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Farming Chit Chat sallies Fourth

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  • #4952
    Oldtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,109 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    [Mod]

    Suckler, do NOT post any further comments in this vein on this thread. Show some respect.

    [/MOD]


  • #4953
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,011 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Base price wrote: »
    It probably would be a better idea to give her boluses and then I know she is covered. She does not seem to like the taste of the cal mag powder in the nuts and it is supposed to be sweetened :(
    I might add a little treacle or honey to it this evening :)
    are you feeding her dairy nuts? there should be calmag in them anyway?


  • #4954
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    I don't think suckler was even referring to the tragic incident. Some of the health and safety laws are a bit excessive but not to be laughed at I think. I don't actually see what he did to deserve a warning :confused:


  • #4955
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,748 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    whelan2 wrote: »
    are you feeding her dairy nuts? there should be calmag in them anyway?
    I was buying her bags of dairy nuts but the sales rep was here last week and he said it would be ok to feed her the beef nuts if we added calmag.
    Unfortunately we had to bring her to the vet last night as she developed ecoli mastitis in her front right quarter. Vet gave her 3 injections into the vein and I rugged her up last night when we got home and gave her electrolytes in warm water.
    We drew the quarter again this morning and after liquid stuff the milk came. We got a strong calf to suck off the other 3 quarters this morning as she was much improved.
    Got more injections from the vet this morning to give to her.
    Do you think the quarter is gone or is there a chance it will come right?


  • #4956
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,011 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Base price wrote: »
    I was buying her bags of dairy nuts but the sales rep was here last week and he said it would be ok to feed her the beef nuts if we added calmag.
    Unfortunately we had to bring her to the vet last night as she developed ecoli mastitis in her front right quarter. Vet gave her 3 injections into the vein and I rugged her up last night when we got home and gave her electrolytes in warm water.
    We drew the quarter again this morning and after liquid stuff the milk came. We got a strong calf to suck off the other 3 quarters this morning as she was much improved.
    Got more injections from the vet this morning to give to her.
    Do you think the quarter is gone or is there a chance it will come right?
    keep strigging her out, do you remember all creatures great and small where the farmer stayed up all night strigging out the cow and she was fine. You need to get the posion out of her system,


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  • #4957
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,748 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    whelan2 wrote: »
    keep strigging her out, do you remember all creatures great and small where the farmer stayed up all night strigging out the cow and she was fine. You need to get the posion out of her system,
    Now that you mention it I do remember that episode. Although the one that always sticks in my memory is when James goes to visit the farmer and gets a lovely fatty bacon dinner :eek:
    I bathed the quarter with warm water this morning. I will do it now and strig her out again.
    When I get my phone fixed I will put up a pic of her :) She been the only cow on the farm.


  • #4958
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,748 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    Woohoo - got the battery charged on the lawnmower in time to get the grass cut before the rain :D


  • #4959
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    PB lm heifer arrived today off CWI, mother has good milk so this calf will hopefully be one for keeping!


  • #4960
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,748 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    PB lm heifer arrived today off CWI, mother has good milk so this calf will hopefully be one for keeping!
    Best of luck with her. Always nice to get a heifer from a good cow.


  • #4961
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    Notice chit-chat 4 nearly half way to 10000 posts. There's been a lot of changes etc in the first 5000 posts. Any guesses as to what the next 5000 will bring?????


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  • #4962
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Notice chit-chat 4 nearly half way to 10000 posts. There's been a lot of changes etc in the first 5000 posts. Any guesses as to what the next 5000 will bring?????

    I plan on being abducted by aliens for a week or so.

    Or Belgians as they're also called.:D


  • #4963
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Notice chit-chat 4 nearly half way to 10000 posts. There's been a lot of changes etc in the first 5000 posts. Any guesses as to what the next 5000 will bring?????

    A Christmas wedding between two posters ?


  • #4964
    naughto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,439 ✭✭✭naughto


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Notice chit-chat 4 nearly half way to 10000 posts. There's been a lot of changes etc in the first 5000 posts. Any guesses as to what the next 5000 will bring?????
    plenty of rows bans and infractions and thats just next week


  • #4965
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,636 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Base price wrote: »
    Woohoo - got the battery charged on the lawnmower in time to get the grass cut before the rain :D

    Result :D


  • #4966
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,636 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    moy83 wrote: »
    A Christmas wedding between two posters ?

