Farming Chit Chat

Bizzum

I wasn't in a sales this months, glad of these mart reports ye lads are posting.
Time to move a few CH weanlings!

moll3

sold aax heifers during d week feb calfs bucket fed made 310 yoyo wit weight :D:D

johngalway

Just look at that



Not a drop of fupping rain in sight

whelan1

Rang around a few places pricing dairy coarse ration yesterday,21% ranged from 245- 290 per tonne, thats some difference, going with the 245 as its the place i used last year and the same ration and it worked well, pays to shop around

bob charles

johngalway wrote: »

Just look at that



Not a drop of fupping rain in sight

Could nearly chance cutting a sap of hay!! Its to hold good till thursday, the long range forecast had it penciled for being a good week from a good bit back, maize and beet harvest contractors booked so it better hold

vanderbadger

was a lovely morning here then out of no where its after making a downpour :rolleyes:
id say it must be up on 60 days or more since we have had a full 24 hrs dry

reilig

We have a heavy fog. It's usually a good sign of a day.hopefully it'll get warm. I have a digger in and 300 posts to drive.

vanderbadger wrote: »

was a lovely morning here then out of no where its after making a downpour :rolleyes:
id say it must be up on 60 days or more since we have had a full 24 hrs dry

Kovu

johngalway wrote: »

Just look at that

Not a drop of fupping rain in sight

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This was the view outside my house after 8am. I thought it was a feckin fire at first (then I woke up:o)

snowman707

http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/NenaghGuardian/



scroll to page NG8 in the link above ,

the second digger mentioned in the article has since been "rescued" with a substantial contribution from the owner ,

The final total collected for charity is hoped to be €16K- €17k

well done to all involved

whelan1

Karen112 wrote: »

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This was the view outside my house after 8am. I thought it was a feckin fire at first (then I woke up:o)

red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning shepherds warning:)

Kovu

whelan1 wrote: »

red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning shepherds warning:)

Ahem. *clears throat* CR************AP.
On the plus side, just locked myself out of my house and now employed as a physio for greyhounds........as well as normal work.:o

whelan1

Karen112 wrote: »

Ahem. *clears throat* CR************AP.
On the plus side, just locked myself out of my house and now employed as a physio for greyhounds........as well as normal work.:o

see the shepherds where warning you! should have brought your keys with ya:D

Kovu

whelan1 wrote: »

see the shepherds where warning you! should have brought your keys with ya:D

And the day after I get a spare to leave in the handbag, ran out to see who was filling potholes on the lane and shut the door after me:o

moy83

Karen112 wrote: »

And the day after I get a spare to leave in the handbag, ran out to see who was filling potholes on the lane and shut the door after me:o

Curiosity killed the cat:-)

Kovu

moy83 wrote: »

Curiosity killed the cat:-)

If you seen where I lived, you'd wonder why they were filling the potholes too!:p:p

blue5000

I think the councils are busy using up this years allocated funds so that next years budget won't be cut;) Even working today, time and a half for somebody

johngalway

Karen112 wrote: »

If you seen where I lived, you'd wonder why they were filling the potholes too!:p:p

Especially when it's not raining, they usually only fill them here when they're full of water :rolleyes:

Kovu

johngalway wrote: »

Especially when it's not raining, they usually only fill them here when they're full of water :rolleyes:

Hahaha, wonder why?
Just burnt my dinner by looking through past posts:mad:, and I don't know if I'll make it to Mohill next week. Grrr Grrr Grr *rant*

whelan1

opw are currently cleaning our river , my dad was telling me that years ago they where cleaning it coming up to christmas , anyways a mechanic had to come out to disconnect the battery on the tracks machine for over the holidays:) he came few days before the holidays and driver and his co worker sat in tracks machine each day even though it couldnt work, then after christmas it was a week before the "mechanic" got back to reconnect the battery, pure madness!

vanderbadger

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/tractors/2689879
came across this morning

pakalasa

I captured the add before it's taken down.
There's someone that should get into marketing.

martin46585

vanderbadger wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/tractors/2689879
came across this morning

Maybe Trying to find a puncture or four:rolleyes:

whelan1

just had another surprise, went to check dry cows , have 12 due around christmas , there was a calf there, a red and white friesian bull, its years and years since there was a red and white calf born here, cant wait for kids to get home to see it .Pity it isnt a heifer but its alive

pakalasa

whelan1 wrote: »

just had another surprise, went to check dry cows , have 12 due around christmas , there was a calf there, a red and white friesian bull, its years and years since there was a red and white calf born here, cant wait for kids to get home to see it .Pity it isnt a heifer but its alive

Lemon Friesians - that's what we called them in the old days. I remember when I was very young we had one at home. Best cow we had.

