Farming Chit Chat III

delaval · 25-11-2013 08:28PM

bob charles wrote: »

you racist

We actually call towney s "white runner" but I amended it to avoid such a comment

Conmaicne Mara · 25-11-2013 08:34PM

moy83 wrote: »

Kinda like the gaffe for lifting out a good lump of a salmon

I'll take your word for that

moy83 · 25-11-2013 08:38PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

I'll take your word for that

My salmon comes out of the package but I've seen these gaffes hanging up in pubs and the like

just do it · 25-11-2013 08:49PM

delaval wrote: »

We actually call towney s "white runner" but I amended it to avoid such a comment

I went to a retirement do a few years ago and about an hour into it I noticed I'd my farm shoes on. From there on in they were well and truly tucked away out of view :rolleyes:

onyerbikepat · 25-11-2013 08:57PM

I arrived into work one morning with my 'working pants' on. Pulled back from the desk at about 8.30 and looked down. Had to slip away home quietly to change. Covered in sh1te, they were.:rolleyes:

Bizzum · 25-11-2013 08:59PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Now you have it, when I've the sections cut I prise them loose to break the suction, otherwise it's murder dragging them out. Tomorrow morning will see the repair job commence.

Would a silage knife be any good for cutting the sod?

Conmaicne Mara · 25-11-2013 09:03PM

Bizzum wrote: »

Would a silage knife be any good for cutting the sod?

The forestry used to have a proper draining spade, am waiting on a lad to furnish me with a photo then I think I'll get one made up. It doesn't get lifted out of the ground at all, just keep moving along with it.

jersey101 · 25-11-2013 09:07PM

Don't know what to make of my father any more :[ he drove the whole way to the factory with the full headlights on and wouldnt turn them off, then when we unloaded the cows they had shat every where and he wouldn't wash it down there like we usually do. If he thinks im washing that tomorrow, he can think again

Timmaay · 25-11-2013 09:17PM

jersey101 wrote: »

Don't know what to make of my father any more :[ he drove the whole way to the factory with the full headlights on and wouldnt turn them off, then when we unloaded the cows they had shat every where and he wouldn't wash it down there like we usually do. If he thinks im washing that tomorrow, he can think again

Ya get use of it. My dad has a habit of driving straight out on the road on the tractor, like pops the loader right out, and front wheels a ft or so, fairly dangerous, I use to tell him not to but gave up. Only the other day the neighbour jokingly said she had to swerve to avoid him, her husband told her not to be complaining, that them old farmers have squatters rights to the road, I had to laugh at that.

Full headlights are a pet hate of mine, I'll let someone know they have their headlights on, I'll happily put my fulls on and blind them also!

Bodacious · 25-11-2013 09:17PM

a cow belonging to me broke into a neighbours and I opened the gate and went to turn her out but she horrified me as to what she did next.. she walked up to a fence 4 rows of heavy tinsley wire and cleared it as if it wasn't there (I only redone fence sunday) .. she 700kg + and calving in march and I only bought her as a springer last year ive seen her pop over elect fences white stakes before but this was near on 4ft

dharn · 25-11-2013 09:21PM

I see kovu has bought a military grade hard drive, must be expecting to meet sharpshooter

Timmaay · 25-11-2013 09:22PM

Ha, bloody luckily she didn't catch a teat on it! We've afew
good cows over the yrs from this, once the teat is cut its very hard to milk the cow right. I'd be happier without much barb wire at all on the farm, at least with an electric fence if the cow does charge through it she won't do much damage.

jersey101 · 25-11-2013 09:22PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Ya get use of it. My dad has a habit of driving straight out on the road on the tractor, like pops the loader right out, and front wheels a ft or so, fairly dangerous, I use to tell him not to but gave up. Only the other day the neighbour jokingly said she had to swerve to avoid him, her husband told her not to be complaining, that them old farmers have squatters rights to the road, I had to laugh at that.

Full headlights are a pet hate of mine, I'll let someone know they have their headlights on, I'll happily put my fulls on and blind them also!

Haha that reminds me when i was practicing for my driving test my driving instructer asked me what do you do when someone is driving towards you with fulls on, and naturally i said "sure put yours on and blind em out of it" she nearly took me head clean off

Bizzum · 25-11-2013 09:26PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

The forestry used to have a proper draining spade, am waiting on a lad to furnish me with a photo then I think I'll get one made up. It doesn't get lifted out of the ground at all, just keep moving along with it.

Is it a spade type with serated edge on one side?

Conmaicne Mara · 25-11-2013 09:28PM

Bizzum wrote: »

Is it a spade type with serated edge on one side?

Don't know, haven't seen it yet

Bizzum · 25-11-2013 09:31PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Full headlights are a pet hate of mine, I'll let someone know they have their headlights on, I'll happily put my fulls on and blind them also!

I knew an oul lad who used drive most of the time with the lights on full. Everyone he'd meet would flash him...............And he's say the same thing every time..............
" Small world, everyone knows ya!"

