Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

MickeyShtyles · 31-03-2016 08:52AM

Spud ground getting ready here. Hopefully planting by lunch time!

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Kovu · 31-03-2016 09:02AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Bed.....the working day is an hour in at this stage

Sure a bit of a nap never did anybody harm! Eejit was doing rings so just stuck her in the crush and let him fire away there now. Calf won't want for milk anyway, she's dripping from a couple of teats.

Muckit · 31-03-2016 09:07AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Once the payslip keeps showing up

I know!! Same goes for myself! You'd be going to work some days for a rest!

Muckit · 31-03-2016 09:11AM

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Spud ground getting ready here. Hopefully planting by lunch time! )

What about frost?

MickeyShtyles · 31-03-2016 09:14AM

Muckit wrote: »

What about frost?

What about it. :P

marathon · 31-03-2016 09:21AM

Lambs. Has anyone on here ever bought in lambs bout a week old and rared them to make few Bob?

sea12 · 31-03-2016 01:31PM

Would ye chance spreading a bit if fertiliser today or will it be washed away with the rain they are forecasting

whelan2 · 31-03-2016 01:33PM

sea12 wrote: »

Would ye chance spreading a bit if fertiliser today or will it be washed away with the rain they are forecasting

We spread yesterday.

marathon · 31-03-2016 01:37PM

What bout spraying with roundup is it too late before the rain?

bogman_bass · 31-03-2016 04:38PM

sea12 wrote: »

Would ye chance spreading a bit if fertiliser today or will it be washed away with the rain they are forecasting

went out at 8 this morning here

whelan2 · 31-03-2016 05:15PM

Going around like Mrs Doyle here at the minute, hurt my back earlier.

IH784man · 31-03-2016 06:43PM

marathon wrote: »

Lambs. Has anyone on here ever bought in lambs bout a week old and rared them to make few Bob?

I got five last year,if you want to make a good job of it you'll spend a right bit on milk replacer on them,have them on meal since you get them and on grass.
I had a bucket feeder for feeding,no other way to do it unless you have them as proper pets for kids.

Username John · 31-03-2016 06:47PM

IH784man wrote: »

I got five last year,if you want to make a good job of it you'll spend a right bit on milk replacer on them,have them on meal since you get them and on grass.
I had a bucket feeder for feeding,no other way to do it unless you have them as proper pets for kids.

Did you make any money on em - with the initial cost of lamb, plus milk, plus meal, I'd imagine it couldn't be much?

Kovu · 31-03-2016 07:08PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Going around like Mrs Doyle here at the minute, hurt my back earlier.

Ouch. How'd you manage that?

Was pulling clinkers off the bull out the field and stuck my finger under a large one to lever it off, find a heap of goopy pus. Bleuuuuuuuuugh.

whelan2 · 31-03-2016 07:10PM

Kovu wrote: »

Ouch. How'd you manage that?

Was pulling clinkers off the bull out the field and stuck my finger under a large one to lever it off, find a heap of goopy pus. Bleuuuuuuuuugh.

pushing down a round bale of straw:mad: difene kicking in now thankfully

Bullocks · 31-03-2016 07:20PM

whelan2 wrote:

pushing down a round bale of strawï¿¼ difene kicking in now thankfully

I find a hot water bottle or heat patch good on the sore spot for the night aswell

IH784man · 31-03-2016 08:54PM

Username John wrote: »

Did you make any money on em - with the initial cost of lamb, plus milk, plus meal, I'd imagine it couldn't be much?

I might have made 20 each on them,it's the milk powder that really kills it.Of you want good pet lambs you need them on ad lib strong milk

pedigree 6 · 31-03-2016 09:17PM

IH784man wrote: »

I might have made 20 each on them,it's the milk powder that really kills it.Of you want good pet lambs you need them on ad lib strong milk

Was watching Ffeirmio a few years ago and on the presenters sheep farm they had a few goats to put pet lambs on till they paired them up with singles.
Actually when I was small dad reared a few pet lambs on a dairy goat.:)

Reggie. · 01-04-2016 04:53AM

This early morning craic is a load of bollox :rolleyes:

whelan2 · 01-04-2016 05:06AM

Reggie. wrote: »

This early morning craic is a load of bollox :rolleyes:

Especially since the time changed

Reggie. · 01-04-2016 05:23AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Especially since the time changed

Such a job to get out of bed this am

Muckit · 01-04-2016 05:49AM

Not this again

Reggie. · 01-04-2016 06:49AM

Muckit wrote: »

Not this again

Not what again

MickeyShtyles · 01-04-2016 07:20AM

Reggie. wrote: »

Not what again

You moaning like a child!!

orm0nd · 01-04-2016 08:18AM

IH784man wrote: »

I might have made 20 each on them,it's the milk powder that really kills it.Of you want good pet lambs you need them on ad lib strong milk

we have a bunch of Jan born lambs reared on feeder going to be killed next week, hoping to get 135 to 140 for them

they have cost circa 60 in feeding (powder, creep, straw) & were our own, mainly triplets

buying in now, and occuring the same feed costs would leave very little profit when selling IMO

Grueller · 01-04-2016 08:20AM

orm0nd wrote: »

we have a bunch of Jan born lambs reared on feeder going to be killed next week, hoping to get 135 to 140 for them

they have cost circa 60 in feeding (powder, creep, straw) & were our own, mainly triplets

buying in now, and occuring the same feed costs would leave very little profit when selling IMO

Do an odd one for the freezer. Never costed it out though. Definitely cheaper than butchers meat though.

Bullocks · 01-04-2016 08:47AM

Grueller wrote:

Do an odd one for the freezer. Never costed it out though. Definitely cheaper than butchers meat though.

You would probably have all your meat costing about â‚¬6/7 per kg . What is it making over the counter in the butchers

whelan2 · 01-04-2016 09:20AM

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

You moaning like a child!!

A child wouldn't moan that much!

MickeyShtyles · 01-04-2016 10:30AM

Well lads and lassies. At 13.30 my younger brother will be on LMFM yapping about his Haemophilia.
Some of yee may or may not know what it is.
Here's a yoke from Sundays Life magazine.

http://m.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/the-c-factor-how-a-sportsmad-student-overcomes-his-severe-haemophilia-34561606.html

ganmo · 01-04-2016 11:26AM

Reggie. wrote: »

This early morning craic is a load of bollox :rolleyes:

And the plus side it's Friday!

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