Farming Chit Chat

snowman707 · 11-10-2011 12:41pm

whelan1 wrote: »

see an ad on done deal for a fresh claved heifer for €12,000:D.. to me it is obviously a mis print unless there is some thing i am missing

yep misprints happen;)

redzerologhlen · 11-10-2011 1:48pm

Seen a 330kg charlaois bull make €1010 in kilfenora last night. He was nice but not that nice. How does anyone intend on making a few euro giving that kind of money for a weanling..

leg wax · 11-10-2011 3:35pm

have to do reps course tonight really looking forward to it:mad:,going to bring one of the lads nintendo's to play at the back of the class:D.

whelan1 · 11-10-2011 3:52pm

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Seen a 330kg charlaois bull make €1010 in kilfenora last night. He was nice but not that nice. How does anyone intend on making a few euro giving that kind of money for a weanling..

just back from ardee mart had 2 br/fr bull calves 2 weeks old got €255 each:D the lad standing beside me was going "255 for friesian bulls, never in my llife"

lakill Farm · 11-10-2011 3:59pm

whelan1 wrote: »

just back from ardee mart had 2 br/fr bull calves 2 weeks old got €255 each:D the lad standing beside me was going "255 for friesian bulls, never in my llife"

Was there many other calves for sale and what price were they making Whelan1?

€255 :rolleyes: . I can imagine what a few angus or Whiteheaded heifer suck calves will cost me

whelan1 · 11-10-2011 4:02pm

was 50 odd calves nearly all friesians , now most of the friesians where making around the 140 mark.. a few blues and didnt wait to see the rest ... angus calves seems scarce , i sell all my angus calves to the one person off farm

lakill Farm · 11-10-2011 4:11pm

Is the sort of mutual agreementtha benefits you, the other party and the calves.

When i build my calf shed i will have to get buying.

Charlie Charolais · 11-10-2011 4:43pm

hey all,

i'm working off farm but want to buy some weanlings;
are there any evening sales in west area?

lakill Farm · 11-10-2011 4:51pm

Granard Co Longford on Monday evening 7.00pm Lim & Char (2 rings - females and seperately ale)

Delvin Co Westmeath Friday at 6.30 Char & Lim ( One ring)

moy83 · 11-10-2011 4:58pm

Maam cross monday evenings at six o clock

johngalway · 11-10-2011 6:40pm

moy83 wrote: »

Maam cross monday evenings at six o clock

Buy in Maam Cross, sell in Clifden

just do it · 11-10-2011 8:33pm

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

hey all,

i'm working off farm but want to buy some weanlings;
are there any evening sales in west area?

Gort, Co Galway thursday evenings

24_7 · 12-10-2011 11:31am

Well,
Just wondering if any of you buy semen straws as potential investment for the future to sell at a profit. Reason for asking, Bought straws about 2 years ago for a bull and paid about €80 each, seen some of the same bull in the Journal at the weekend and phoned, looking about €300 each. I was only after buying the flask at the time and I still havent much in it, so just curious to see if others were using it partly as a savings or investment tool.

jeff greene · 12-10-2011 11:35am

24_7 wrote: »

Well,
Just wondering if any of you buy semen straws as potential investment for the future to sell at a profit. Reason for asking, Bought straws about 2 years ago for a bull and paid about €80 each, seen some of the same bull in the Journal at the weekend and phoned, looking about €300 each. I was only after buying the flask at the time and I still havent much in it, so just curious to see if others were using it partly as a savings or investment tool.

