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Farming Chit Chat III

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  • #2642
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    Came in to yard one day saw dung well away from shed, thought bullock had gotten out counted them .... ya one short... went off searching fields met neighbour asked him, searched other neighbours fields , checked other shed in yard... there he was.. I had moved him a few days previously but forgotten , ferlt a right boll...


  • #2643
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    Time to put the heavier duvet on the bed me thinks....


  • #2644
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    jersey101 wrote: »
    Time to put the heavier duvet on the bed me thinks....
    oh that was done a week ago...makes a lovely nest


  • #2645
    J DEERE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 402 ✭✭J DEERE


    Richk2012 wrote: »
    Disaster here today .
    Blue Heifer calving to HCA Limo .
    Tried the jack on her but wasnt budging .

    Rang vet and was here within half hour .
    I was thinking of a section but he said he reckon we get her .
    Bent my calving jack half way through so had to use his .
    Calf got stuck at the hips and just wouldnt release
    . Had to cut the calf out in pieces .
    Sick is an understatement

    I know how ya feel my man. Exact same thing happened here about two years ago. A blue cow, calf got stuck at hips when my gut said c-section. Lost the calf and vet ended up sawing him out, one of my worst days farming to see a perfect calf just cut apart and knowing it was my fault. Said never again.

    6 months later had a cow in calving, knew by the feet and tension on the jack that it was a monster. Rang the vet straight away. Drove into the yard, done his inspections and came to the conclusion that the calf was dead inside. He wanted to cut him out the same way. Said no way, wasn't witnessing that again. Something was telling me to give it a chance though. Told him to do a c-section, pull the calf out and he draws a big breath as he hits the floor. 5 minutes later he's sitting up looking at us and was up sucking within the hour.

    Moral of the story: Go with your gut instinct


  • #2646
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    Ah lads are ye not sleeping with a hot woman


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  • #2647
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    dharn wrote: »
    Ah lads are ye not sleeping with a hot woman
    def but she demanded a heavy duvet so like any manly man...........i obeyed :D:D:D


  • #2648
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    dharn wrote: »
    Ah lads are ye not sleeping with a hot woman

    Duvet sounds a better option.


  • #2649
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    td5man wrote: »
    Duvet sounds a better option.
    maybe but its handy for the extra heat sourse


  • #2650
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,391 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Yeh gone bloody freezing here last 2 days. Two pairs of gloves going on for the milkings, and I'll leave them on till I've the morning jobs done. Electric blanket is the job for the bed, Don't know how I ever survived without one!


  • #2651
    thetiredfarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭thetiredfarmer


    I think I must be one of the last to make grass silage this year!
    I just finished 140 very wet bales for fella this evening. Some Muck!


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  • #2652
    C0N0R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,965 ✭✭✭C0N0R


    Just sitting in the dentist waiting for two fillings, think id rather go home! Its getting warm here, duvet could be in a heap in the corner soon. Sun burn is a killer!!


  • #2653
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    thetiredfarmer wrote: »
    I think I must be one of the last to make grass silage this year!
    I just finished 140 very wet bales for fella this evening. Some Muck!

    I'll take your word for it :D


  • #2654
    thetiredfarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭thetiredfarmer


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    I'll take your word for it :D

    I have video of it but cant get to put it on here,sliding slightly sideways !!!


  • #2655
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    thetiredfarmer wrote: »
    I think I must be one of the last to make grass silage this year!
    I just finished 140 very wet bales for fella this evening. Some Muck!

    They might be 140 bales of pure honey for hungry cattle next march though !


  • #2656
    thetiredfarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭thetiredfarmer


    moy83 wrote: »
    They might be 140 bales of pure honey for hungry cattle next march though !

    ah I hope they work out for him. My tractor was getting it hard to handle two at a time they were that full of water but they looked well in the stack!


  • #2657
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    thetiredfarmer wrote: »
    ah I hope they work out for him. My tractor was getting it hard to handle two at a time they were that full of water but they looked well in the stack!

