Farming Chit Chat

johngalway

snowman707 wrote: »

and forget about tea bags if you want a decent cuppa

Proper tae with atein and dhrinkin in it :pac:

snowman707

just do it wrote: »

Yes I'm getting more particular (should that read grumpy?!) in my middle age, I may have to get a box of tea next time. What brand do you go for snowman, lyons or barrys?



(Important decisions been made on here today;))

Barry's

johngalway wrote: »

Proper tae with atein and dhrinkin in it :pac:

good spring water is just as important ( hate the tea from the 'town' water)

remember back in the 70's we travelled to support the local macra who were in the final of the public speaking competition, needles to say we well "lubricated" when we eventually arrived and the festivities were over and tea and sandwiches were been served,

the tea was dire and my mate muttered 'this tastes like p1$$' the comment was oveheard by one of the hostess who replied " my good man when I make tea i Make tea and when I make water I make water "

quick as a flash my mate replied "missus is there any fear you got your pots mixed up"

whelan1

also you cant beat tea off the aga cooker,have to agree about the lidl tea bags they are crap.. When i get up in the morning i put the kettle on the slow plate, then come in a hour later and bring a cup of tea out to the parlour with me.... pure heaven

Man of Aran

johngalway wrote: »

Proper tae with atein and dhrinkin in it :pac:

aye , when the spoon dont sink, then its good strong brewed tae ... with a skiin on it!:)

Muckit

Man of Aran wrote: »

aye , when the spoon dont sink, then its good strong brewed tae ... with a skiin on it!:)

you could trot a mouse on the top of it

Muckit

whelan1 wrote: »

bring a cup of tea out to the parlour with me....

Is that the milking parlour or the sitting room you're talking about?...:D

whelan1

Muckit wrote: »

Is that the milking parlour or the sitting room you're talking about?...:D

no parlours in our house:)

Muckit

You won't beat tae out of the flask!

Finno59

Maybe someone can help me with this, i received this recording book in the post today but the letter that came with it/ if it did has been lost and i didnt get to read it so i dont know what its about. Are they sending these out to everyone or is it because i am in the process of joining the IHFA, I emailed the woman 2 days ago ( so she could have sent it) about when we'd be ratified and she said after the meeting on the 23rd may they'd sent out a letter of conformation and other stuff. So that leaves me wondering who sent this book and do i have to use it or continue registering online?

P.s the envelopes that came with it to be sent back with registrations are addressed to Nat calf reg servicve, animal events agency, Clonakilty
Its a good thick book with plenty of events sheets 1 white and 1 yellow
Thanks

just do it

Finno59 wrote: »

Maybe someone can help me with this, i received this recording book in the post today but the letter that came with it/ if it did has been lost and i didnt get to read it so i dont know what its about. Are they sending these out to everyone or is it because i am in the process of joining the IHFA, I emailed the woman 2 days ago ( so she could have sent it) about when we'd be ratified and she said after the meeting on the 23rd may they'd sent out a letter of conformation and other stuff. So that leaves me wondering who sent this book and do i have to use it or continue registering online?

P.s the envelopes that came with it to be sent back with registrations are addressed to Nat calf reg servicve, animal events agency, Clonakilty
Its a good thick book with plenty of events sheets 1 white and 1 yellow
Thanks

What recording book? Sounds like the sucker cow welfare scheme but you can alternately do all that online

bogman_bass

thats the calf registration book. you use it instead of the white cards that come with the tags. Just make sure you take your time with it and fill everything in on it. you can put multible calves on the same sheet

Finno59

well it says animal events recording book on the front.with 4 steps to register an animal, 1-calving event, 2 - Farmer records calving event on an 'animal event sheet ; 3- Farmer forwards the sheet where its keyed into the database 4 - calf births are registered and passports/reports are sent back to the farmer.
Ya its just for registering calfs basicly but im trying to figure out who sent it and what do i need for/ if i do

It must be from the IHfa if no one else got it.
Hardy for suckler scheme were in dairy

Finno59

bogman_bass wrote: »

thats the calf registration book. you use it instead of the white cards that come with the tags. Just make sure you take your time with it and fill everything in on it. you can put multible calves on the same sheet

ok thanks

whelan1

Finno59 wrote: »

Maybe someone can help me with this, i received this recording book in the post today but the letter that came with it/ if it did has been lost and i didnt get to read it so i dont know what its about. Are they sending these out to everyone or is it because i am in the process of joining the IHFA, I emailed the woman 2 days ago ( so she could have sent it) about when we'd be ratified and she said after the meeting on the 23rd may they'd sent out a letter of conformation and other stuff. So that leaves me wondering who sent this book and do i have to use it or continue registering online?

