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Farming Chit Chat sallies Fourth

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  • #1622
    biddy2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭biddy2013


    moy83 wrote: »
    Is that true ? Feckin hell I never knew it .
    Im at the local parade here freezing my arse off . Its one thing I wont miss the kids growing out of
    we watch the parade on the tv, i get the kids some treats and they sit beside the fire


  • #1623
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    Mixed a tank this morning as it was coming through the slats, mixing dropped it 6" below the slats so thats one job less.
    Have to put 2 strainer posts up now and a bit of wire then 2 fills of the diet feeder and milk.


  • #1624
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Vets landcruiser stolen last night in Loughrea area, so if anyone in that area sees/seen anything a bit odd, let the gardaí know.


  • #1625
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    biddy2013 wrote: »
    we watch the parade on the tv, i get the kids some treats and they sit beside the fire

    Thats the right job , but I wouldnt get away with it here .


  • #1626
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,295 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Vets landcruiser stolen last night in Loughrea area, so if anyone in that area sees/seen anything a bit odd, let the gardaí know.

    with a bit of luck, they Will try mainlining Trodax . not have to look too far for them after that


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  • #1627
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    God be with the days when I was asked for id. They still did slow sets in the disco!! The only place I get asked for id now is the US which is a pain in the behind.

    Slow sets what? The erection section as we called them.


  • #1628
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    bbam wrote: »
    And right you are too...

    Round these parts you'd hear...
    If its a Catholic farmer - You'd think he'd know better, sher his grandfather and his father were the same

    If its a Protestant Farmer - Feckin Protestants, have to be seen out working on Paddy's day just to make a point..

    Impossible to win :rolleyes:

    And then both sides claim him as 'one of ours'. A load of crap this working or not thing. There several wish they were able to do it. I got calf houses cleaned out, some weanlings done for lice and timber sawed up for fire. Fodder now, then milk and might head out then. To me this makes more sense than doing it some day and it maybe raining. Local parade mainly be lads driving through town on their new tractors - look what we bought. As if i care


  • #1629
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    Isn't it beautiful dry day and lovely to be out and about

    I took a spin about the place and took my time feeding today .. You can nearly feel the place growing , cows n baby calves thriving and generally lovely time of year


  • #1630
    biddy2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭biddy2013


    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    God be with the days when I was asked for id. They still did slow sets in the disco!! The only place I get asked for id now is the US which is a pain in the behind.
    are there no more slow sets?:mad:


  • #1631
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,391 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Milk tank overflowed on me again tonight, this time with only 5milkings in it :(, and one of my best heifers who calved afew days ago has a badly swollen and brused udder, I called the vet and he said its a fair chance of gangrene mastitis, he has pumped her full of drugs, I lost a good cow to it last year, would be very annoyed if the same happens to this heifer.


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  • #1632
    Mac Taylor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


    biddy2013 wrote: »
    are there no more slow sets?:mad:
    Biddy, not speaking from personal experience as my disco days are well over, but Hector was on telly last week bemoaning the loss of slow set. He tried to reintroduce it to coppers but the patrons had'nt a bulls notion what was going on!!!.
    I had a very strict rule of three strikes and I'm finished asking which unfortunately meant alot of lonely nights for me!!
    Some of my buddies were less discerning and always got the shift god help them!!


  • #1633
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,557 ✭✭✭simx


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Milk tank overflowed on me again tonight, this time with only 5milkings in it :(, and one of my best heifers who calved afew days ago has a badly swollen and brused udder, I called the vet and he said its a fair chance of gangrene mastitis, he has pumped her full of drugs, I lost a good cow to it last year, would be very annoyed if the same happens to this heifer.

    Ya may upgrade the tank Tim, yeah lost a cow in 2012 to gangrene mastitis, dirty yoke


  • #1634
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,391 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    simx wrote: »
    Ya may upgrade the tank Tim, yeah lost a cow in 2012 to gangrene mastitis, dirty yoke

    Bloody waiting on the dept to approve my grant, they send me a letter two weeks ago asking me to put a scale 1:500 on the yard map, that's the only fecking holdup at the second, the chap supplying the tank is ready to install it.


  • #1635
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,910 ✭✭✭mf240


    Digger in at drains and I'm at slurry all day. Between the weather and the regulations it's hard enough to get anything done. If we have to start worrying about the god squad we may as well throw our hat at it.


  • #1636
    dzer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭dzer2


    Got up at 6 this morning feed and foddered then stirred the small tank. The young lads spread it while I stirred the tank at the cubicles. Calved the last 2 heifers and just in small tank empty and tank under cubicle down 2 foot.

    A great days work all told both calves up sucking and ready for the field tomorrow.

    Time for a scoop.


  • #1637
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    dzer2 wrote: »
    Got up at 6 this morning feed and foddered then stirred the small tank. The young lads spread it while I stirred the tank at the cubicles. Calved the last 2 heifers and just in small tank empty and tank under cubicle down 2 foot.

    A great days work all told both calves up sucking and ready for the field tomorrow.

    Time for a scoop.
    Same here. Got 2ac mucked to the last. Could be an inch of muck on it.
    Was part of a forest we cut down so needs it in a bad wa way..
    I'd say we will have to plough it in


  • #1638
    have2flushtwice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,551 ✭✭✭have2flushtwice


    I was reading a post on grass measuring a moment ago.
    Agrinet was referenced and its a mind of info.
    Is therea farming simulator or something similar online.?


  • #1639
    dzer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭dzer2


    Man found dead on farm in Wexford.:(


  • #1640
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    dzer2 wrote: »
    Man found dead on farm in Wexford.:(

    Do you know where abouts?


  • #1641
    dzer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭dzer2


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Do you know where abouts?

    New baun I think


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  • #1642
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,744 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    dzer2 wrote: »
    Man found dead on farm in Wexford.:(

    Very little info given on radio, just that he was found dead in the yard


  • #1643
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    More allegations of bad practice and questionable actions in the IFA written about in today's Indo


  • #1644
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,744 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    reilig wrote: »
    More allegations of bad practice and questionable actions in the IFA written about in today's Indo

    Dont start con off this early in the morning


  • #1645
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Dont start con off this early in the morning

    Con is busy fighting another abbreviation this morning :mad:


  • #1646
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,744 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Con is busy fighting another abbreviation this morning :mad:

    And he's off :D


  • #1647
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    Con your pm inbox is overflowing, thanks for the heads up!! Should be sorted now.


  • #1648
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 13,029 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Grand soft day You'll have to find a new hidey hole, the beard is gone

    http://balls.ie/rugby/gallery-showing-evolution-gordon-darcys-beard/

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #1649
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    GrandSoftDay wrote: »
    Con your pm inbox is overflowing, thanks for the heads up!! Should be sorted now.

    Am always amazed how fast that fills up, sorted now.


  • #1650
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Grand soft day You'll have to find a new hidey hole, the beard is gone

    http://balls.ie/rugby/gallery-showing-evolution-gordon-darcys-beard/

    Balls :(


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  • #1651
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    GrandSoftDay wrote: »
    Balls :(

    Jesus, don't hide there anyway.


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