground, saw the cow swirl around a few times like they would with a dog so i let a shout out..fcuker of a fox..he took off like a rocket, couldnt believe the devil was so bold around a cow, he had gone right up to her and hadnt taken off till i shouted..i suppose he was looking for a bit of cleaning or something

    A good rifle sorts then fellas out


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  • #901
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    A good rifle sorts then fellas out

    ya not into shooting myself now and dont like to see lads coming into the place shooting ..i dont have any sheep and i suppose they have never been an issue for me, that said id say the place is over run with them and i suppose if the fecker had damaged the calf id be fairly soar so might say it to a few locals that are into shooting


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