P.s the envelopes that came with it to be sent back with registrations are addressed to Nat calf reg servicve, animal events agency, Clonakilty
Its a good thick book with plenty of events sheets 1 white and 1 yellow
Thanks

just keep registering on line, if in any doubt give them a call

snowman707

got an early start to day hoping to get most of the last of slurry spread for now

very first load a hydraulic return pipe snapped & oil shooting out at an enormous rate , had to tilt the cab to get off the pipe, decided to change the oil and filter while we were at it, as about half of it was gone anyhow

5 hours down time & €250 out of pocket but back in action now

Muckit

Finno59 wrote: »

well it says animal events recording book on the front.with 4 steps to register an animal, 1-calving event, 2 - Farmer records calving event on an 'animal event sheet ; 3- Farmer forwards the sheet where its keyed into the database 4 - calf births are registered and passports/reports are sent back to the farmer.
Ya its just for registering calfs basicly but im trying to figure out who sent it and what do i need for/ if i do

It must be from the IHfa if no one else got it.
Hardy for suckler scheme were in dairy

We use that book for registering pedigree calves instead of using white cards. There is a section to fill in the name you are putting on the calf. details get sent onto the charolais society in our case, but probably a dairy equivalent? I wouldn't know. What does IHFA stand for?

I think suckler lads in herdplus also use this book.

redzerologhlen

Muckit wrote: »

We use that book for registering pedigree calves instead of using white cards. There is a section to fill in the name you are putting on the calf. details get sent onto the charolais society in our case, but probably a dairy equivalent? I wouldn't know. What does IHFA stand for?

I think suckler lads in herdplus also use this book.

Irish Holstein Freisan association I think Muckit.

Muckit

Thanks Redz

Well that makes sense then... this is what it's for OP! Isn't there an equivalent scheme to the herdplus for dairy? Or have you a PB dairy herd OP?

Muckit

First Saturday in a while where I feel I'm on top of things farm wise;)

Off out for the night and to get steamed on €3 a pint Guinness.

They say 'inputs' have gone up, but I think 'inputs' have gone down

Keep the fire down while I'm gone

blue5000

Let the bulls off with the cows and heifers today, happy days for someone:D:D:D

bbam

blue5000 wrote: »

Let the bulls off with the cows and heifers today, happy days for someone:D:D:D

Ah yes.
A Saturday night to remember 

just do it

Muckit wrote: »

First Saturday in a while where I feel I'm on top of things farm wise;)

Isn't it funny that it's such a rare feeling. No sooner than one job is done there are another 10 to do! It's just this year that I'm feeling I'm getting on top of things and everything isn't such a rush. Having said that it will only be this summer when I've the layout/ infrastructure in place, grassland management and increasing productivity/ net margin from then on;).

just do it

Muckit wrote: »

Off out for the night and to get steamed on €3 a pint Guinness.

P.S. Enjoy the night out, at that price and I'm that much out of practice a tenner would have me well on:rolleyes:

bbam

What's the crack with grazing after fertiliser. We spread last weekend and would wait another two weeks before grazing.
However I noticed my neighbour spread last Saturday too, he let cows and calves in today to graze.
I was always told three weeks, has the thinking changed in this?

Finno59

Muckit wrote: »

We use that book for registering pedigree calves instead of using white cards. There is a section to fill in the name you are putting on the calf. details get sent onto the charolais society in our case, but probably a dairy equivalent? I wouldn't know. What does IHFA stand for?

I think suckler lads in herdplus also use this book.

Thats makes sense all right, it must have been the IHFA so.
Thanks Guys.

Bodacious

Last cow calved this morning, calved herself very small fl22 heifer calf ... Hope she grows!!! All done now, great feeling, still gutted about losing one though

pakalasa

On, don't worry, those FL22 calves grow alright. Stone mad though and tend to be a little leggy.

Bodacious

pakalasa wrote: »

On, don't worry, those FL22 calves grow alright. Stone mad though and tend to be a little leggy.

