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Farming Chit Chat III

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  • #9632
    J DEERE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 402 ✭✭J DEERE


    biddy2013 wrote: »
    was thinking about this last night, if you keep and feed her for 3 years before she gives you anything back, i can she why suckler farmers dont make money

    Some lads just like having big fancy cows that are easy on the eye. Its not very business like but that's what they are into so each to their own. If all suckler farmers and beef farmers were to run everything as strict as a normal business there would be a serious amount of land for let


  • #9633
    onyerbikepat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭onyerbikepat


    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    What bull do ya use on heifers?
    Used MBU, NIN in the early days, then FL22. Last heifer got AHZ. Funny but I've never had that much trouble calving heifers, the few that I have.


  • #9634
    farmersfriend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 518 ✭✭✭farmersfriend


    Anyone got animals with above average intelligence. Have a cow that will open door to parlour walk in pull all feeders on the way and gobble as much as she can on way to front of row. able to open door on way out and keeps coming back for more meal. Goes down yard opens calf house and would be eating nuts on them too. Will always be first out of shed field. turns on lights in shed too. Her calf last yr figured out how to get the gate open and off out go the calves. think she should join the circus-


  • #9635
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    onyerbikepat wrote: »
    I alway calf down suckler heifers at 2 years here. It's not just the benefit of an early calf but i find if I let them go too far before bulling, they have put on too much condition and wont go in calf for me.

    Same as that Pat apart from a few late August/September born heifers over the years which would have been calved in March. Its a long time before you see any return from them if you leave them until 3 years and I have seen no difference in calf weight, quality or diffuculty in calving them to justify leaving them another year.


  • #9636
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    I had some scramble this morning, word came the Minister for Agriculture was coming here this morning to inspect storm damage, which he duly did. About an hour and a half before we met him the ould fella sprung a load of hay on me that had to be put in because of the weather. Jesus but it all happens the same day then tumbleweeds for the rest of the year. I wouldn't mind but the phone was hopping all morning, people who'd never ring me looking for this, that and the other.

    Erosion on Dogs bay beach, which is back to back with Gurteen beach. That bank is the highest point of land between the beaches and there is only sand topped with Marram grass between them. Seeing as this has now been undercut, given the right conditions the sea will be able to take away both beaches and leave just an island. The area is very important to tourism and is also a commonage grazed by local farmers.


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  • #9637
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    I had some scramble this morning, word came the Minister for Agriculture was coming here this morning to inspect storm damage, which he duly did. About an hour and a half before we met him the ould fella sprung a load of hay on me that had to be put in because of the weather. Jesus but it all happens the same day then tumbleweeds for the rest of the year. I wouldn't mind but the phone was hopping all morning, people who'd never ring me looking for this, that and the other.

    Is he going to give you any mulah?


  • #9638
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Is he going to give you any mulah?

    Me personally? :D

    They'll have to, there is devastation in places, have lots of photos of it here locally on the computer.

    Whether they have it, or whether they can get it, is another question.


  • #9639
    biddy2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭biddy2013


    was asked for id in lidl today-again- when buying beer


  • #9640
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    biddy2013 wrote: »
    was asked for id in lidl today-again- when buying beer

    Trying to sweaten you up?? :D


  • #9641
    biddy2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭biddy2013


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Trying to sweaten you up?? :D
    its getting embarrassing now


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  • #9642
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    biddy2013 wrote: »
    its getting embarrassing now

    Must be a lot of toy boys down in your area :D


  • #9643
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Mother left out a nice T-bone AA steak for meslf and the father.
    Father over cooked it. The bleeding dog wouldn't even eat it


  • #9644
    mayota
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭mayota


    biddy2013 wrote: »
    its getting embarrassing now

    'sweaten' :D


  • #9645
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Conor556 wrote: »
    I broke my 2 front teeth with a slap of the postdriver and broke 2 small bones between my top lip and nose, was fine for 2 weeks and then was hit with wicked pains, so got root canal done on 1 at €900! Good thing it only had to be done to 1!