    Between who now Moy :D


  • #4967
    GY A1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭GY A1


    got it cut also yesterday while was dry,


  • #4968
    premier10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭premier10


    Ewes could get few days in mine, gone too strong to dry out for cutting. Bulling rain again.


  • #4969
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,901 ✭✭✭mf240


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Notice chit-chat 4 nearly half way to 10000 posts. There's been a lot of changes etc in the first 5000 posts. Any guesses as to what the next 5000 will bring?????

    Complaints about weather/ department/ ect.

    Lots of talk about silage and bales.

    And if we get a fine week, free and frazzeled complaing about drought and another couple of heros asking about haybobs and square bales.

    And most likely at some stage,a night of drunken posting that results in bans and closed accounts. And the arrival of whelan 3 a week later.


  • #4970
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,490 ✭✭✭tanko


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    PB lm heifer arrived today off CWI, mother has good milk so this calf will hopefully be one for keeping!

    Have you used CWI before? If so, what's your opinion of him? I enquired about him last week and was told that his daughters would have more milk than their mothers but that he's best suited to cows with muscle and shape.


  • #4971
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    tanko wrote: »
    Have you used CWI before? If so, what's your opinion of him? I enquired about him last week and was told that his daughters would have more milk than their mothers but that he's best suited to cows with muscle and shape.

    Just once, a calf that had to be sectioned so can't really use him as a comparison. The mother is large framed with a great frame and confirmation so I'm hoping the calf will be nice as she grows.

    Have another PB 2 weeks over to ERE, that bull with the 20% difficulty:pac:


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  • #4972
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    I plan on being abducted by aliens for a week or so.

    Or Belgians as they're also called.:D

    Ya, but will you have caught that illusive mink?:D


  • #4973
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Ya, but will you have caught that illusive mink?:D

    I'll bring him with me and we can be married next day, by the Turkey who lives on the hill :p


  • #4974
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,490 ✭✭✭tanko


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Just once, a calf that had to be sectioned so can't really use him as a comparison. The mother is large framed with a great frame and confirmation so I'm hoping the calf will be nice as she grows.

    Have another PB 2 weeks over to ERE, that bull with the 20% difficulty:pac:

    Some breeders think that ERE doesn't deserve that figure at all, that it should be about 13%. Do you think Navarin would be a good bull to use on commercial cows to try and breed replacements?


  • #4975
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    tanko wrote: »
    Some breeders think that ERE doesn't deserve that figure at all, that it should be about 13%. Do you think Navarin would be a good bull to use on commercial cows to try and breed replacements?

    Most of our LM cows are Navarin crosses or have him in their back breeding!

    Find them very docile, maybe lacking a bit in milk and the cows put on fat very easy. Bad feet too but that could be just us with the bad land:D


  • #4976
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,490 ✭✭✭tanko


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Most of our LM cows are Navarin crosses or have him in their back breeding!

    Find them very docile, maybe lacking a bit in milk and the cows put on fat very easy. Bad feet too but that could be just us with the bad land:D

    Last question:D. Is he hard calved?


  • #4977
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    tanko wrote: »
    Last question:D. Is he hard calved?

    From what I remember, no. All the cows we have off him just spit out their calves too.


  • #4978
    Bactidiaryl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭Bactidiaryl


    Does any know where you can get Hansen water connections. I'm sick of the new Phil Mac. They just don't do it for me. The Hansen seem to have a good lock and give mostly unrestricted flow.


  • #4979
    Genghis Cant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    tanko wrote: »
    Last question:D. Is he hard calved?

    Navarin ain't hard calved. He's a ball of muscle, docile and holds milk.
    We've had some good stock off him. Where he worked best for us, The cow would ideally bring a bit of size.


  • #4980
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,748 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    Bactidiaryl wrote: »
    Does any know where you can get Hansen water connections. I'm sick of the new Phil Mac. They just don't do it for me. The Hansen seem to have a good lock and give mostly unrestricted flow.
    Mullinahone are approved distributors.
    http://www.hansenproducts.co.nz/distributors.htm


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  • #4981
    Bactidiaryl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭Bactidiaryl


    Base price wrote: »
    Mullinahone are approved distributors.
    http://www.hansenproducts.co.nz/distributors.htm

    Do any of you use these types for bigger pipes say 1'' and how do you find them.


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