Farming Chit Chat

vanderbadger

pakalasa wrote: »

Lads, anyone go last night?

no was hoping to but it didnt work out, were you in yourself ?

pakalasa

No, planned on going but a bit of a head cold changed my mind. Cold place to be sitting when you're not feeling the best.

vanderbadger

pakalasa wrote: »

No, planned on going but a bit of a head cold changed my mind. Cold place to be sitting when you're not feeling the best.

true, I often wondered if those large hanging heaters were ever turned on since the place was built

pakalasa

http://www.independent.ie/video/video-have-you-seen/rally-biker-stops-to-save-drowning-calf-2917996.html

tanko

Good video, it reminded me of a time when i was watching one of my cows calving in a field with a river along one side. After doing a tour of the whole field she lay down along the bank, stuck her bum over the edge and landed the calf into three feet of water. It wasn't much fun trying to push the big lump up the bank with my wellies full of water. It could have been worse i suppose!!

just do it

pakalasa wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/video/video-have-you-seen/rally-biker-stops-to-save-drowning-calf-2917996.html

Just as well it wasn't a monster of a BB or a lively LM:D

DoneDL

pakalasa wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/video/video-have-you-seen/rally-biker-stops-to-save-drowning-calf-2917996.html

Brilliant, made me and the kids smile.:D

Tipp Man

pakalasa wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/video/video-have-you-seen/rally-biker-stops-to-save-drowning-calf-2917996.html

Fair dues to him - great effort

Calf looked fair happy tearing down the road on the bike

whelan1

theres an automatic calf feeder on dd for €500, there was someone on here looking for one a while ago

pakalasa

Tipp Man wrote: »

Fair dues to him - great effort

Calf looked fair happy tearing down the road on the bike

Did you notice how dry the calf was by the time they pulled up?

I helped pull a 600Kg Lim Bullock up out of a trench for a neighbour a few weeks back. We had a similar, but bigger strap and a front loader. The bullock had walked up along the trench until he came to a bridge, so we couldnt pull him up by the head. One guy had to go down into the trench, lie on his back and get the strap down around his belly. Mad...They dont last too long either, before they get hypothermia, especially if they are thin and weather is cold.

Pity I didn't get it for Youtube.

keep going

there s cliffs about 250ft high near us and a neighbours bullock fell down them and managed to stop about 150 ft down.he was allright but we had to go down and get him,he nearly killed us .i managed to get a rope on his neck and we pulled him up with a tractor,probaly the most dangerous thing i ever did

jerdee

we have just unloaded the best citrus i have seen in a while ...there will be a happy livestock up the west ...

djmc

what is citrus

Kovu

djmc wrote: »

what is citrus

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+citrus%3F

(sorry, couldn't help myself:D)

whelan1

djmc wrote: »

what is citrus

citrus pulp i assume, its a nut made up of citrus fruits, some animals find it unpalatable on its own , we would normally mix it with barley and soya

whelan1

scanned a few weeks ago and scanning man said a couple of the cows are cystic, now they are in heat every 3 weeks ,will i estrumate them on day 11 or would ya put a coil in them, will not be servingthem for about a month

redzerologhlen

Was spreading slurry today, Splashplate got blocked with a bit of dung and I closed the spring. Turns out when I closed the spring that the dung was in under it and it hadnt closed fully. Needless to say I took off the splashplate and a shower of slurry followed. The form is mighty now...anyone know how to get slurry out of your nose:rolleyes:

jerdee

slowly bet the wellies are bone dry.....


off home 12k of citrus all done without a drop of rain suprise suprise

redzerologhlen

Meet the super cow everyone!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmkj5gq1cQU

johngalway

The young dog has a habit of not looking before he leaps when jumping fences. My fear has been he'll leap and land face first into a rock, he has had one narrow escape already. But, today I couldn't keep the :pac: in, he lept, looked sideways at me flying through the air and landed slap bang on the middle of the back of one of the lambs :pac: Don't know which of them was more surprised

Bizzum

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Meet the super cow everyone!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmkj5gq1cQU

Interesting book on natural selection worth a look by some Shropshire chappy named Darwin.
He called it "The Origin of Species"

Don't think it done that well for him!:D

weefarmer

Was ringin about some bf/lmx heifers today that I seen advertised in the paper but unfortunately they were sold thos mornin
19 month old ready for bull! €825

polod

Whay would be the average yeild of the above cows ....would they give 1100/gallons/year ?

leg wax

a 915kilo cow made 1800 euro in ross mart today.:eek:

bogman_bass

polod wrote: »

Whay would be the average yeild of the above cows ....would they give 1100/gallons/year ?

when we were milking our BF heifers were giving about that. cows about 1200

pakalasa

leg wax wrote: »

a 915kilo cow made 1800 euro in ross mart today.:eek:

Anyone know where these heavy suckler cows end up?
Are they being killed in Irish factories? I know the French favour that kind of meat, but they're hardly exported live.

simx

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Was spreading slurry today, Splashplate got blocked with a bit of dung and I closed the spring. Turns out when I closed the spring that the dung was in under it and it hadnt closed fully. Needless to say I took off the splashplate and a shower of slurry followed. The form is mighty now...anyone know how to get slurry out of your nose:rolleyes:

did you see the splashplate that ya could unblock from the tractor,unique inventions in kilkenny,they also made the bale splitter that takes off the plastic and netwrap together

polod

simx wrote: »

did you see the splashplate that ya could unblock from the tractor,unique inventions in kilkenny,they also made the bale splitter that takes off the plastic and netwrap together

yeah i seen that in the IFJ looks very handy but jays how lazy are we getting ....is that the Tanco bale shear you are talking about ? the one that fits onto the front loader ?

Tora Bora

pakalasa wrote: »

Anyone know where these heavy suckler cows end up?
.

In your local chippie:cool:

Kovu

leg wax wrote: »

a 915kilo cow made 1800 euro in ross mart today.:eek:

A 915kg dry heifer made 2270 in Mohill today :eek: Never seen the like before.

Bizzum

Karen112 wrote: »

A 915kg dry heifer made 2270 in Mohill today :eek: Never seen the like before.

Some Heifer.

Bizzum

Anyone notice the little spat between a Mr Lennon and a Mr Mullane in the Beef Cattle section on Donedeal?

http://www.donedeal.ie/find/beefcattle/for-sale/Ireland/

Those Limerick lads are the limit!

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

Anyone notice the little spat between a Mr Lennon and a Mr Mullane in the Beef Cattle section on Donedeal?

http://www.donedeal.ie/find/beefcattle/for-sale/Ireland/

Those Limerick lads are the limit!

Hahahaha. Met one of those men before I think, down in Kilmallock. Hard to say which one is telling the truth...

limo_100

had a fl21 heifer calf the other day very small and disappointing has anyone got any of him do they just start out small???

pakalasa

limo_100 wrote: »

had a fl21 heifer calf the other day very small and disappointing has anyone got any of him do they just start out small???

Easy calving means a small calf at birth. Wait till she's a weanling before passing judgment.

johngalway

Just spent the last two hours before dark out on a foggy, drizzly and then rainy hill. Got a phone call that there was dogs chasing sheep, grabbed the rifle and off I went after making a couple of calls myself. Found a spot where a sheep had been put into a stream, lots of wool about but no ewe, either she got out herself - unlikely with dogs at the scene, or was removed by someone. Heard dogs barking twice in one spot but could see SFA.

As we all broke up for the night someone discovered the dogs had been out that morning :rolleyes: Why the fcuk people don't lift the phone sooner I'll never know :mad:

Off out at first light to walk the bogs, holes, lakes and streams.

limo_100

pakalasa wrote: »

Easy calving means a small calf at birth. Wait till she's a weanling before passing judgment.

ya c hes not an easy calving bull i was expecting a decent sized calf. av u used him yet??

moy83

johngalway wrote: »

Just spent the last two hours before dark out on a foggy, drizzly and then rainy hill. Got a phone call that there was dogs chasing sheep, grabbed the rifle and off I went after making a couple of calls myself. Found a spot where a sheep had been put into a stream, lots of wool about but no ewe, either she got out herself - unlikely with dogs at the scene, or was removed by someone. Heard dogs barking twice in one spot but could see SFA.

As we all broke up for the night someone discovered the dogs had been out that morning :rolleyes: Why the fcuk people don't lift the phone sooner I'll never know :mad:

Off out at first light to walk the bogs, holes, lakes and streams.