    Might sag in a while tho


  • #2658
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,391 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    C0N0R wrote: »
    Just sitting in the dentist waiting for two fillings, think id rather go home! Its getting warm here, duvet could be in a heap in the corner soon. Sun burn is a killer!!

    Ah now stop annoying us!


  • #2659
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    thetiredfarmer wrote: »
    ah I hope they work out for him. My tractor was getting it hard to handle two at a time they were that full of water but they looked well in the stack!

    A neighbour used to stick the very bottom of the bale with a penknife to let the water out for a few days after baling and then patch them again . He reckons no air gets in and they dry out nicely


  • #2660
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    moy83 wrote: »
    A neighbour used to stick the very bottom of the bale with a penknife to let the water out for a few days after baling and then patch them again . He reckons no air gets in and they dry out nicely

    I remember the water that came out of the bales in winter of 2010 I think it was, slicing a bale and about 5 litres would come out of them


  • #2661
    thetiredfarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭thetiredfarmer


    moy83 wrote: »
    A neighbour used to stick the very bottom of the bale with a penknife to let the water out for a few days after baling and then patch them again . He reckons no air gets in and they dry out nicely

    Yea I think that would be very effective in this case alright,I might suggest it to him.
    Do you think they will preserve themselves with what I imagine would be very little sugar content at this time of year?


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  • #2662
    naughto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭naughto


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    oh that was done a week ago...makes a lovely nest
    i think thats why you will be a daddy in the new yr:pac::pac:


  • #2663
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    thetiredfarmer wrote: »
    Yea I think that would be very effective in this case alright,I might suggest it to him.
    Do you think they will preserve themselves with what I imagine would be very little sugar content at this time of year?

    If you ain't too sure of the bales couldn't he feed them first or at least shortly enough


  • #2664
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    thetiredfarmer wrote: »
    Yea I think that would be very effective in this case alright,I might suggest it to him.
    Do you think they will preserve themselves with what I imagine would be very little sugar content at this time of year?

    I'm no expert but I doubt there would much trouble with them preserving . Did they get much rain after it was cut ?


  • #2665
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    naughto wrote: »
    i think thats why you will be a daddy in the new yr:pac::pac:

    You only get away with it for so long :D


  • #2666
    thetiredfarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭thetiredfarmer


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    If you ain't too sure of the bales couldn't he feed them first or at least shortly enough
    I dont think he has enough cattle to eat them all and I think he was planning on shifting some of them on but I know I wouldn't buy them.


  • #2667
    thetiredfarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭thetiredfarmer


    moy83 wrote: »
    I'm no expert but I doubt there would much trouble with them preserving . Did they get much rain after it was cut ?

    I mowed it on Friday and it got a couple of heavy showers on Saturday but Sunday and today were good but no real drying.


  • #2668
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    thetiredfarmer wrote: »
    I mowed it on Friday and it got a couple of heavy showers on Saturday but Sunday and today were good but no real drying.

    I wouldnt be too worried about them if they were mine . Sure he can sample one or two soon and see how they turned out . I dont think there is a big surplus of silage in the country this year so he shouldnt have much trouble off loading them even if they arent grade A


  • #2669
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    moy83 wrote: »
    I wouldnt be too worried about them if they were mine . Sure he can sample one or two soon and see how they turned out . I dont think there is a big surplus of silage in the country this year so he shouldnt have much trouble off loading them even if they arent grade A

    Sell them to Bob :D


  • #2670
    C0N0R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,965 ✭✭✭C0N0R


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Ah now stop annoying us!

    If it makes you feel any better we could be doing with a bit of rain, irrigation isnt what I want right now!!


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  • #2671
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    jersey101 wrote: »
    Any way that's neither here nor there, turned out better for me in the end because we got a bigger plot of land :D
    Still have to find this heifer though.
    do you let hunting people on your land? if ya do ask them to keep a look out, dogs mind find something


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