Atilathehun

pakalasa wrote: »

Lemon Friesians - that's what we called them in the old days. I remember when I was very young we had one at home. Best cow we had.

We had a few of them. The AI bulls name was TTS. Remember him well:cool:

whelan1

thic calf is outof the ai bull gvv

PMU

Atilathehun wrote: »

We had a few of them. The AI bulls name was TTS. Remember him well:cool:

TTS: toftlodge theo supreme great bull, I remember him well

PMU

vanderbadger wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/tractors/2689879
came across this morning

" no critics....."

Charlie Charolais

I see on the front of the comic we're exporting heifers to Uganda for Bóthar;
I can foresee a shortage of good breeding stock next spring :D:D

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//get_image.aspx?w=190&eid=2619a3a1-b69f-4459-ac39-fc6517d3f020&lm=201111031035

red menace

Some of you might have seen my pictures from Farmfair in the Pictures thread.

One interesting thing that was there was the live online auction demo from this crowd

http://www.dlms.ca/

You can register for free and watch the auctions live. I haven't tried it yet but might sign up at the weekend

I watched an auction for a bit and saw some heifers being sold

Animals are sold by the pound:

I saw a batch of heifers being sold (35 in a group) they averaged 500 pound weight and were knocked down for $1.30/lb

$1.30/lb is $2.87/kg

500 Pounds = 226.79 Kgs

226.79 * 2.87 = $650.88

Convert to Euro: 465.98

This is apparently considered decent money for them

Didnt see any steers being sold but apparently they are making in the region of $1.50/lb

reilig

Bought a quad trailer today. Neighbour has one of these for the last 12 months and its a well made trailer. Multi-purpose - I can put a calf or a ewe into it, but it will also be useful for bringing in firewood off the land or turf off the bog. Considering that the wheels, stubs and hitch cost £160. I don't think that £399 is a bad price for a galvanised 5 x 4 trailer. Have a mate who is collecting it for me today.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Galvanized-Quad-Tipping-Trailer-/170724118407?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27bff34f87

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

Bought a quad trailer today. Neighbour has one of these for the last 12 months and its a well made trailer. Multi-purpose - I can put a calf or a ewe into it, but it will also be useful for bringing in firewood off the land or turf off the bog. Considering that the wheels, stubs and hitch cost £160. I don't think that £399 is a bad price for a galvanised 5 x 4 trailer. Have a mate who is collecting it for me today.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Galvanized-Quad-Tipping-Trailer-/170724118407?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27bff34f87

looks a good job

reilig

vanderbadger wrote: »

looks a good job

Hopefully. I'll tell you what its like when he brings it home to me at the weekend.

johngalway

Local man "repossessed" 12 of his own sheep that had been stolen. Fair play to ya!

whelan1

was in the mart today, there was a lim weanling bull, he was mad , was going for the lads trying to put him in the ring etc, held the whole show up, i was commenting to the guy beside me that he was a bit mental and he said , thats my bull:D

red menace

whelan1 wrote: »

was in the mart today, there was a lim weanling bull, he was mad , was going for the lads trying to put him in the ring etc, held the whole show up, i was commenting to the guy beside me that he was a bit mental and he said , thats my bull:D

That reminds me of a story a friend of mine told me once
His father had a calf that he was bucket rearing but the calf was a proper screw
He couldn't put condition on him no matter what he tried so decided to sell him and be done with it.
He took the calf to the mart and was chatting to an acquaintance at ringside while he was waiting for the lot to come up.
Eventually it was time to sell the weanling and it came into the ring looking very sorry for itself and pretty miserable.
His acquaintance said "Oh good jaysus will you look at the state of the yoke coming now!"
My friends father slunk away in shame and brought him home again

Muckit

reilig wrote: »

Hopefully. I'll tell you what its like when he brings it home to me at the weekend.

What does it work out in €? €450? Best of luck with it. Galvanising will stand to it.

All that's left now is to fit crash bars on the side of the quad to keep the cow away from you!

reilig

Muckit wrote: »

What does it work out in €? €450? Best of luck with it. Galvanising will stand to it.

All that's left now is to fit crash bars on the side of the quad to keep the cow away from you!