Tough going on a sunday evening John its awful hard to catch them dogs in the act the baxtards .

whelan1

did anyone go to tom kellys monamore sale yesterday?

johngalway

moy83 wrote: »

Tough going on a sunday evening John its awful hard to catch them dogs in the act the baxtards .

Tell me about it :rolleyes: We've our suspicions who the dogs belong to, but when ya don't see them around ya can't say. Some never lock their dogs in, some that should know to do so.

Kovu

johngalway wrote: »

Just spent the last two hours before dark out on a foggy, drizzly and then rainy hill. Got a phone call that there was dogs chasing sheep, grabbed the rifle and off I went after making a couple of calls myself. Found a spot where a sheep had been put into a stream, lots of wool about but no ewe, either she got out herself - unlikely with dogs at the scene, or was removed by someone. Heard dogs barking twice in one spot but could see SFA.

As we all broke up for the night someone discovered the dogs had been out that morning :rolleyes: Why the fcuk people don't lift the phone sooner I'll never know :mad:

Off out at first light to walk the bogs, holes, lakes and streams.

Got myself into awful neighbour bother after I took the gun to his (wife's) dog that was chasing my cows. Had them terrorised for a few weeks until I caught him in the act. It's no joke to find cows on your front lawn that were a mile away the night before:o
Eventually had to get the guards to explain the rights to him.....

pakalasa

limo_100 wrote: »

ya c hes not an easy calving bull i was expecting a decent sized calf. av u used him yet??

No,
But I plan to, next year. I would like to hear how others got on with him too.

johngalway

Karen112 wrote: »

Got myself into awful neighbour bother after I took the gun to his (wife's) dog that was chasing my cows. Had them terrorised for a few weeks until I caught him in the act. It's no joke to find cows on your front lawn that were a mile away the night before:o
Eventually had to get the guards to explain the rights to him.....

Yep, a visit from the boys in blue often calms the rantiest of ranty panties :pac: That or a letter! If it turns out these belong to who I think they belong to I'm none too worried about neighbourly relations as we're not on good terms anyway! They never lock in their dogs.

rancher

johngalway wrote: »

Yep, a visit from the boys in blue often calms the rantiest of ranty panties :pac: That or a letter! If it turns out these belong to who I think they belong to I'm none too worried about neighbourly relations as we're not on good terms anyway! They never lock in their dogs.

I can't see why farmers don't report irresponsible dog owners to the county council, the damage dogs do on sheep farms every year is serious, any time that I have done it, it has been sorted pronto.

just do it

johngalway wrote: »

Just spent the last two hours before dark out on a foggy, drizzly and then rainy hill. Got a phone call that there was dogs chasing sheep, grabbed the rifle and off I went after making a couple of calls myself. Found a spot where a sheep had been put into a stream, lots of wool about but no ewe, either she got out herself - unlikely with dogs at the scene, or was removed by someone. Heard dogs barking twice in one spot but could see SFA.

As we all broke up for the night someone discovered the dogs had been out that morning :rolleyes: Why the fcuk people don't lift the phone sooner I'll never know :mad:

Off out at first light to walk the bogs, holes, lakes and streams.

Cattle are work, sheep are a vocation!!

johngalway

just do it wrote: »

Cattle are work, sheep are a vocation!!

Best way to meet the neighbours they say :pac:

tismesoitis

limo_100 wrote: »

ya c hes not an easy calving bull i was expecting a decent sized calf. av u used him yet??

we have used him hoping for heifers. have got either 4 or 5 bulls so far no heifers but have to say he puts serious cattle. they get great weights at d weanling stage give the calf time he could surprise u

Bizzum

Anyone going to Elphin on the 14th Nov for the Mc Gee Reduction sale.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2672439

Serious looking stock in the pics!

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

Anyone going to Elphin on the 14th Nov for the Mc Gee Reduction sale.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2672439

Serious looking stock in the pics!

I may be.
This animal made me laugh! http://www.donedeal.ie/donedeal/classifieds/viewFullPhoto.jsp?cid=8532008&ad=2672439

A free, teeny weeny cow!

vanderbadger

Bizzum wrote: »

Anyone going to Elphin on the 14th Nov for the Mc Gee Reduction sale.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2672439

Serious looking stock in the pics!

serious looking cattle indeed, cows seems to have serious muscle, would you be worried about calving some of those cows?