Farming Chit Chat

whelan1

first autumn calver calved this morning a tsk heifer calf from a 2000 gallon cow:)

whelan1

had a sick cow yesterday morning... got the vet:eek:.. not eating and back arched vet said he thought it was some sort of a perforation in the stomach.... so rather than treating her we decided to factory her. Vet wrote out a letter that he had examined her at 10am and that she had got no drugs etc... my husband brought her to the factory, 2 factory vets looked at her, 1 said shes fine work away the other says detain her. The factory- not the usual one we go to as that wasnt killing- rang the vets yesterday evening looking for a cert from the vet , then rang back saying they didnt need it and then rang back 5 minutes later saying they did need it will be interesting to see if i get a cheque or a bill for her:o

flat out !!

Wahoo, well done katie

Suckler

Great fight, trailing heading in to the 3rd round. Great footwork, I wouldnt fancy being stuck in the ring with the russian one meself!

whelan1

could've gone either way, well done katie

dar31

whelan1 wrote: »

first autumn calver calved this morning a tsk heifer calf from a 2000 gallon cow:)

only dried off the first off ours last week!!

whelan1

dar31 wrote: »

only dried off the first off ours last week!!

good to have some milk coming in for when the price increases:rolleyes:

Hay_man

Silage question


Contractor finished bailing at half 7 this evening, but said he will not be able to wrap the bales till tomorrow morning.

I'm wondering will this effect the quality of the silage?

I though I read some where that bales should be wrapped within four hours of bailing.......

whelan1

Hay_man wrote: »

Silage question


Contractor finished bailing at half 7 this evening, but said he will not be able to wrap the bales till tomorrow morning.

I'm wondering will this effect the quality of the silage?

I though I read some where that bales should be wrapped within four hours of bailing.......

at this stage iwould just be happy to get them wrapped at any time, never had an issue of a span of time between baling and wrapping , normally 2 machines would be in field at the same time

nashmach

Hay_man wrote: »

Silage question


Contractor finished bailing at half 7 this evening, but said he will not be able to wrap the bales till tomorrow morning.

I'm wondering will this effect the quality of the silage?

I though I read some where that bales should be wrapped within four hours of bailing.......

No effect at all in our experience.

With a long contrary draw we often do it this way and it suits our contractor.

tismesoitis

vanderbadger wrote: »

they must have been nice heifers to make those prices, fair play

Thanks vander.they were the pick of 9 in fairness 3 are plainer(1 byu 1stq and a kyr ) and 2 real good edj heifers that are a bit younger than the rest so we'l keep the 5 another month or 2. they were very well shaped thick square heifers but had'nt the pedigree b blue type doudle muscle.

blue5000

Oh the agony, decisions, decisions, decisions, can't decide whether to head to the beach or fix the topper and finish off a few thistles:o

reilig

Hay_man wrote: »

Silage question


Contractor finished bailing at half 7 this evening, but said he will not be able to wrap the bales till tomorrow morning.

I'm wondering will this effect the quality of the silage?

I though I read some where that bales should be wrapped within four hours of bailing.......

The only isssue with them will be if they sag a little bit over night. Slightly our of shape bales don't turn as well on the wrapper and he won't be able to turn them on the table as fast as freshly made bales. It will be the contractor's own problem, he'll just have to take his time.

leg wax

blue5000 wrote: »

Oh the agony, decisions, decisions, decisions, can't decide whether to head to the beach or fix the topper and finish off a few thistles:o

if you have a young family then go to the beech as the thistles will be there in years to come when kids are gone with memories of playing with dad on the beech.:rolleyes:

jpos

Today's line includes, reading off after TB test, a round of golf (hopefully) and on to Puck Fair in the evening/next three days.

who the fug

jpos wrote: »

Today's line includes, reading off after TB test, a round of golf (hopefully) and on to Puck Fair in the evening/next three days.

Christ is it that time of year already

Evening/Early Morning would be more apt

bob charles

leg wax wrote: »

if you have a young family then go to the beech as the thistles will be there in years to come when kids are gone with memories of playing with dad on the beech.:rolleyes:

thistles, nothing worse than trying to towel of sand from the craic of your ass when a tunder shower comes along. also taking kids to the beach would cost serious wedge I would imagine

Tora Bora

I'm only a mile from the beach ....... but I still have two more fields of ragwort looking at me. Easy decision. Ragwort. Sad but true. Looking at the stuff absolutely wrecks my head.

jpos

who the fug wrote: »

jpos wrote: »

Today's line includes, reading off after TB test, a round of golf (hopefully) and on to Puck Fair in the evening/next three days.

Christ is it that time of year already

Evening/Early Morning would be more apt

Afraid so. The wallet will be getting a serious exercising over the next few days.

kevthegaff

jpos wrote: »

Afraid so. The wallet will be getting a serious exercising over the next few days.

Fair pi""ing off trying to get a contractor to do work for me, im on hilly land and have 4 acres to bale, jes sick of begging lads:(

who the fug

jpos wrote: »

Afraid so. The wallet will be getting a serious exercising over the next few days.

So will the liver:D

redzerologhlen

Herd test done and dusted today, all clear thanks be to god *sigh of relief* :cool:

Kovu

Final three meadows of ours being mowed today, then off to do some bloody photography work for my brother. And I could be getting some nice sun on the lawn instead:p

whelan1

sitting out in the back yard-chilling;)- and a heifer walked out from behind a trailer, my son who is 4 says " hold on i will play some music for her " grabs a mouth organ and walks over to her... hillarious:D

1chippy

am i doing something seriously wrong or just the only (idiot) farmer that doesnt get time to sit down in the sun?
sorry rough day.

Bleating Lamb

Nope your not....I spent whole day in jeep moving cattle,took advantage of weather to get some rushes sprayed and was moving stock to fresh grass....roaster of a day to be moving cattle:(

leg wax

well a great day here silage finished home to a barbee with my wife and her friends from clare pissed now and good night:P

stanflt

-what a cracker of a day-got the last of silage bales in before 9this morning then picked up 35acres of silage and in between that got the straw baled and hay saved-didnt bale either myself:)
got a phone call at 10pm from land lordond on the out farm to say a cow had calved- a bull by tsk- she wasnt due for 17days, thats the oman blood for you-will have to have her home for 8 in the morning for the end of milking and the outfarm is 14km away- hard to believe were calving again only eighty days break

whelan1

stanflt wrote: »

-what a cracker of a day-got the last of silage bales in before 9this morning then picked up 35acres of silage and in between that got the straw baled and hay saved-didnt bale either myself:)
got a phone call at 10pm from land lordond on the out farm to say a cow had calved- a bull by tsk- she wasnt due for 17days, thats the oman blood for you-will have to have her home for 8 in the morning for the end of milking and the outfarm is 14km away- hard to believe were calving again only eighty days break

another calf this morning and 2 more will calve during the day... the one that was born this morning is a njo bull cow was served 11/11/11 so the exact 9 months, very big calf

whelan1

second cut silage in and covered , round bales of silage done and in... barley straw in... cheers.... come on john joe:)

tismesoitis

whelan1 wrote: »

second cut silage in and covered , round bales of silage done and in... barley straw in... cheers.... come on john joe:)

any harm asking whats barley straw making ??

come on john joe is right!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whelan1

tismesoitis wrote: »

any harm asking whats barley straw making ??

come on john joe is right!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i dont pay until i get my sfp, i buy it off my godfather so he goes easy on me

topgeas

is the ploughing match in doubt. heard they cant get in to cut the corn.

nashmach

topgeas wrote: »

is the ploughing match in doubt. heard they cant get in to cut the corn.

Rumour mill out again :rolleyes:

They'll get in alright.

bob charles

nashmach wrote: »

Rumour mill out again :rolleyes:

They'll get in alright.

its over 6 weeks off yet, FFS time to take a chill.

nashmach

bob charles wrote: »

its over 6 weeks off yet, FFS time to take a chill.

Agreed with you Bob

Site works started a few weeks back but harvest down here (I'm not far from the site) is no more than a week later than usual.

kevthegaff

got me second cut in thank god, rest of the slurry out in the coming weeks and things should slaken, gona head off on an all dayer session in 4 weeks!:D

redzerologhlen

Walked an outfarm yesterday which hadnt been grazed in 6 weeks and pulled 8 ticks off myself with a tweezers last night after it, funny thing is I walked it last week and didnt have one on me. I reckon this warm weather must have brought them to the top of the grass so a word of warning to any of ye grazing strong old grass, keep an eye out for redwater because the ticks seem to have become very active over the last few days.

Birdnuts

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Walked an outfarm yesterday which hadnt been grazed in 6 weeks and pulled 8 ticks off myself with a tweezers last night after it, funny thing is I walked it last week and didnt have one on me. I reckon this warm weather must have brought them to the top of the grass so a word of warning to any of ye grazing strong old grass, keep an eye out for redwater because the ticks seem to have become very active over the last few days.

Their making the most of this brief dose of heat and humidity - had to take nearly a dozen off the hounds in recent days:(

reilig

Anyone know how much a solicitor charges to send out a simple warning letter?

Background:

A contractor crossed my property withour permission and caused a lot of damage. I asked him to repair it and after months and months of asking him he came back several months later and did a half arsed job, leaving drains filled in which has caused flooding, damage to laneways, drains blocked etc.

He has got thick about it and refuses to do anything more. I want to send him a little reminder, but I don't want to be out a fortune for it as I know I'll never recover it.

Thankfully I have no experience with legal matters.

whelan1

for a single consultation about an hour with letter sent €100- but did the job

bob charles

reilig wrote: »

Anyone know how much a solicitor charges to send out a simple warning letter?

Background:

A contractor crossed my property withour permission and caused a lot of damage. I asked him to repair it and after months and months of asking him he came back several months later and did a half arsed job, leaving drains filled in which has caused flooding, damage to laneways, drains blocked etc.

He has got thick about it and refuses to do anything more. I want to send him a little reminder, but I don't want to be out a fortune for it as I know I'll never recover it.

Thankfully I have no experience with legal matters.

should you not be taking it up with whoever the contractor was working for. Before pictures are essential when this type of arrangement has to take place

Richk2012

Had 2 lots of lambs out on Tuesday .
1st pen of 12 weathers at 48kg made 105eur .
2nd pen at 44kg weathers made 100eur .

Was just taking notes of prices overall , and was watching a pen of 48kg ram lambs sold at 95eur .
Certainly pays to get the burdizo out at 10/head differ:cool: .

The brutal summer was plain to be seen out there though . Most of the lambs on offer were stores with only a small number fit for the hook straight away

whelan1

from listening to the radio this morning there seems to have been serious rain in the midlands with roads closed etc:eek: we just got a bit of drizzle and its really warm here now, offloading small square bales that we brought home on saturday and i am roasting....what the weather like where you are?

redzerologhlen

whelan1 wrote: »

from listening to the radio this morning there seems to have been serious rain in the midlands with roads closed etc:eek: we just got a bit of drizzle and its really warm here now, offloading small square bales that we brought home on saturday and i am roasting....what the weather like where you are?

Bright, breezy and dry at the moment, the night wasnt so good though.

blue5000

Dry right now, but went to top a paddock this morning and had to abandon it, land is seriously wet here after the weekend.

reilig

Look at what's coming on wednesday. Its not good to see yellow on a weather chart!

Tora Bora

Alternating between fierce heavy down pours and very hot spells. Steam rising off the tar and concrete yard! Made deluge last night.

rancher

whelan1 wrote: »

from listening to the radio this morning there seems to have been serious rain in the midlands with roads closed etc:eek: we just got a bit of drizzle and its really warm here now, offloading small square bales that we brought home on saturday and i am roasting....what the weather like where you are?

.75in in the rain gauge when we got up at 7oc in the midlands, emptied it and then another.75in by 8oc... horrendous thunder and lightning

whelan1

anyone notice the honeysuckle, seems to have come twice this year, was out in may and is out again now, love the smell, my dad says he never saw the likes of it before