Farming Chit Chat

1chippy

snowman707 wrote: »

another inspection to morrow, may as well clean out the spare room and let them sleep here :mad:

tough one to keep ahead of. we got another bit done this evening to try and keep ahead but if they were to inspect us at the moment i reckon they would clean us of a lot of the payments.

on another point a mate just lost three calves with botulism during the week. Had them brought to a lab to prove it.

rancher

1chippy wrote: »

tough one to keep ahead of. we got another bit done this evening to try and keep ahead but if they were to inspect us at the moment i reckon they would clean us of a lot of the payments.

on another point a mate just lost three calves with botulism during the week. Had them brought to a lab to prove it.

Wonder was someone spreading hen dung

bob charles

1chippy wrote: »

tough one to keep ahead of. we got another bit done this evening to try and keep ahead but if they were to inspect us at the moment i reckon they would clean us of a lot of the payments.

Any inspection we ever had they just turned up, so much so that last time a couple of teams of them turned up at our 2 different farmyards all at the same time, demanding me to be present for both nitrate inspections. I can't be in two places at once so just told one crowd to sit tight and enjoy the view. They were all grand and happy with our systems.

1chippy wrote: »

on another point a mate just lost three calves with botulism during the week. Had them brought to a lab to prove it.

Are you sure, as far as I know botulism can't be proven beyond all reasonable doubt but can be presumed. Thats were it gets tricky in court. Are our parts used to be a great place for botulism, nowadays most of the chicken manure is hauled around 120miles away, apart from my neighbor who spread it about a month ago on aftergrass and now has cattle grazing away on it no problems. typical of what happens

snowman707

just do it wrote: »

Good suggestion Jimmy.

Snowman - what's tomorrow's inspection for?

The inspection is by the HSA, he called a couple of weeks ago one day we were literally up the wall & very kindly offered to call back at a more convenient time, anyhow I have just updated the safety statement, & may get a couple of things tipped up in the morning, don't think there is any thing too drastically wrong

just do it

Well I took advantage of having the cattle in and got out the neddle and syringes early this morning. Ivomec, covexin 8 and, would you believe it, throdax! Will be keeping a close eye as well for any ill-thrift as I lost a two, and brought one back from the edge, to rumen fluke 3 years ago. They were bought-in and had outwintered on land that was flooded at one end from a river. I just hope it has taken up residence on my land. If they don't get it in this wet summer I should be ok.

bob charles

just do it wrote: »

Well I took advantage of having the cattle in and got out the neddle and syringes early this morning. Ivomec, covexin 8 and, would you believe it, throdax! Will be keeping a close eye as well for any ill-thrift as I lost a two, and brought one back from the edge, to rumen fluke 3 years ago. They were bought-in and had outwintered on land that was flooded at one end from a river. I just hope it has taken up residence on my land. If they don't get it in this wet summer I should be ok.

you havnt covered rumen fluke though in what you have given them

just do it

bob charles wrote: »

just do it wrote: »

Well I took advantage of having the cattle in and got out the neddle and syringes early this morning. Ivomec, covexin 8 and, would you believe it, throdax! Will be keeping a close eye as well for any ill-thrift as I lost a two, and brought one back from the edge, to rumen fluke 3 years ago. They were bought-in and had outwintered on land that was flooded at one end from a river. I just hope it has taken up residence on my land. If they don't get it in this wet summer I should be ok.

you havnt covered rumen fluke though in what you have given them

Yeah I know and have some zanil at the ready. I don't intend dosing them unless it's required.

just do it

Cattle out again, yippee

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

Cattle out again, yippee

You were up early this morning! I'm just back from the creep feeder, wormed 8 of the 9 there with pour on. It's a blessing to have quiet cattle!

just do it

Kovu Murr wrote: »

just do it wrote: »

Cattle out again, yippee

You were up early this morning! I'm just back from the creep feeder, wormed 8 of the 9 there with pour on. It's a blessing to have quiet cattle!

