Farming Chit Chat sallies Fourth

Greengrass1 · 02-04-2014 07:14PM

simx wrote: »

Yeah your neighbour was telling me about that lad that drives lorry, didn't have loads of good to say about him either if it's the same lad your on about

Ye it would be.
The owner of the lorry and his son are complete gents.
Couldn't meet nicer lads.
He's collecting me everyday and he's not bothered about it at all because he's collecting a good sup

Zr105 · 02-04-2014 07:28PM

Case956 i use an app on iphone called measure your land, seems to be good and as accurate as the trimble in the tractor.

On the phone as gps, its funny was on an American aircraft carrier and the tour guide was saying that the gps on your phone is more accurate than the system they use even on the modern ships.

Also i dont think 3 satelites is enough for he level of correction needed for tractor guidance. Ours certainly wont work with only 3, cant remember for definite but have a feeling its 8or 9 before it'll go to green reception which is needed.

Basically the unit needs to triangulate multiple times to clarify its position as to just do it off 3 satelites would still allow for massive error

whelan2 · 02-04-2014 08:26PM

i have a black eye. I was taking the dosing hook out of the drugs shed, a heatime collar was on top of it and i pulled the dosing hook and walloped myself just under the eye with the hook. Thought nothing more of it til oh asked me this evening who was i fighting with now:cool:

Reggie. · 02-04-2014 10:39PM

whelan2 wrote: »

i have a black eye. I was taking the dosing hook out of the drugs shed, a heatime collar was on top of it and i pulled the dosing hook and walloped myself just under the eye with the hook. Thought nothing more of it til oh asked me this evening who was i fighting with now:cool:

Ha

Reggie. · 02-04-2014 10:41PM

Two FR bullocks for the mart tomorrow. 24 months and ranging from 550kg to 600 kg. Hoping for around €900 but I suppose over €800 I would be happy.

simx · 02-04-2014 11:08PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Two FR bullocks for the mart tomorrow. 24 months and ranging from 550kg to 600 kg. Hoping for around €900 but I suppose over €800 I would be happy.

Are they good types? Reckon you should get that anyway, would achieve it in Kk anyway

Reggie. · 02-04-2014 11:30PM

simx wrote: »

Are they good types? Reckon you should get that anyway, would achieve it in Kk anyway

Uncle says they have a great shine on them.

TopCon · 02-04-2014 11:34PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Two FR bullocks for the mart tomorrow. 24 months and ranging from 550kg to 600 kg. Hoping for around €900 but I suppose over €800 I would be happy.

Iet us know how you get on.

Currently feeding FR bullocks for slaughter. I had intended on keeping them, but they done well over the winter due to great silage. So I made a last minute decision to slaughter, as i didnt fancy turning out FR bullocks avg 590kgs because they would destroy the place and they were near finishing anyway.

They are now three weeks into a seven week finishing period.

Also feeding AA bullocks.

Have a date for slaughter late April but may cool em off and hold tough for price increases. It's easy maintain em when they have the condition on.

Reggie. · 03-04-2014 12:01AM

TopCon wrote: »

Iet us know how you get on.

Currently feeding FR bullocks for slaughter. I had intended on keeping them, but they done well over the winter due to great silage. So I made a last minute decision to slaughter, as i didnt fancy turning out FR bullocks avg 590kgs because they would destroy the place and they were near finishing anyway.

They are now three weeks into a seven week finishing period.

Also feeding AA bullocks.

Have a date for slaughter late April but may cool em off and hold tough for price increases. It's easy maintain em when they have the condition on.

I'll report back if I get on well if not I'm going into hiding

C0N0R · 03-04-2014 12:09AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Two FR bullocks for the mart tomorrow. 24 months and ranging from 550kg to 600 kg. Hoping for around €900 but I suppose over €800 I would be happy.

Roughly how much would you expect to make on these profit wise? You bought them at a week old and bucket reared them aye?