Poor devil is dead now.

Timmaay · 25-11-2013 09:35PM

Bizzum wrote: »

Poor devil is dead now.

Hope he didn't die in a car accident :eek:

Anyways, going to look at a bull tomorrow. He isn't vaccinated against anything, and I'm only vaccinating against Lepto yet (going to start IBR soon). How do I get him tested, and how long would I need to keep him isolated from my herd? The herd he comes from hasn't had any PI calves, so sounds BVD free at least.

whelan1 · 25-11-2013 09:37PM

Bodacious wrote: »

a cow belonging to me broke into a neighbours and I opened the gate and went to turn her out but she horrified me as to what she did next.. she walked up to a fence 4 rows of heavy tinsley wire and cleared it as if it wasn't there (I only redone fence sunday) .. she 700kg + and calving in march and I only bought her as a springer last year ive seen her pop over elect fences white stakes before but this was near on 4ft

have a young cow that keeps breaking out of paddocks, she broke out of cubicle shed last week through the feed barrier:mad::mad: would love to catch her in the act and give her a good slap of a wavin pipe

Muckit · 25-11-2013 09:45PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Ya get use of it. My dad has a habit of driving straight out on the road on the tractor, like pops the loader right out, and front wheels a ft or so, fairly dangerous, I use to tell him not to but gave up. Only the other day the neighbour jokingly said she had to swerve to avoid him

There was a lad killed a few years ago in near oranmore in a similar scenario... lad pulls out with loader down and car coming....... took roof and your man's head clean off

Conmaicne Mara · 25-11-2013 09:52PM

Anyone going watching the Healy Raes on TV3?

darragh_haven · 25-11-2013 09:52PM

whelan1 wrote: »

have a young cow that keeps breaking out of paddocks, she broke out of cubicle shed last week through the feed barrier:mad::mad: would love to catch her in the act and give her a good slap of a wavin pipe

A good farmer treats his/her cows like his/her children.

Plenty of half inch heavy gauge at hand so. ..

whelan1 · 25-11-2013 10:05PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

A good farmer treats his/her cows like his/her children.

Plenty of half inch heavy gauge at hand so. ..

when you go to get her from where she ends up she knows shes in trouble

Timmaay · 25-11-2013 10:06PM

whelan1 wrote: »

have a young cow that keeps breaking out of paddocks, she broke out of cubicle shed last week through the feed barrier:mad::mad: would love to catch her in the act and give her a good slap of a wavin pipe

One of the JExs keeps slipping under the feed barrier also, always find her out helping herself in the silage pit in the mornings. I may put an electric fence wire along just infront of the barrier, but haven't had the time, and shes quiet anyways, comes straight back in when you open the gate for her! Suppose it saves me a cubicle space, and bringing the silage into the feeding passage for her ha!

awaywithyou · 25-11-2013 10:18PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Anyone going watching the Healy Raes on TV3?

Legends of men

whelan1 · 25-11-2013 10:32PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Hope he didn't die in a car accident :eek:

Anyways, going to look at a bull tomorrow. He isn't vaccinated against anything, and I'm only vaccinating against Lepto yet (going to start IBR soon). How do I get him tested, and how long would I need to keep him isolated from my herd? The herd he comes from hasn't had any PI calves, so sounds BVD free at least.

what age is he, has he been bvd tested himself?

darragh_haven · 25-11-2013 10:37PM

awaywithyou wrote: »

Legends of men

Jackie has one epic comb over. I reckon he a has a plasterer do it rather than a Barber

Timmaay · 25-11-2013 10:38PM

I don't think so Whelan, they have 2 bulls, one 20months, the other 26. The younger bull is a fair bit cheaper, and I want him mostly for heifers so thats the one I'd be after. Anyways, can I go get him BVD tested myself, can I just order one of the little round tags and send it off to Enfer?

hugo29 · 25-11-2013 10:40PM

Timmaay wrote: »

I don't think so Whelan, they have 2 bulls, one 20months, the other 26. The younger bull is a fair bit cheaper, and I want him mostly for heifers so thats the one I'd be after. Anyways, can I go get him BVD tested myself, can I just order one of the little round tags and send it off to Enfer?

You can but just get him to do that before you take the bull, safer

awaywithyou · 25-11-2013 10:41PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Jackie has one epic comb over. I reckon he a has a plasterer do it rather than a Barber

Fine track machine by danny

whelan1 · 25-11-2013 10:45PM

Timmaay wrote: »

I don't think so Whelan, they have 2 bulls, one 20months, the other 26. The younger bull is a fair bit cheaper, and I want him mostly for heifers so thats the one I'd be after. Anyways, can I go get him BVD tested myself, can I just order one of the little round tags and send it off to Enfer?

not until hes in your herd, we where in the voluntary scheme and git them all tested last year. you could ask the farmer to either do a tag test or a blood test on him, when do you need him for? blood would be slower

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