Farming Chit Chat

Username John

Jesus, been a desperate night here

I need to let out some ewes and lambs, but they'll have to shuffle in together for another bit with this weather...

Conmaicne Mara

Username John wrote: »

Jesus, been a desperate night here

I need to let out some ewes and lambs, but they'll have to shuffle in together for another bit with this weather...

The forecast is pretty dire alright.

reilig

pakalasa wrote: »

With suckler cows, it is well worth feeding a bit of meal this winter. Far better than dealing with weak cows.

+1

Too many people bought bad silage at Eur25+ per bale and didn't realise that the same amount of better quality feeding could be achieved by feeding meal at the equivalent of Eur22 per bale.

whelan1

so are ye all cooking breakfast in bed for the mammys today? i am the only one up and about in our house so far, could be a long wait for breakfast here:o

Viewtodiefor

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

The forecast is pretty dire alright.

Turning cold here now snow forecast cows out!

Kovu

whelan1 wrote: »

so are ye all cooking breakfast in bed for the mammys today? i am the only one up and about in our house so far, could be a long wait for breakfast here:o

Whelan I have 2 sirloin steaks marinating in the fridge (honey, soy sauce olive oil & garlic) Stir fry veg will be done later & Mashy spuds too. Followed by a 'Chocolate Bombe' from Aldi. It's apparently a christmas pud type thingy that has a melty choc centre. How melty it shall be will be determined by my feeding and timing of the calf last night though rough mother:eek:

Kovu

And I learned last night. A cat. In bed. Under the covers. A clock alarm.


*sings*

One of these things is alot scratchier than the other!

leg wax

loopy cow calved last night with twin kyr bull calves,she caught me off guard and calved the first one out in the cubicals,i was in trouble straight away,she would not let me near her or first calf,so had to get tractor and put it between her and calf and run like hell with the calf and boy can she run,got her in head bail and took second calf out and said a little prayer over the 2 boys and said its up to yee now,left her off she mothered the 2 of them and they both found a tit thank god.:D
oh HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ..........................girls

Kovu

leg wax wrote: »

loopy cow calved last night with twin kyr bull calves,she caught me off guard and calved the first one out in the cubicals,i was in trouble straight away,she would not let me near her or first calf,so had to get tractor and put it between her and calf and run like hell with the calf and boy can she run,got her in head bail and took second calf out and said a little prayer over the 2 boys and said its up to yee now,left her off she mothered the 2 of them and they both found a tit thank god.:D
oh HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ..........................girls

I am so immature at times. I giggled like a schoolgirl with the last sentence! about tits.
But great to hear a happy (hopefully) ending to their birth.


And Happy Post 1000 To Me!:D

jomoloney

fecking kitchen is like X between a florists and a chocolate factory :D

Happy Mother's Day to all the lassies

pakalasa

First Ardlea Dan (ADX) calf born last night. Cow went 296 days. I've another cow due to him gone over time and this cow always calves early. Fine looking calf, good and square, but small and light. I hope to keep her as a replacement. Mother is a simmental cow with milk and always a super calf.

Also, do ye find some cows drop the pins half way and then nothing for a week. Others then drop suddenly 12 hours before calving. It would drive you mad at times watching them.

Richk2012

pakalasa wrote: »

First Ardlea Dan (ADX) calf born last night. Cow went 296 days. I've another cow due to him gone over time and this cow always calves early. Fine looking calf, good and square, but small and light. I hope to keep her as a replacement, as a simmental cow with milk and always a super calf.

Have you many in calf to him this year Pak???

pakalasa

Richk2012 wrote: »

Have you many in calf to him this year Pak???

Just three. With new unproven bulls, I always only use a couple until I see how they breed.

Manoffeeling

pakalasa wrote: »

Just the two. With new unproven bulls, I always only use a couple until I see how they breed.

Have you ever been on his farm? Very impressive setup.

Bigbird1

pakalasa wrote: »

First Ardlea Dan (ADX) calf born last night. Cow went 296 days. I've another cow due to him gone over time and this cow always calves early. Fine looking calf, good and square, but small and light. I hope to keep her as a replacement. Mother is a simmental cow with milk and always a super calf.

Also, do ye find some cows drop the pins half way and then nothing for a week. Others then drop suddenly 12 hours before calving. It would drive you mad at times watching them.

He should be a good maternal bull,he looks a nice bull with a big wide square pelvis and his sire vivaldi breeds milky daughters i hear.

Richk2012

pakalasa wrote: »

Just the two. With new unproven bulls, I always only use a couple until I see how they breed.

Same as , can be risky with no proper relilability to go on .

I have a 4 month ADX heifer calf and one more to calf to him .
Good big framed calf , but wouldnt be over done with shape , and she is out of a blueX cow .


Well to be honest im not sure if the last cow is in calf to him or not .
She repeated twice on me so i put an adx straw in her in the evening and the following morning she got a Blonde KCE . Only time will tell .

Il put up a pic of the adx heifer on the photo thread

pakalasa

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Have you ever been on his farm? Very impressive setup.

No, but seen the stock for sale at the Limousin Sociey sales. Stock are all of the same type, big powerful and very correct. You can see the farm on this video from 9mins. Super animals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxNAdXUvs8Q

Conmaicne Mara

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Turning cold here now snow forecast cows out!

Yeah, I was hoping for a nice week with a bit of growth. But I guess the man upstairs was listening to the snow bunnies on the weather forum instead. The wind is fairly severe here too, don't think we're due snow but probably get the rest.