Genetics don't stop, top bulls today will be obsolete in a few years, more so now with advancements in genomics etc. Small scale with top show bulls maybe

Muckit · 12-10-2011 11:39am

plus you've the cost of the liquid nitrogen and the risk of storing the straws and keeping them intact. A dud straw is no good to anyone. A risky risky 'investment' in my book.

bogman_bass · 12-10-2011 11:44am

lads forget about bulls pretty fast and move onto the next big thing. That and if you get caught you're in trouble. You can't sell straws without a licence and an approved semen store

Atilathehun · 12-10-2011 11:54am

jeff greene wrote: »

Genetics don't stop, top bulls today will be obsolete in a few years, more so now with advancements in genomics etc. Small scale with top show bulls maybe

Shure, the blues are nearly obsolete as it is:D

linebacker52 · 12-10-2011 12:31pm

Scanned cows this morning 15% empty happy enough with that.

whelan1 · 12-10-2011 12:41pm

any word of an extension in the slurry spreading date, the lads around here are making fair muck:o

rliston · 12-10-2011 1:24pm

whelan1 wrote: »

any word of an extension in the slurry spreading date, the lads around here are making fair muck:o

From facebook

Offical Irish Farmers Journal wrote:

NEWSFLASH - Ministers Hogan and Coveney confirm that slurry spreading deadline is extended by two weeks to end of October (where conditions permit).

Bizzum · 12-10-2011 11:12pm

I see we have a new moderator. When did this happen? What did I miss?

Best of luck Reilig!

13spanner · 13-10-2011 12:08am

Kilfenora mart in last weeks "mart watch" in the journal. We're famous!

reilig · 13-10-2011 9:21am

Bizzum wrote: »

I see we have a new moderator. When did this happen? What did I miss?

Best of luck Reilig!

Yesterday I believe. 6 grueling interviews and 3 weeks of negotiations on my salary and here I am

The_Conductor · 13-10-2011 9:30am

Best of good luck to Reilig and Rovi (who has been mod for a few weeks now) as the two new forum moderators.

Shane

Birdnuts · 13-10-2011 9:37am

reilig wrote: »

Yesterday I believe. 6 grueling interviews and 3 weeks of negotiations on my salary and here I am

Thats makes you a PT farmer like myself;)

pakalasa · 13-10-2011 10:02am

reilig wrote: »

Yesterday I believe. 6 grueling interviews and 3 weeks of negotiations on my salary and here I am

Seriously though, what is involved in becoming a Moderator?
More importantly, what are the perks?

Or is it more like the GAA coaches at underage......nothing but abuse.:D

reilig · 13-10-2011 10:34am

pakalasa wrote: »

Or is it more like the GAA coaches at underage......nothing but abuse.:D

You hit the nail on the head there I think.

I do get some extra subscriber priviledges. They asked me to do it, I spend a lot of time on here anyway and get a lot of information back from it. It won't be a lot of extra work just to tidy things up a bit while I'm here.

Bizzum · 13-10-2011 11:47am

reilig wrote: »

Yesterday I believe. 6 grueling interviews and 3 weeks of negotiations on my salary and here I am

I can see the headline in the local paper already:

JOBS BOOST FOR LEITRIM!

I have to say I liked Pakalasa's underage GAA coach analogy. All grand 'till ya start 'favouring your own young fella!'

Best of luck with it!

leg wax · 13-10-2011 3:50pm

anyone hear of massey woman on here anymore?

reilig · 13-10-2011 4:13pm

leg wax wrote: »

anyone hear of massey woman on here anymore?

I saw her post to a thread a couple of weeks ago.

redzerologhlen · 13-10-2011 4:57pm

Probably the most overdone bulls I have ever seen

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2605777

simx · 13-10-2011 7:42pm

anyone in kilmallock monday?. . . what sim/blk lim weanling bulls making?

pakalasa · 13-10-2011 7:47pm

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Probably the most overdone bulls I have ever seen

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2605777

Funny, I was looking at that today and thinking the same thing.

reilig · 13-10-2011 7:55pm

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Probably the most overdone bulls I have ever seen

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2605777

They're narrow allright - all feed and poor muscle. I'm not fond of a bull with a dip in the back like that!!

redzerologhlen · 13-10-2011 10:59pm

Who knew pigs were so smart...a bit of babe in this lad I think!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrkIVsYuX4E&feature=player_embedded

dar31 · 13-10-2011 11:08pm

neighbors bull came in for a visit to day, walked through 3 electric wires before he realised its not such a good idea, took half hour to fix they all back up.

