Farming Chit Chat III

Muckit · 05-11-2013 07:50PM

I see. God a strange one Redz, we don't have anything like that around here. So would they get good crowds for both rings?

redzerologhlen · 05-11-2013 07:56PM

Muckit wrote: »

I see. God a strange one Redz, we don't have anything like that around here. So would they get good crowds for both rings?

There's normally more spectators in the runner ring. I think myself there is better value in the other one though. There's never a shortage of cattle for either ring.

jomoloney · 05-11-2013 08:02PM

onyerbikepat wrote: »

I had weanlings in Ennis today. There at 9.30 and had to wait 30 mins to get tru queu. Fellas were driving in and just skipping the queu and unloading, maddening.
Ennis operate a system for weanling bulls, where you can ring in and book them from 8 days before. Draw then for the first 35 lots. Today it was pen 14 first. Then back down to pen 1 and then on from pen 15 again. I had pen 19 so in at 1.30. Trade middling, I thought, but I was selling.:)
I had all mine well weaned and on meal. You'd wonder is it worth it all. Saw loads going through that were off the cow that morning and selling well. You'd have to wonder.

well sory if i jumped you but had a second run nearly 30 miles out

Muckit wrote: »

I see. God a strange one Redz, we don't have anything like that around here. So would they get good crowds for both rings?

3 rings going to day

didnt stay too long but some middling stock

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 08:05PM

Am doing abit with work up the country and decided to go the mart in kilcullen. Starting at 6 in the evening would you believe. Never heard of that down my neck of the woods. Poor enough stuff there I thought.

Mac Taylor · 05-11-2013 08:25PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Am doing abit with work up the country and decided to go the mart in kilcullen. Starting at 6 in the evening would you believe. Never heard of that down my neck of the woods. Poor enough stuff there I thought.

Both Gort and Loughrea have evening marts. Really suits the pt farmer as he does not need to take a day off to sell.

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 08:30PM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Both Gort and Loughrea have evening marts. Really suits the pt farmer as he does not need to take a day off to sell.

Ya I agree completely. Would love to see it coming in down in our place but I doubt it'll happen any time soon. Good idea alright.

Muckit · 05-11-2013 08:57PM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Both Gort and Loughrea have evening marts. Really suits the pt farmer as he does not need to take a day off to sell.

Mountbellew used to be on in the evening, then they changed to during the day, the same day as a mart less than 15miles away!

reilig · 05-11-2013 08:57PM

Marooned75 wrote: »

if ya did that in the first place you'd have saved yourself a lot of bother.

Hindsight is always 20/20

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 09:04PM

Lads this fecking Joint ill is wrecking my head.
He just can't seem to shake it.

whelan1 · 05-11-2013 09:06PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Lads this fecking Joint ill is wrecking my head.
He just can't seem to shake it.

how long you injecting and with what

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 09:20PM

whelan1 wrote: »

how long you injecting and with what

Spotted he had abit of a swollen navel after he was maybe 4 r 5 days old so treated him for that. Then about a week later I cot him in the field to check the navel and noticed his knee. Called vet. He injected him with god knows what. Lanced the knee. Its been over two weeks since and the knees not great. Vet said give him nothing else bar bathing tje knee with warm salty water.
Im at a loss!

whelan1 · 05-11-2013 09:23PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Spotted he had abit of a swollen navel after he was maybe 4 r 5 days old so treated him for that. Then about a week later I cot him in the field to check the navel and noticed his knee. Called vet. He injected him with god knows what. Lanced the knee. Its been over two weeks since and the knees not great. Vet said give him nothing else bar bathing tje knee with warm salty water.
Im at a loss!

afair 10 days of antibiotics , noroclav or betamox, ring vet , how is the naval

td5man · 05-11-2013 09:28PM

Another bull calf today, f***ing ai.
think the stock bull will be back in use next year

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 09:33PM

whelan1 wrote: »

afair 10 days of antibiotics , noroclav or betamox, ring vet , how is the naval

The vet eventually gave me a bottle that he mixed for me.
He would never tell you what he's given um in case u got educated about it I suppose. Asked him wat it was and he just said "its for swollen navels".
The navel has gone way down thank god but its gone down before a flared back up again.

whelan1 · 05-11-2013 09:38PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

The vet eventually gave me a bottle that he mixed for me.
He would never tell you what he's given um in case u got educated about it I suppose. Asked him wat it was and he just said "its for swollen navels".
The navel has gone way down thank god but its gone down before a flared back up again.

we normally treat for 10 days , pen and strep wouldnt be strong enough

mahoney_j · 05-11-2013 09:39PM

td5man wrote: »

Another bull calf today, f***ing ai.
think the stock will be back in use next year

Dont worry chief itll all balance out in the end,I used to be the sme but i was only putting about 50% of my cowa in calf to freisan.I know put 90% in calf to ai freisan and nearly always end up 50 50 which gives enough replacements and leaves a surplus.ever think of sexed semen???

td5man · 05-11-2013 09:40PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

The vet eventually gave me a bottle that he mixed for me.
He would never tell you what he's given um in case u got educated about it I suppose. Asked him wat it was and he just said "its for swollen navels".
The navel has gone way down thank god but its gone down before a flared back up again.