Nekarsulm · 03-04-2014 12:16AM

neighbour killed 5 heavy Ch bullochs last Friday. Reckons he lost 4OO each. he has a lot left still.

tomwaterford · 03-04-2014 12:21AM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

neighbour killed 5 heavy Ch bullochs last Friday. Reckons he lost 4OO each. he has a lot left still.

jesus :eek:...that is some hit

awaywithyou · 03-04-2014 12:22AM

First gaa match of the new season earlier on this evening.... Was ages looking for my gear.... Til I realised it was still in the bag in the boot of the car since the county final last October....!! #goodtobeback

Reggie. · 03-04-2014 12:29AM

C0N0R wrote: »

Roughly how much would you expect to make on these profit wise? You bought them at a week old and bucket reared them aye?

No idea as yet. Bought them when i first set up for €80 each. So say 300 for meal over the 24 months and 60 for milk replacer each. So quickly they cost €440 to date. They were out wintered with two bales of silage aswell

GrandSoftDay · 03-04-2014 12:29AM

awaywithyou wrote: »

First gaa match of the new season earlier on this evening.... Was ages looking for my gear.... Til I realised it was still in the bag in the boot of the car since the county final last October....!! #goodtobeback

Do ye believe in doing any training down there or is it all natural talent that's getting ye to finals

Reggie. · 03-04-2014 12:31AM

awaywithyou wrote: »

First gaa match of the new season earlier on this evening.... Was ages looking for my gear.... Til I realised it was still in the bag in the boot of the car since the county final last October....!! #goodtobeback

Mank

Conmaicne Mara · 03-04-2014 12:44AM

Just in from my midnight run, weird Spring, not a fox to be seen but sign all over the place. Not that I am complaining. Rerun of The Sopranos on now so it'll be an hour before I hit the hay, cider time!

TITANIUM. · 03-04-2014 01:44AM

Lambing and Calving at the same time. I've really got to tighten ip that calving spread. Lovely HCA heifer out of a BBX cow tonight. A cracker but was hard earned. Two sets of triplets lambs tonight aswell. The jeep was packed on the way home. I've really got to start scanning. A cool carlsberg and bed. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking!!!!!!!!!!

GrandSoftDay · 03-04-2014 02:50AM

whelan2 wrote: »

sure if i hadnt of seen him, i wouldnt have known he was there

Good point. Have a badger city only a few hundred yards from our house, absolutely huge den/set and another big fox den a few hundred yards in the other direction. Place is full of hares and wild goats aswell. Not a day goes by that I wouldn't stumble across one of the species named above and in my lifetime they haven't caused us any harm apart from the goats knocking a few walls but we don't have sheep either for the fox to harm. I would be very slow to interfere with any of them. Never had a case of neospora or a massive outbreak of tb despite the odd reactor over the years.

Reggie. · 03-04-2014 07:32AM

Hopefully the last breakfast here

Reggie. · 03-04-2014 07:34AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Hopefully the last breakfast here

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Muckit · 03-04-2014 07:56AM

Best of luck with them Reggie. What age are they? Puds is getting all excited now looking at em

Reggie. · 03-04-2014 08:01AM

Muckit wrote: »

Best of luck with them Reggie. What age are they? Puds is getting all excited now looking at em

In Tullamore mart here now. Huge crowd lined up so far. Don't know if that's a good thing or bad.

rancher · 03-04-2014 08:03AM

Reggie. wrote: »

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Hard to get Friesians of that quality these days

Reggie. · 03-04-2014 08:04AM

Muckit wrote: »

Best of luck with them Reggie. What age are they? Puds is getting all excited now looking at em

24 months

freedominacup · 03-04-2014 09:29AM

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Good point. Have a badger city only a few hundred yards from our house, absolutely huge den/set and another big fox den a few hundred yards in the other direction. Place is full of hares and wild goats aswell. Not a day goes by that I wouldn't stumble across one of the species named above and in my lifetime they haven't caused us any harm apart from the goats knocking a few walls but we don't have sheep either for the fox to harm. I would be very slow to interfere with any of them. Never had a case of neospora or a massive outbreak of tb despite the odd reactor over the years.

If you haven't got tb problems then better the badger you know.