    Root canal has to be one of the worst doses ever. Broke front tooth also and twas years after before the root acted up. The trauma l suppose. I didn't give a sh*t how much it cost at the time once the dentist made the pain go away!!


  • #9646
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    With being sick I forgot to say we sold a couple of calves last week! :eek:
    2 blues born last May were 385kg @ 1075 and 410kg @ 1205.
    They were the ones that were graded because of bull they're off.

    And you've all just reminded me that I have a broken tooth!


  • #9647
    biddy2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭biddy2013


    Muckit wrote: »
    Root canal has to be one of the worst doses ever. Broke front tooth also and twas years after before the root acted up. The trauma l suppose. I didn't give a sh*t how much it cost at the time once the dentist made the pain go away!!
    Brother fell out of my dads moving jeep on to concrete when he was 8. Broke his 2 front teeth, he got alot of work done on them in dublin and has now been told he has to get it done again:mad:


  • #9648
    Damo810
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    I managed to get hit with a car door on a night out, chipped the corner of my front tooth.. :mad:


  • #9649
    Mac Taylor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


    Happy days. Sold one of my pedigree bulls. :D:D:

    Sold him through word of mouth, no donedeal etc so no midnight calls or pointless chats....


  • #9650
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,298 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    Happy days. Sold one of my pedigree bulls. :D:D:

    Sold him through word of mouth, no donedeal etc so no midnight calls or pointless chats....

    To a degree, D-D is a forum for the bored and lonely. I have had lads ring asking about the item, before going off on the most diverse topics. Some of them, you get the feeling they have only had the radio or the dog to shout at all week.


  • #9651
    Zr105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭Zr105


    biddy2013 wrote: »
    was thinking about this last night, if you keep and feed her for 3 years before she gives you anything back, i can she why suckler farmers dont make money

    Cant understand keeping them that Long either, it's either 24months or an odd time round 30 if bought in from autumn herd.

    No point in feeding them for the extra year at nothing but cost with no benefit, as a couple of studies apparently show there's no benefit long term difference, other than your 3year old will prob calve one less time in a normal commercial life cycle.

    And i she doesn't go in calf the first year she's deffinitly not worth keeping. There's no money in beef for hanger ons... Goes for cows to IMO


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  • #9652
    mikefoxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭mikefoxo


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    [/I]
    To a degree, D-D is a forum for the bored and lonely. I have had lads ring asking about the item, before going off on the most diverse topics. Some of them, you get the feeling they have only had the radio or the dog to shout at all week.

    That's like the fella that does the hedgecutting for the council around here. He said his "friend" would ring people off DD and just chat to them about anything and after a while he'd say he wasn't interested in what they're selling and hang up:D


  • #9653
    onyerbikepat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭onyerbikepat


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    They were the ones that were graded because of bull they're off.
    !
    How do you mean they were graded?


  • #9654
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    onyerbikepat wrote: »
    How do you mean they were graded?

    We had two guys come out to the farm after we got a phone call from Dovea and they weighed them, got their daily gain since birth and their predicted weight in a few months.

    We just got them to do all our weanlings but these two were the specific ones they wanted to see :pac:


  • #9655
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Muckit wrote: »
    Root canal has to be one of the worst doses ever. Broke front tooth also and twas years after before the root acted up. The trauma l suppose. I didn't give a sh*t how much it cost at the time once the dentist made the pain go away!!

    With all this talk about teeth I'm getting banner ads for tooth implants in Hungary!


  • #9656
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,618 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Odelay wrote: »
    With all this talk about teeth I'm getting banner ads for tooth implants in Hungary!

    I'm getting child fund ireland


  • #9657
    biddy2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭biddy2013


    i use adblock, so dont get any


  • #9658
    ABlur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭ABlur


    biddy2013 wrote: »
    i use adblock, so dont get any

    How do you do that? Getting ads to stop snoring at present!


  • #9659
    biddy2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭biddy2013


    think i just googled adblock and installed it


  • #9660
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,618 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    ABlur wrote: »
    How do you do that? Getting ads to stop snoring at present!

    Had them ads for awhile


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  • #9661
    ABlur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭ABlur


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Had them ads for awhile

    And do you snore?!


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