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  • #2372
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,145 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    OldRio wrote: »
    Ground saturated, cow walks on saturated ground. Cow turns over land with feet. Grass destroyed. No feed.

    Not to mention health problems in Cows and calves.

    So you have to keep them in the shed? What do they eat then?


  • #2373
    ulster_Beef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭ulster_Beef


    OldRio wrote: »
    Ground saturated, cow walks on saturated ground. Cow turns over land with feet. Grass destroyed. No feed.

    Not to mention health problems in Cows and calves.

    100%

    Do you townies know nothing haha?

    On a more serious note... we nearly lost a male foal. It was born in dirty ground (silly mare) and picked up an infection via its umbilical cord opening. It was lame for months and my dad spent £1000s on vets bills :(


  • #2374
    OldRio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,581 ✭✭✭OldRio


    We have a yard of 5 horses. Eat a fortune of hay in the winter. When we work them and hunt, yes we are awful people, hard feed is used as well.
    Cattle get fed Silage and nuts.


  • #2375
    awec
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    Is silage not sh*t ? Cows eat sh*t?


  • #2376
    awec
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    ulster_Beef wrote: »
    100%

    Do you townies know nothing haha?

    On a more serious note... we nearly lost a male foal. It was born in dirty ground (silly mare) and picked up an infection via its umbilical cord opening. It was lame for months and my dad spent £1000s on vets bills :(

    My knowledge of farming doesn't go beyond knowing what end of the cow is the head and what end is the arse.


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  • #2377
    OldRio
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    ulster_Beef wrote: »
    100%

    Do you townies know nothing haha?

    On a more serious note... we nearly lost a male foal. It was born in dirty ground (silly mare) and picked up an infection via its umbilical cord opening. It was lame for months and my dad spent £1000s on vets bills :(

    Sorry about that. How's he doing?

    Thinking of covering a ISP/Holstien cross mare we have. Cracking mare. Great at eventing but we are getting a bit to old for that carry on.


  • #2378
    OldRio
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    awec wrote: »
    Is silage not sh*t ? Cows eat sh*t?

    Shakes head. Turns computer off. Mutters.


  • #2379
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,863 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    awec wrote: »
    Is silage not sh*t ? Cows eat sh*t?

    No, slurry is ****.


  • #2380
    awec
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    So silage is basically rotten grass (googled it) ?


  • #2381
    OldRio
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    awec wrote: »
    So silage is basically rotten grass (googled it) ?

    Grass cut and wrapped. Stored for winter.


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  • #2382
    sydthebeat
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    awec wrote: »
    So silage is basically rotten grass (googled it) ?

    if silage is rotten grass... you drink rotten grapes


  • #2383
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,145 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Are your horses work horses? Or do they do dressage?

    Or are you secretly JP McManus?

    Funnily enough when I was very young I used to go work on a farm with horses. By work I mean follow someone around and do nothing while sometimes being afraid of the horses themselves.


  • #2384
    mfceiling
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    awec wrote: »
    Is silage not sh*t ? Cows eat sh*t?

    Good man awec...best laugh I've had in ages!! You need a fortnight in the bog at the turf, a week gathering spuds and a couple of days dosing cattle. You wouldn't want to be wearing a new pair of white runners though!!


  • #2385
    dregin
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Ah! Yes the council does provide the bin service. However my council tax is £170 pm. Fair bit more expensive than the bin services at home I'd reckon! (I also live in the 2nd cheapest council tax area in the UK)

    All water provision in England and Wales is privatised. Scotland & NI have Scottish Water* & Northern Ireland Water (public).


    Scottish Water looks like the bill comes through alongside the Council Tax

    Ah, OK. Pal who was telling me about this is living in Dundee, so that makes sense.


  • #2386
    awec
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    mfceiling wrote: »
    Good man awec...best laugh I've had in ages!! You need a fortnight in the bog at the turf, a week gathering spuds and a couple of days dosing cattle. You wouldn't want to be wearing a new pair of white runners though!!

    Sounds like hard work!


  • #2387
    OldRio
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    awec wrote: »
    Are your horses work horses? Or do they do dressage?

    Or are you secretly JP McManus?

    Funnily enough when I was very young I used to go work on a farm with horses. By work I mean follow someone around and do nothing while sometimes being afraid of the horses themselves.

    All the horses hunt but three of them do eventing (three disciplines, dressage cross country and showjumping)


  • #2388
    awec
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    I grew some potatoes once actually in the garden.


  • #2389
    .ak
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    awec wrote: »
    Sounds like hard work!

    It is. Best not get involved.


  • #2390
    awec
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    .ak wrote: »
    It is. Best not get involved.

    You've always struck me as a man who comes from a traditional farming background .ak.


  • #2391
    .ak
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    awec wrote: »
    You've always struck me as a man who comes from a traditional farming background .ak.

    Quite.


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  • #2392
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    awec wrote: »
    I grew some potatoes once actually in the garden.

    I thought that said "accidentally" and it sent my imagination wandering


  • #2393
    Teferi
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    How about them american footballs?
    Pudsy33 wrote: »
    It doesn't start for months :mad:

    The draft is just complete and there is plenty of hustling going on the in free agency market. I think the Lions done well in the draft, they got a load of guys that ranked high in character and hard work. Not a 'win now' draft but a decent long term draft I reckon.


  • #2394
    RuggieBear
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    Tbh I thought everyone in Ireland had at least a relative who farmed. I actually don't but have managed to do a few weeks on a farm.
    I'm very much a townie but I've driven a tractor up and down a silage pit compacting grass, i've baled, herded cattle to a milking parlour and got them milked and tried to herd sheep. ( practically impossible imo without a working dog).

    Also helped out a little in a livery...mainly taking out the old straw and bring in new stuff.


  • #2395
    awec
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    When I first read that I thought it said you had milked sheep. :(


  • #2396
    RuggieBear
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    Where I worked they had a few other sheep that were being kept for mutton...they were basically pets and were very demanding...always wanted their heads scratched


  • #2397
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Teferi wrote: »
    The draft is just complete and there is plenty of hustling going on the in free agency market. I think the Lions done well in the draft, they got a load of guys that ranked high in character and hard work. Not a 'win now' draft but a decent long term draft I reckon.

    Bucs are confirmed as going Worst to First with the greatest draft that there has ever been.


  • #2398
    [Deleted User]
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    awec wrote: »
    I grew some potatoes once actually in the garden.

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  • #2399
    mfceiling
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    awec wrote: »
    When I first read that I thought it said you had milked sheep. :(

    Must take you out into the country some day. If you're lucky I might even let you milk a bull!!


  • #2400
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Must take you out into the country some day. If you're lucky I might even let you milk a bull!!

    4r3n.jpg


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  • #2401
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    awec wrote: »
    When I first read that I thought it said you had milked sheep. :(

    Well Roquefort doesn't grow on trees.


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