Conmaicne Mara

Ordered some of that Rodex rat stuff last night. Usually use Storm blocks screwed to a leat inside a pipe but we'll see how this stuff works, pricey enough!

just do it

Gave the calves some calf starter meal in the creep area yesterday. I was surprised how quickly they figured it out and tucked into out straight away. Picked up the tip in the journal. When it comes to creep feeding them as weanlings they take to it a lot quicker.

just do it

And I also meant to say there was no bawling when I went down to let them back into the cows at 6pm.

freedominacup

4 or 5 days left to the 10k post:eek:

Manoffeeling

pakalasa wrote: »

No, but seen the stock for sale at the Limousin Sociey sales. Stock are all of the same type, big powerful and very correct. You can see the farm on this video from 9mins. Super animals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxNAdXUvs8Q

I know the family. Very nice people and good neighbours. They are breeding super stock.

whelan1

snowing here

darragh_haven

freedominacup wrote: »

4 or 5 days left to the 10k post:eek:

There will be a few pigs shouldering against each other coming up to that. Me included oink oink!

Kovu

whelan1 wrote: »

snowing here

And in S LM too. Is it in the south of Ire?
The cow that calved last night is a shocker of boldness. She even went for me through the gate this morn.:pac:

Kovu

Not entirely relevant but I put it in my Mum's card today;

The local farmer knocked on my door today and said, "Can you do something about your dog, he keeps worrying my sheep."

"Has he been chasing them?" I asked.

He replied, "No, he's been telling them about global warming, world poverty and the economic crisis."

redzerologhlen

After having an awful tuff pull with a big lim bull calf. His head was gone way back and I couldn't get it when I handled her, the auld lad had a go at her then and after 20 minutes he managed to straighten it, there's a bitta life in the auld dog yet

delaval

Didn't get to the pub last night, went up to read a story for kids and fell asleep in the boy's room. Got up at 6 left chocs into the room where I should have been for herself. She is gone to see her mother with the kids today. I am just back home now and stove was hopping so chocs worked, never know I might get a treat tonight!!!

All us guys should really apreciate what our wives do for us, I know that only for my wife's support and perspective we wouldn't have gotten to where we are today. She never blinked once during the really cash strapped early days. One thing I noticed on a trip to NZ a few years ago was that the most successful farm business' were husband and wife teams.That ends my contribution for Mothyer's Day.

Toaday I was on my own and couldn't believe that nothing went wrong and all calves were well this am and no calvings to boot.
I took advantage of the family's absence to go into the office with no phone to interrupt me. We sold a lot of cows and heifes in the past 10 days so I got all paper work uo to date.....great feeling!!!!!!!

td5man

freedominacup wrote: »

4 or 5 days left to the 10k post:eek:

Should the op be allowed to have the honours.

mooneboy

Just wondering any word on Weanling Bull Prices at the moment are the up or down would the end of march be a good time to sell or should I leave it until April. They are all black lim bulls fantastic looking animals weighting approx 360kg.

bob charles

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Are you searching the whole country for a bit of talent bob

When your looking for good breeding stock Redzer, you have to be prepared to travel the country.

just do it

freedominacup wrote: »

4 or 5 days left to the 10k post:eek:

Reserved for whelan1 me thinks

whelan1

came in from milking to a bath ready, meal cooked, complete with cava, daughter wrote out menus and taking orders, just waiting for dessert now! christmas crackers as well:D:D

hoseman

just do it wrote: »

Reserved for whelan1 me thinks

second that

1chippy

Watchin a cow to calve the last week, she had the decency to do it today when i was at lunch. Usually as quiet as a lamb but the tramp went for me when i tried to line the calve up to suck. Got the iodine on him and pointed him in the right direction but had to scatter.
I also bought an incalf heifer a couple of months back with her time up in mid feb. She still hasnt calved and no sign of her even starting to spring up. I bought her private and he said he would take her back without even asking. Hes a decent sort and between two minds on what to do but where would i stand if he wouldnt take her back?

whelan1

get vet to handle her , maybe let previous owner know the story before vet handles her

Juniorhurler

just do it wrote: »

Reserved for whelan1 me thinks

I agree. One problem though, on the phone I can't see post counts so if it is the same for everybody it could be taken by accident by another poster.

whelan1

thanks lads, oh went out to feed, tractor wont start:(:( will have to get mechanic back tomorrow, thinks relay that was causing problem on friday may be to blame:mad:

pakalasa

whelan1 wrote: »

thanks lads, oh went out to feed, tractor wont start:(:( will have to get mechanic back tomorrow, thinks relay that was causing problem on friday may be to blame:mad:

Give it a gentle tip with a hammer. Sometimes they just stick.

whelan1

engine turning but not starting, took relay off 3 times , took of filters fuel coming, lights not coming on on dash

Rovi

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whelan1

yup think farming chit chat 2 would be great,what does every one else think?

Muckit

@whelan1......Did you check all the electrical connector blocks under the bonnet near the cab? Sometimes they can come loose a bit, even if they look to be joined. Well they do on our New Holland. Seems a likely cause, especially when no lights at all on dash Worth a look. I cable tied ours to keep them tight, but the heat of the engine stretches them over time :mad:

Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

yup think farming chit chat 2 would be great,what does every one else think?

You started this ball Rollin', ya might as well kick off part 2. :^)

AntrimGlens

think whelan1 should have the honours of closing it and farming chit chat MKII would do well

delaval

whelan1 wrote: »

thanks lads, oh went out to feed, tractor wont start:(:( will have to get mechanic back tomorrow, thinks relay that was causing problem on friday may be to blame:mad:

Let them out:o:o

whelan1

coolio, will put up next post to start new thread farming chit chat 2:D

whelan1

welcome to farming chit chat 2, hope ye all enjoy the thread as much as the last one

Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

coolio, will put up next post to start new thread farming chit chat 2:D

Jaysus.........We didn't have to twist your arm:D:D