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Farming Chit Chat III

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  • #902
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    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

    Im surprised its over run with them down there, the lad next door to you spends a lot of time lamping even up around here.


  • #903
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    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

    I used to be like you about the shooting but a couple of fellas I was friendly with got involved in the local gun club and changed my mind completely. I couldn't really refuse them the shooting as individuals and they asked me on behalf of the club I said I'd let them in for a season that was almost 10 years ago. They rear their own pheasants and release them over the summer so I don't care how many they shoot and TBH which would you rather be a factory farmed chicken with no chance at all in life or death or a pheasant that at least gets a summer in the open and a chance of escape? Which is crueller?

    The gun club do a lot of vermin control crows, magpies, pigeons, mink and rabbits. and will always come fairly quickly if you're getting grief in corn or meal stores. They do their own gamekeeping and keep a close eye on who is hunting over the land they have preserved which saves us from having to deal with all the randomers we used to get. We know most of them and they have respect for yards and boundaries and so far no regrets in fact plenty of positives.

    Strangely though the one thing they can't hunt on our land is foxes:o. There was a huge cull done around here 20+ years ago when there was a lot of sheep in the area and numbers still haven't recovered IMO and we're overrun with rabbits so foxes are off limits.


  • #904
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    Im surprised its over run with them down there, the lad next door to you spends a lot of time lamping even up around here.

    ive probably created a haven for the feckers :o
    i often see them anyway and even came across a cub there a few years back but i dont really know how many there would be now or if thats an indication thats there are alot of them about


  • #905
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    ive probably created a haven for the feckers :o
    i often see them anyway and even came across a cub there a few years back but i dont really know how many there would be now or if thats an indication thats there are alot of them about

    Not a week goes by here but I would see one or two at least. No sheep so Im not too bothered by them either, I hate the crying sound the cubs make in the spring nights though.


  • #906
    Dampintheattic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭Dampintheattic


    Got a new Jack Russell there about a year ago.
    He has turned into a serious ratter -;)

    Shifted around a load of small sq bales of straw there on Sunday, to make a bit of room. Disturbed 2 rats in the process. They didn't make it to the door of the shed. Bosco nailed them -;)

    Seen a few more dead rats around the place over the past few weeks. Bosco at work!


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  • #907
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    Dampintheattic wrote: »
    Got a new Jack Russell there about a year ago.
    He has turned into a serious ratter -;)

    Shifted around a load of small sq bales of straw there on Sunday, to make a bit of room. Disturbed 2 rats in the process. They didn't make it to the door of the shed. Bosco nailed them -;)

    Seen a few more dead rats around the place over the past few weeks. Bosco at work!

    might be no harm vaccinate him for lepto so in case rats give it to him


  • #908
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    One of the kids pulled a sickie, hate that all the plans I have for the day have to change. Lucky that I work from home, must be very hard on families out working as kids sick are not a thing you plan for


  • #909
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    whelan1 wrote: »
    One of the kids pulled a sickie, hate that all the plans I have for the day have to change. Lucky that I work from home, must be very hard on families out working as kids sick are not a thing you plan for

    Thats what grandparents were for, I thought!


  • #910
    Dampintheattic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭Dampintheattic


    whelan1 wrote: »
    One of the kids pulled a sickie, hate that all the plans I have for the day have to change. Lucky that I work from home, must be very hard on families out working as kids sick are not a thing you plan for

    FFS! Interfering with powerwashing!! Not acceptable. -;)


  • #911
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Dampintheattic wrote: »
    FFS! Interfering with powerwashing!! Not acceptable. -;)

    Powerwashing finished


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  • #912
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Dampintheattic wrote: »
    FFS! Interfering with powerwashing!! Not acceptable. -;)

    Powerwashing finished


  • #913
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Powerwashing finished

    i see the hand is still shaking from the powerwashing:D


  • #914
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    was in lidl earlier they are selling hare fillets:eek:


  • #915
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    whelan1 wrote: »
    was in lidl earlier they are selling hare fillets:eek:

    I think they are doing kangaroo steaks also. .... hopping off the shelves they are


  • #916
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Muckit wrote: »
    I think they are doing kangaroo steaks also. .... hopping off the shelves they are

    kangaroo steaks are nice, stewed rabbit is also tasty


  • #917
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Friend of mine is over in Australia, some lads brought him out shooting Kangaroos, think he was shooting at anything that moved :pac:


  • #918
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Friend of mine is over in Australia, some lads brought him out shooting Kangaroos, think he was shooting at anything that moved :pac:

    poor fooking skippy

    they eat croc and ostrich as well, both tasty too:D

    cant imagine whelan1 cooking a croc on her barbecue:D


  • #919
    AntrimGlens
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭AntrimGlens


    Can't beat a bit of ostrich steak with figs in a redcurrant jus - would be one of my specialities for the wife if i'm cooking for an anniversary or sumthing.

    had impala and urdu when in africa and it's really a super steak, drier than beef and leaner but not nearly as gamey as kangaroo or venison.


  • #920
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    AntrimGlens wrote: »
    Can't beat a bit of ostrich steak with figs in a redcurrant jus - would be one of my specialities for the wife if i'm cooking for an anniversary or sumthing.

    had impala and urdu when in africa and it's really a super steak, drier than beef and leaner but not nearly as gamey as kangaroo or venison.

    jayus, good man antrim, ur a dark horse,:D

    bob could learn a thing or two from you;)


  • #921
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Hare, Kangaroo, ostrich impala steaks......God we really are a different breed of farmers to those gone before us


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  • #922
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    All cattle read and clear

    Clean up in full swing

    Now to find a victim for Jex bulls


  • #923
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    when i was going into lidl there was a man coming out with a carrier bag full of monkey nuts, all i could think of was he will have some amount of pebble dashing tomorrow if he eats all them:D


  • #924
    maxxuumman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 592 ✭✭✭maxxuumman


    delaval wrote: »
    All cattle read and clear

    Clean up in full swing

    Now to find a victim for Jex bulls

    Sell them off as impala. Tell who ever buys them Antrim said its lovely meat . Get a premium price, fu*k it, who'll know the difference.


  • #925
    Marooned75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Marooned75


    whelan1 wrote: »
    when i was going into lidl there was a man coming out with a carrier bag full of monkey nuts, all i could think of was he will have some amount of pebble dashing tomorrow if he eats all them:D

    What goes on in that skull of yours lol


  • #926
    maxxuumman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 592 ✭✭✭maxxuumman


    whelan1 wrote: »
    when i was going into lidl there was a man coming out with a carrier bag full of monkey nuts, all i could think of was he will have some amount of pebble dashing tomorrow if he eats all them:D

    I think I hear whelan's power washer firing up again !


  • #927
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Why is it ****ing rams always go missing at nightfall!


  • #928
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Why is it ****ing rams always go missing at nightfall!
    I'd say when you were young free and single, you were often on the missing list after dark;);)


  • #929
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    maxxuumman wrote: »
    I think I hear whelan's power washer firing up again !
    it might be needed tomorrow if that man eats all them peanuts


  • #930
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    delaval wrote: »
    All cattle read and clear

    Clean up in full swing

    Now to find a victim for Jex bulls
    i have a JE bull here. May go off to knackery


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  • #931
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    whelan1 wrote: »
    when i was going into lidl there was a man coming out with a carrier bag full of monkey nuts, all i could think of was he will have some amount of pebble dashing tomorrow if he eats all them:D
    mmmmm monkey nuts


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