They do exactly what they say on the tin alright but this one was 30kg max I could pick her up there this evening like a rabbit away from my body... Older cow that had trouble last year with a char stock bull so went the real easy calving option

simx

bbam wrote: »

What's the crack with grazing after fertiliser. We spread last weekend and would wait another two weeks before grazing.
However I noticed my neighbour spread last Saturday too, he let cows and calves in today to graze.
I was always told three weeks, has the thinking changed in this?

ive seen lads spreading in the field where the cattles are grazing

The_Conductor

simx wrote: »

ive seen lads spreading in the field where the cattles are grazing

If you don't leave sufficient time- the cattle or sheep will get mouth sores from the fertiliser (aka it'll burn them!!!)
Don't know if there is a specified period you should leave a field empty after spreading fertiliser- of course it would vary by time of year and weather conditions.

bbam

simx wrote: »

ive seen lads spreading in the field where the cattles are grazing

So it's ok then?
It would make things easier if I wasn't waiting so long, it's just I was always told that cattle would be sickened if they grazed the ground too soon.

johngalway

I was debating whether I'd part spread some land with sheep on it this spring, in the end I decided against it. I've never done it before and am honestly not that comfortable with the idea. If you look at the side of 50kg bags I think it says to store away from livestock, or something similar.

That said, I've got feedback from other people who will spread with animals int he field and they've said no problems.

pakalasa

Lovely day here today. Heard the Cuckoo for the first time.

bbam

pakalasa wrote: »

Lovely day here today. Heard the Cuckoo for the first time.

Nice here too, 12 degrees.
Checked the overnight temperatures and between 2:30am and 6am the temp was below 1 degrees with a low of 0.1degrees. Hopefully night time temps increase during the week as forecast.

snowman707

sad news condolences to his family and hope the son makes a speedy recovery

http://clare.fm/news/man-killed-farm-cree

Muckit

You really can't be too careful around stock. God help that poor family. The poor son will probably always be wondering 'what if'...

redzerologhlen

snowman707 wrote: »

sad news condolences to his family and hope the son makes a speedy recovery

http://clare.fm/news/man-killed-farm-cree

I heard that yesterday, the son is married to a girl from our parish and the auld lad has a pint with him after mass most Sundays, tis sad to hear.

1chippy

snowman707 wrote: »

sad news condolences to his family and hope the son makes a speedy recovery

http://clare.fm/news/man-killed-farm-cree

Makes me think how lucky i am to still have my father. I dont know whether its this year or what but i'm hearing about a lot of cows getting wilder this year.

pakalasa

(On Cow Attacks)
Ya, heard of another case myself only last week. Guy on his own at the time. He managed to ring for help on his mobile.

whelan1

had a b*tch of a suckler calved during the week...only for the jeep , myself and my dad where gonners,her calf was born dead... stone crazy....had to leave dead calf with her til next day, even then she was mad

leg wax

i think magic day is here on this farm:).

johngalway

Done a bit of spraying today and just as I finished it starts drizzling :rolleyes:

td5man

johngalway wrote: »

Done a bit of spraying today and just as I finished it starts drizzling :rolleyes:

Thats what happens when you break the sabbath!!!

johngalway

td5man wrote: »

Thats what happens when you break the sabbath!!!

Yeah right

tismesoitis

Great weather forecast for the week ahead. mowers are pulling in on tuesday mornin:D looking forward to dirtying our new slab:).

Kovu

Anyone else noticed that the animal to the very left in the May photo of the IFJ calender appears to have no tags in?

(I may have a bit too much time on my hands:o)

whelan1

got rid of the excesses of the weekend by running after 2 angus heifers for the last hour:rolleyes: my mother was helping us,she was driving the jeep, she managed to bury it to the axle in the only wet spot in the field:rolleyes:

reilig

You know farming is doing well when Teagasc tell you that they've got "hundreds" of clients looking to incorporate in an effort to shelter themselves from big income tax bills

Farming Independent.

Is anyone here one of these Teagasc Clients?

whelan1

my husband was on a run in the lorry today, he got a pup on a farm where he was, our daughter has had a irrational fear of dogs since she was attacked 2 years ago... shes here on the sofa with the pup asleep on her lap;)

wesleysniper38

reilig wrote: »

Farming Independent.

Is anyone here one of these Teagasc Clients?

yes indeed.
as i write here from my yacht in the med...........:cool: