Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

marathon · 08-03-2016 09:42PM

Are glanbias generally dearer for fencing equipment

Grueller · 08-03-2016 09:44PM

marathon wrote: »

Are glanbias generally dearer for fencing equipment

For almost everything in my experience.

ganmo · 08-03-2016 09:50PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

116 sheep killed in a dog attack in England.

http://www.sussex.police.uk/whats-happening/latest/news-stories/2016/03/08/116-sheep-killed-in-uks-worst-ever-sheep-attack-near-chichester#.Vt8Bdd5QMOU.twitter

sweet jasus!
that'd be a shocking land to get

has to be a pack of some kind

weatherbyfoxer · 08-03-2016 10:43PM

Grueller wrote: »

For almost everything in my experience.

They take serious squeasing to get a good deal

davidk1394 · 08-03-2016 10:54PM

marathon wrote: »

Looking to fence the boundaries of farm with sheep wire where would be cheapest place to buy sheep wire stakes n barbed wire in southeast

Which part are you in ? Only sheep wire to buy is tornado. Bought off a lad called Willie cuddihy for €105 a roll

blue5000 · 08-03-2016 11:41PM

marathon wrote: »

Are glanbias generally dearer for fencing equipment

Grueller wrote: »

For almost everything in my experience.

Except fcuking barley at harvest time:(

marathon · 09-03-2016 09:03AM

davidk1394 wrote: »

Which part are you in ? Only sheep wire to buy is tornado. Bought off a lad called Willie cuddihy for €105 a roll

Near Corey?

visatorro · 09-03-2016 10:00AM

Changed a flat tyre for an elderly lady this morning, that's the good deed done for the day.

longgonesilver · 09-03-2016 02:02PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

116 sheep killed in a dog attack in England.

http://www.sussex.police.uk/whats-happening/latest/news-stories/2016/03/08/116-sheep-killed-in-uks-worst-ever-sheep-attack-near-chichester#.Vt8Bdd5QMOU.twitter

None of the animals had been savaged.

That would be strange I think. Were the dogs muzzled?

Base price · 09-03-2016 02:06PM

longgonesilver wrote: »

None of the animals had been savaged.

That would be strange I think. Were the dogs muzzled?

I was thinking about this and it may not be a result of a direct attack. Could be a pack of hunt hounds or people hunting with lurchers/sighthounds neither of which would be normally associated with attacking livestock.

orm0nd · 09-03-2016 02:43PM

longgonesilver wrote: »

None of the animals had been savaged.

That would be strange I think. Were the dogs muzzled?

happened here in Ireland a few years

sheep flew into a corner of a shed & went 7 or more high on top of 1 another, no hope for the ones underneath

Kovu · 09-03-2016 03:11PM

Crap. I had it in my head that GLAS watercourses were to be fenced 1m from the bank, not 1.5m. Good bit of moving to do so!

Buford T. Justice XIX · 09-03-2016 03:15PM

Just got called for jury duty.

If I was an employee or apprentice, I would get paid as normal but as self-employed I have to pay a replacement to do my work for me.

I may have picked the wrong career:rolleyes:

Base price · 09-03-2016 03:52PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Just got called for jury duty.

If I was an employee or apprentice, I would get paid as normal but as self-employed I have to pay a replacement to do my work for me.

I may have picked the wrong career:rolleyes:

Freggin crazy system.
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than other's" -
:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Nekarsulm · 09-03-2016 03:58PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Just got called for jury duty.

If I was an employee or apprentice, I would get paid as normal but as self-employed I have to pay a replacement to do my work for me.

I may have picked the wrong career:rolleyes:

Just pray you don't get a Graham Dwyer type case. Ten weeks, wasn't it?

Reggie. · 09-03-2016 04:12PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Just got called for jury duty.

If I was an employee or apprentice, I would get paid as normal but as self-employed I have to pay a replacement to do my work for me.

I may have picked the wrong career:rolleyes:

Ah the joys of being exempt

longgonesilver · 09-03-2016 04:45PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Just got called for jury duty.

If I was an employee or apprentice, I would get paid as normal but as self-employed I have to pay a replacement to do my work for me.

I may have picked the wrong career:rolleyes:

If you want to try to get out of it you can claim to be irreplaceable/cant find a suitable replacement.

Do it in writing immediately. Sole traders/ trades/shopkeepers get out this way. You might have to go in the first day and swear before the judge.

Otherwise you might be in and out for weeks and never even get called.

What court and for how long.?

Buford T. Justice XIX · 09-03-2016 05:56PM

longgonesilver wrote: »

If you want to try to get out of it you can claim to be irreplaceable/cant find a suitable replacement.

Do it in writing immediately. Sole traders/ trades/shopkeepers get out this way. You might have to go in the first day and swear before the judge.

Otherwise you might be in and out for weeks and never even get called.

What court and for how long.?

Circuit court and no length specified.

I'll fire off a letter tomorrow and tell them they'll have to wait for me if there's a cow calving and I'll have to be off at 1 for the school collection.

Of course I'll be back at 3.30 once they are collected and fed.

Muckit · 09-03-2016 06:11PM

Kovu wrote: »

Crap. I had it in my head that GLAS watercourses were to be fenced 1m from the bank, not 1.5m. Good bit of moving to do so!

Just got a text from planner that the deadline has been extended to 31st July. Makes sense for year that's in it, a lot of rivers burst their banks.

it's not from the bank, it's from the top of the bank, so you might be ok.

The locations for my solitary bee sand piles under 2' of water. What to do. what to do. Might have to make raised platforms no joke

ganmo · 09-03-2016 06:16PM

Muckit wrote: »

Just got a text from planner that the deadline has been extended to 31st July. Makes sense for year that's in it, a lot of rivers burst their banks.

it's not from the bank, it's from the top of the bank, so you might be ok.

The locations for my solitary bee sand piles under 2' of water. What to do. what to do. Might have to make raised platforms no joke

Is that for everything or just fencing water courses?

Kovu · 09-03-2016 06:19PM

Muckit wrote: »

Just got a text from planner that the deadline has been extended to 31st July. Makes sense for year that's in it, a lot of rivers burst their banks.

it's not from the bank, it's from the top of the bank, so you might be ok.

The locations for my solitary bee sand piles under 2' of water. What to do. what to do. Might have to make raised platforms no joke

What exactly is the top of the bank though? I noticed it earlier on the glas specs but took it to mean the edge of the field before it slops down.

Muckit · 09-03-2016 06:34PM

Well l suppose it depends on your situation. my watercourse has the spoil 'banked' or mounded up on the sides. So I'm taking the top of the bank to mean fron the top of the mound straight out, not from the bottom of the mound on the field side, if you get me. A diagram would make it easier to explain.

Now if your watercourse has no mound, well then its from the edge of where the field meets edge of bank.

l assume it's single strand electric ye are going with. Did ye get a postdriver or digger to drive stakes or drive them by hand? Are you using mild steel wire or high tensile wire?

l drove 5' stakes and used the stake as a measure, as it's just over 1.5m.

Muckit · 09-03-2016 06:40PM

ganmo wrote: »

Is that for everything or just fencing water courses?

Just talking about watercourse fences. Now don't take it as gospel, as either am l. I will have it up before the original deadline anyhow as it's late to be finding out about this. l'd ring the Glas office in Johnstown Castle, Wexford. Found them v helpful. 053 916 3400

Kovu · 09-03-2016 06:41PM

Muckit wrote: »

Well l suppose it depends on your situation. my watercourse has the spoil 'banked' or mounded up on the sides. So I'm taking the top of the bank to mean fron the top of the mound straight out, not from the bottom of the mound on the field side, if you get me. A diagram would make it easier to explain.

Now if your watercourse has no mound, well then its from the edge of where the field meets edge of bank.

l assume it's single strand electric ye are going with. Did ye get a postdriver or digger to drive stakes or drive them by hand? Are you using mild steel wire or high tensile wire?

l drove 5' stakes and used the stake as a measure, as it's just over 1.5m.

We have both the different kinds but I know what you mean. One has it banked up a bit and slopes down, the other falls straight into the river. I was counting from the highest point beside the river (within reason) & the edge where it falls down. Fencing is currently about 2 or three foot out from it max. Going to go with a double strand of barbed, with a nice gap for cows to eat through

Hand driven stakes......I'll be sick of the sight of sledges and crowbars by the end of it. Have a length of wood at about 60 inches to use as a measure, not sure of the stakes we'll use yet!

tanko · 09-03-2016 07:02PM

This farming life on BBC2 now.

Muckit · 09-03-2016 07:06PM

Ye must be hoping for a very lenient inspector!

wouldn't count that as being anyway 'stockproof' for cows, let alone calves!!

Kovu · 09-03-2016 07:14PM

Muckit wrote: »

Ye must be hoping for a very lenient inspector!

Well it's this here.

But it has to be moved back into the field about 1 1/2 foot. That should be grand!

Buford T. Justice XIX · 09-03-2016 08:21PM

Quadruplet calves born in Canada.:eek:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/cow-gives-birth-to-quadruplets-1.3481156

I've never come across triplets not to mind quads.

Odelay · 09-03-2016 09:32PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Quadruplet calves born in Canada.:eek:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/cow-gives-birth-to-quadruplets-1.3481156

I've never come across triplets not to mind quads.

it's been done better in limerick, one cow with five calves

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/business-news/142659/Limerick-home-to-most-fertile-cow.html

16 calves in just four calvings, nice lad Ger is too.

davidk1394 · 10-03-2016 12:18AM

Second c.section in 2 nights... tisn't easy

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