Had a heifer calf cut her knee this year and was bad for a month
Injected her with noroclav for a while and she came right eventually

Brown Podzol · 05-11-2013 09:40PM

td5man wrote: »

Another bull calf today, f***ing ai.
think the stock will be back in use next year

What do they do with the semen left over after sexing:D;):cool:

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 09:42PM

whelan1 wrote: »

we normally treat for 10 days , pen and strep wouldnt be strong enough

Ya we were giving pen but the vet said it was a waste of time. Thanks for the advce sure we'll see how he goes!

td5man · 05-11-2013 09:42PM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Dont worry chief itll all balance out in the end,I used to be the sme but i was only putting about 50% of my cowa in calf to freisan.I know put 90% in calf to ai freisan and nearly always end up 50 50 which gives enough replacements and leaves a surplus.ever think of sexed semen???

Had a stock bull here and had 80% heifers for a few years

rancher · 05-11-2013 09:45PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

The vet eventually gave me a bottle that he mixed for me.
He would never tell you what he's given um in case u got educated about it I suppose. Asked him wat it was and he just said "its for swollen navels".
The navel has gone way down thank god but its gone down before a flared back up again.

As Whelan says you have to give it for 10 days for joint ill, it take a long time for antibiotics to work in the joints.
In lambs any way, you only get one chance to cure it, so you hit it hard and for a good few days.

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 09:45PM

td5man wrote: »

Had a heifer calf cut her knee this year and was bad for a month
Injected her with noroclav for a while and she came right eventually

Ya Whelan recommended that stuff aswell. Must get my hands on a bottle of it.

mahoney_j · 05-11-2013 09:52PM

td5man wrote: »

Had a stock bull here and had 80% heifers for a few years

Yeadh i know what ur sayin and a few around me are the same with stock bulls but there heifers are quite a bit back on anyone with ai freisan when it comes to solids kg and %.A very good dairy farmer in my group has some lovely stock ,Very good for type lots of milk but would be always lagging a bit on solids.Only my opinion but ai is worth preserving with as you alway have the best of genetics to pick from

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 09:55PM

rancher wrote: »

As Whelan says you have to give it for 10 days for joint ill, it take a long time for antibiotics to work in the joints.
In lambs any way, you only get one chance to cure it, so you hit it hard and for a good few days.

****. He gave him 1 injection and left me 1 To give the following day. I might be in a spot of bother. And hes a ped bull and all.

dzer2 · 05-11-2013 09:57PM

Vet should give you noroclav need to be carefull and get enough needles as you dont want to compromise the drugs.

TITANIUM. · 05-11-2013 10:01PM

dzer2 wrote: »

Vet should give you noroclav need to be carefull and get enough needles as you dont want to compromise the drugs.

This fella would give you **** all. Probably so youd have to keep calling him.

3 the square · 05-11-2013 10:39PM

you can now order tags from mullinahone coop on line very handy indeed

bob charles · 06-11-2013 12:31AM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

This fella would give you **** all. Probably so youd have to keep calling him.

ring the next local clinic and get a new vet, you make your vet sound like a plonker

freedominacup · 06-11-2013 12:40AM

bob charles wrote: »

ring the next local clinic and get a new vet, you make your vet sound like a plonker

His feet shouldn't have touched the ground on the way out after he gave you the "it's for swollen navels" answer.

nhg · 06-11-2013 05:43AM

jersey101 wrote: »

Anyone ever use that phisolith lime? We used it two years ago and thought it was brilliant stuff. Salesman in the yard here today said now was the time of the year to spread it, thinking of getting it. Anyone else any experience with it?

We used it on a reseed that we couldn't tie in with the blanket lime spreading of the farm, it works out expensive, the reseed field beside it (which has the same lime requirement of 2.5T/Acre) got the lime & we can't see any difference even though the Physolith is supposed to work straight away & the lime takes a yr before it works.

Firstly the rep told us that the Physolith would work for aprox 5 yrs & when we asked that question again he said 2/3 years it would work for.

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