Farming Chit Chat III

Kovu · 24-01-2014 11:16PM

Do vets not just put such animals down anymore? Cats getting cancer treatment, diabetic dogs the mind boggles![/QUOTE]

He's not getting treatment, just having the ears off, anesthetic, bit of scalpel work and cauterization to seal it off. Should keep him for another couple of years.

Nekarsulm · 24-01-2014 11:18PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Tip over there to the Animal & Pets forum if ya want to further boggle your mind;)

Visited it once, got banned almost instantly.!

Reggie. · 24-01-2014 11:20PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Visited it once, got banned almost instantly.!

from the forum itself

ABlur · 24-01-2014 11:24PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Tip over there to the Animal & Pets forum if ya want to further boggle your mind;)

Just back from there some interesting discussions including getting insurance in case your dog attacks sheep. Allianz will do that apparently!

Nekarsulm · 24-01-2014 11:29PM

yeah. think it was a weeks ban. Dared suggest using Storm to control a rat problem, or else get a good terrier. This was in response to a lady who wanted to re-home feral cats on the family farm. i mentioned the danger of cats on a sheep farm. Got banned for two things actually, first of all the Mod reckoned that " everyone knows that people use Storm to kill Cats" and secondly, they wanted no more talk about killing animals.

delaval · 24-01-2014 11:31PM

ABlur wrote: »

Just back from there some interesting discussions including getting insurance in case your dog attacks sheep. Allianz will do that apparently!

PL

delaval · 24-01-2014 11:57PM

Jaysus Con,

I hope you didn't put up that fence with the boss, looks like some heavy weather heading your way

darragh_haven · 25-01-2014 12:01AM

I am getting sick of this sh1te weather. This weekend is just going to be a rotten wash oit by the looks of it

delaval · 25-01-2014 12:09AM

darragh_haven wrote: »

I am getting sick of this sh1te weather. This weekend is just going to be a rotten wash oit by the looks of it

Fierce easy clean the cubicles this weather, all the same

Brown Podzol · 25-01-2014 12:16AM

delaval wrote: »

Fierce easy clean the cubicles this weather, all the same

You up calving cows?

delaval · 25-01-2014 12:23AM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

You up calving cows?

No drinking tea and talking shyte. Heifers at it for the last two days but they're ok on their own.

Looked at 11.30 that's it till am

awaywithyou · 25-01-2014 12:26AM

delaval wrote: »

No drinking tea and talking shyte. Heifers at it for the last two days but they're ok on their own.

Looked at 11.30 that's it till am

And what if a cow or heifer calves during the nite? Ya not follow the 1-2-3 rule!! We had a cow calve bout an hour ago.. Just heading out now to feed to her heifer calf...cone quick look at the. Rest of em and then bed.... Hopefully...

Brown Podzol · 25-01-2014 12:26AM

delaval wrote: »

No drinking tea and talking shyte. Heifers at it for the last two days but they're ok on their own.

Looked at 11.30 that's it till am

I have a bit of light reading for you.

http://www.promar-international.com/_userfiles/pages/Promar%20Standard%20Single%20Page.pdf

awaywithyou · 25-01-2014 12:30AM

Just watching Keith Barry on tv3 now... This part with the lad on the gym is very funny...

delaval · 25-01-2014 12:33AM

awaywithyou wrote: »

And what if a cow or heifer calves during the nite? Ya not follow the 1-2-3 rule!! We had a cow calve bout an hour ago.. Just heading out now to feed to her heifer calf...cone quick look at the. Rest of em and then bed.... Hopefully...

What's 123 rule?

just do it · 25-01-2014 01:06AM

delaval wrote: »

What's 123 rule?

No colostrum day 1
€100 to vet day 2
€30 to knacker day 3

Or as AHI put it, 3L of colostrum within first 2 hours. Nothing new

Conmaicne Mara · 25-01-2014 01:08AM

delaval wrote: »

Jaysus Con,

I hope you didn't put up that fence with the boss, looks like some heavy weather heading your way

Just the stakes so far, wet weather stopped us, no shelter there at all. Well be borrowing that post banger of Moy if they go again, not worried though.

delaval · 25-01-2014 07:36AM

just do it wrote: »

No colostrum day 1
€100 to vet day 2
€30 to knacker day 3

Or as AHI put it, 3L of colostrum within first 2 hours. Nothing new

Got it. We tube calves on sight and tag. Tag indicates colostrum. I see them at 23.30 and if nothing sick to calve go to bed will be seem at 5.30 and any calves wl be tubed. Chances are the oldest will be born at 2 am so within 3.5 hrs for colostrum

Reggie. · 25-01-2014 10:11AM

Planning to sheet a shed today but with the looks of that wind and rain that aint gonna happen unless we get a respite later on :mad:

Farmer Pudsey · 25-01-2014 10:30AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Planning to sheet a shed today but with the looks of that wind and rain that aint gonna happen unless we get a respite later on :mad:

Wind sailing with a 20' sheet of box profile is not funny

Greengrass1 · 25-01-2014 10:32AM

Have a batch of 7 week old heifers o e OAD. one is letting off white dung. Its solid but white. She is eating and drinking no bother, what's she got?

visatorro · 25-01-2014 10:36AM

coxcidiosis. sounds like its not digesting milk.

Farmer Pudsey · 25-01-2014 10:36AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Have a batch of 7 week old heifers o e OAD. one is letting off white dung. Its solid but white. She is eating and drinking no bother, what's she got?

Is she sucking any of the other heifers.

Greengrass1 · 25-01-2014 10:55AM

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Is she sucking any of the other heifers.

Nope. Horsing meal and all

TITANIUM. · 25-01-2014 11:24AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Have a batch of 7 week old heifers o e OAD. one is letting off white dung. Its solid but white. She is eating and drinking no bother, what's she got?

I wouldn't worry to much about the colour of it so long as the consistency of it is solid. Is she sucking the cow or bottle fed?

biddy2013 · 25-01-2014 11:27AM

Heading off to panto later. Bringing daughter and a load of her friends . Have a cow calving scanned as having twins so hope all's done and dusted before I go

Reggie. · 25-01-2014 11:28AM

biddy2013 wrote: »

Heading off to panto later. Bringing daughter and a load of her friends . Have a cow calving scanned as having twins so hope all's done and dusted before I go

not a bother to ya, ya cant beat the multi tasking of the irish mammy

biddy2013 · 25-01-2014 11:43AM

1 calf out.....

sea12 · 25-01-2014 11:55AM

biddy2013 wrote: »

1 calf out.....

What time is the panto at? U should be ok.

biddy2013 · 25-01-2014 12:10PM

sea12 wrote: »

What time is the panto at? U should be ok.

just handled her, only 1, but its a fr heifer so happy enough, panto at 3

Farming Chit Chat III

Comments