Kovu · 13-10-2011 11:11pm

dar31 wrote: »

neighbors bull came in for a visit to day, walked through 3 wires before he realised its not such a good idea, took half hour to fix they all back up.

Not a great bull if he realised that walking through wires wouldn't work:rolleyes:

dar31 · 14-10-2011 7:43am

first diy ai calf born last night.
draged my self out of bed at 3 this morning to make sure all was ok.
heifer calf by sok out of one of the few pets on the farm

pajero12 · 14-10-2011 1:09pm

Firstly congrats on the new role Reilig

Anyone heading to Elphin tonight for Eddie Lynch's sale??

leg wax · 14-10-2011 7:18pm

the sale for dovea was good iheard the best cow and calf made 3200

5live · 14-10-2011 8:00pm

From

to

to :eek:. Finally got my milk test results back today after the first were lost in the lab.

BVD was negative so

:D:D

IBR was 89 with a target of below 55 so it confirmed what i had thought all along so i was:(

Then the bombshell.... liverfluke at 265 :eek::eek: with a target of below 150. Nearly fell on my a**e on the floor. First year without fascinex to the cows during the winter and the level jumped from under 100. This after a double fluke dose, one at drying off and another at calving.

Really up s**t creek now as it will cost about 2k between the dose and milk withdrawl or do i wait till i dry off in 2 months. Must sit down and have a chat with the genius that decided to stop fluke treatment on dairy cows:mad:

whelan1 · 14-10-2011 8:08pm

i do all cows at drying off with either albex or endospec.. i hate hate hate that we cant use injectables

just do it · 14-10-2011 9:01pm

My own little invention. €2 rather than €x00!

Use a fence pole tied at one side. Catch the cows head in the head gate. Scoop up her head with the fence pole and tie in place. Dose her. Works really well and less hardship for the cow. I'd to do my sucklers for rumen fluke and that is only available in dose as well:(

whelan1 · 14-10-2011 9:04pm

if you meet a deer on the road what would you do? , no silly crap plaese had 3 kids in the car

Bizzum · 14-10-2011 9:06pm

just do it wrote: »

My own little invention. €2 rather than €x00!

Use a fence pole tied at one side. Catch the cows head in the head gate. Scoop up her head with the fence pole and tie in place. Dose her. Works really well and less hardship for the cow. I'd to do my sucklers for rumen fluke and that is only available in dose as well:(

No matter what you pay, the law of the lever will apply!:)

Bizzum · 14-10-2011 9:07pm

whelan1 wrote: »

if you meet a deer on the road what would you do? , no silly crap plaese had 3 kids in the car

A live deer? Nothing, only show the kids the deer!

just do it · 14-10-2011 9:08pm

whelan1 wrote: »

if you meet a deer on the road what would you do? , no silly crap plaese had 3 kids in the car

Hmm, all depends. Do you mean in the case where you've to make a split second decision to hit it or avoid it? There's a lot of variables. First and foremost on my thoughts would be the kids, then me, then the car, then the deer.

Bizzum · 14-10-2011 9:16pm

whelan1 wrote: »

if you meet a deer on the road what would you do? , no silly crap plaese had 3 kids in the car

On the other hand, it can be a tricky situation.
See this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88r_q7oufE&ob=av3e

Make sure to watch it all.
Don't say you weren't warned:)

pakalasa · 14-10-2011 9:21pm

whelan1 wrote: »

if you meet a deer on the road what would you do? , no silly crap plaese had 3 kids in the car

Mr.Success · 14-10-2011 11:47pm

yes went down to elphin, it was packed to full capacity, springers and sucklers from 1800-3200, not one bad heifer in it

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