399 pounds sterling in cash on collection so no vat. What ever that is in Euro. Been searching on donedeal for something like it for months and was resolved to buying the wheels, stubs and wheels and making one as a winter project. Couldn't make one for 399 pounds!! It being galvanised is an added bonus!!

Dupont

whelan1 wrote: »

was in the mart today, there was a lim weanling bull, he was mad , was going for the lads trying to put him in the ring etc, held the whole show up, i was commenting to the guy beside me that he was a bit mental and he said , thats my bull:D

a man was telling me yesterday he was dosing a heifer and had her all clipped injected and went to open the head gate and she jumped the crush (its 5 ft) out in the yard jumped another gate up to the house jumped the wall out on to busy main road(lucky nothing coming) up the road into somones house and straight threw 5 row of barbed wire, and threw 4 fields untill it came to a field of cows:eek:

Muckit

Dupont wrote: »

a man was telling me yesterday he was dosing a heifer and had her all clipped injected and went to open the head gate and she jumped the crush (its 5 ft) out in the yard jumped another gate up to the house jumped the wall out on to busy main road(lucky nothing coming) up the road into somones house and straight threw 5 row of barbed wire, and threw 4 fields untill it came to a field of cows:eek:

.....and then jumped over the moon! The little dog laughed to see such fun and the dish ran away with the spoon!

Dupont

Muckit wrote: »

.....and then jumped over the moon! The little dog laughed to see such fun and the dish ran away with the spoon!

i wish. the neighbour had her walked in with her cows this evening but when she seen her she cleared againin. he was wondering is there any way to sedate her but cant get near her to inject

Bizzum

Dupont wrote: »

i wish. the neighbour had her walked in with her cows this evening but when she seen her she cleared againin. he was wondering is there any way to sedate her but cant get near her to inject

Sedalin gel will work in a few nuts if she eats them. Chat your Vet about getting a tube!

Muckit

Dupont wrote: »

i wish. the neighbour had her walked in with her cows this evening but when she seen her she cleared againin. he was wondering is there any way to sedate her but cant get near her to inject

Keep her together in a bunch. A nervous animal on it's own is a disaster... and dangerous.

Bodacious

Dupont wrote: »

a man was telling me yesterday he was dosing a heifer and had her all clipped injected and went to open the head gate and she jumped the crush (its 5 ft) out in the yard jumped another gate up to the house jumped the wall out on to busy main road(lucky nothing coming) up the road into somones house and straight threw 5 row of barbed wire, and threw 4 fields untill it came to a field of cows:eek:

some of them never settle, i bought a lovely black lim heifer in 08 to keep and she turned out to be a pure header, every time i came into the field she jumped out of it and jumped back into the cows when i was gone!! sold her on again when i eventually got vet to blood test her

Bodacious

reilig wrote: »

399 pounds sterling in cash on collection so no vat. What ever that is in Euro. Been searching on donedeal for something like it for months and was resolved to buying the wheels, stubs and wheels and making one as a winter project. Couldn't make one for 399 pounds!! It being galvanised is an added bonus!!

Well done Reilig, thatś a great deal... well wear!!! You´d have it spent making it and not to mention your time and organising the dipping etc

Bizzum

I see Progressive Genetics have a new catalogue (at least new to me anyway!)
http://www.progressivegenetics.ie/testsite/beefdata/beeffeature.php

Some very interesting bulls.
But the best description of stock I've seen in a while is their description of the Limousine bull, Netherhall Epics breeding ability as:

" The first calves are just born and look very promising, oozing style with 'peachy bums' "

bbam

Bizzum wrote: »

oozing style with 'peachy bums' "

Just what we used to look for in a lass in a nightclub

Kovu

Dupont wrote: »

a man was telling me yesterday he was dosing a heifer and had her all clipped injected and went to open the head gate and she jumped the crush (its 5 ft) out in the yard jumped another gate up to the house jumped the wall out on to busy main road(lucky nothing coming) up the road into somones house and straight threw 5 row of barbed wire, and threw 4 fields untill it came to a field of cows:eek:

http://i.imgur.com/uWqM3.gif

Bodacious

bbam wrote: »

Bizzum wrote: »

oozing style with 'peachy bums' "

Just what we used to look for in a lass in a nightclub

what's next... Heifer calves "as described by many foreign observers" have the touch of Beyonce about them in the ass end !

vanderbadger

Bodacious wrote: »

what's next... Heifer calves "as described by many foreign observers" have the touch of Beyonce about them in the ass end !

come off it Bodacious..surely Serena Williams is a more suitable comparison