Up at 5.18 this morning! I seem to wake early on fine mornings like this

whelan1

just in from doing the cows for lepto, did them as they came out ofparlour.... think i deserve my cuppa and a curly wurly:D

just do it

REPS advisor visiting this am. I've just printed off the stock reconciliation report for 2011 from the ICBF website. It's nearly worth the annual fee for this job alone!

bob charles

Must say, Im getting excited with the Olympics around the corner

kevthegaff

Neighbour rang there me fresian bull was in with his pedigree Hereford heifers, bulled two of them, what should I do he's me cousin

bob charles

kevthegaff wrote: »

Neighbour rang there me fresian bull was in with his pedigree Hereford heifers, bulled two of them, what should I do he's me cousin

tell him all is okay, nobody got hurt, and you will provide him with a few shots of estrumate at a later date

just do it

bob charles wrote: »

kevthegaff wrote: »

Neighbour rang there me fresian bull was in with his pedigree Hereford heifers, bulled two of them, what should I do he's me cousin

tell him all is okay, nobody got hurt, and you will provide him with a few shots of estrumate at a later date

+1

reilig

bob charles wrote: »

Must say I getting excited with the Olympics around the corner

Jasus there's a bit of pace to that one!!

And when her athletic career is over she'll slip right into another one . . . . .
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Pickin spuds

pakalasa

She's not actually going to the olympics.:rolleyes:

bob charles

pakalasa wrote: »

She's not actually going to the olympics.:rolleyes:

so you managed to read the comments, Prefer the junior olympics myself:D

redzerologhlen

bob charles wrote: »

so you managed to read the comments, Prefer the junior olympics myself:D

You should think about selling the dog and putting a bid in for her bob. She would be handy for rounding up the bullocks and be nice company on a cold night too

bob charles

redzerologhlen wrote: »

You should think about selling the dog and putting a bid in for her bob. She would be handy for rounding up the bullocks and be nice company on a cold night too

don't think theyre would be many cold nights with that young lady around. Probably ate you out of a house and home so I will keep the dog for now.

blue5000

pakalasa wrote: »

She's not actually going to the olympics.:rolleyes:

Did she get a ban for drugs or what?

whelan1

bob charles wrote: »

Must say, Im getting excited with the Olympics around the corner

could have done with her today trying to bring in calves for dosing

whelan1

blue5000 wrote: »

Did she get a ban for drugs or what?

looked very hyper at the start

johngalway

20 less sheep to shear

just do it

Heading off with grazon in the knapsack to tackle some furze, at last some weather for it

johngalway

just do it wrote: »

Heading off with grazon in the knapsack to tackle some furze, at last some weather for it

Had my 9" roller out with rosate 36 hunting rushes earlier.

Muckit

bob charles wrote: »

Probably ate you out of a house and home so I will keep the dog for now.

You need to learn that you will have to spend a few bob to make a 'small bob', bob

tismesoitis

bogman_bass wrote: »

got weighing results back today. first time getting weanlings weighed and scored.

fl22 bull from bbxlm heifer 408kg adg 1.23 18 sept
REQ bull from BBxFR cow 406kg adg 1.34 14 oct
fl22 bull from Fr cow 414kg adg 1.37 15 oct
fl22 bull from HExAA cow 413kg adg 1.38 17 oct

REQ heifer from BBxFr cow 375kg adg 1.13 17 sept
fl22 heifer from BBxfr cow 277kg adg 1.32 14 feb

and my little parthenaise 233kg adg 0.93 30 oct

they havent got meal yet (I've never had a batch that is so reluctant to eat meal before) and grassland management was average at best

jasus bogman good goin there really does show the value of the milk!! goin to give you our figures but consider ours are on about a kg of meal per head since 3mts. the poorest is afl22 heifer out of a req heifer with .89kg per day best calf is a kyr bb out of a milky hkg sim cow with 1.78kgs. Avg of this batch of 31 calves is 1.43 kgs per day. Just on a side note our 6 partenaise have the highest average (over lims and bbs) at 1.49 kgs .(allowed for 40 kgs birth weight)

bob charles

blue5000 wrote: »

Did she get a ban for drugs or what?

No, she is only 19;), junior olympican

bbam

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johngalway

Rain/drizzle/mist forecast for here late afternoon :mad:

And rain tomorrow :mad:

kboc

tismesoitis wrote: »

jasus bogman good goin there really does show the value of the milk!! goin to give you our figures but consider ours are on about a kg of meal per head since 3mts. the poorest is afl22 heifer out of a req heifer with .89kg per day best calf is a kyr bb out of a milky hkg sim cow with 1.78kgs. Avg of this batch of 31 calves is 1.43 kgs per day. Just on a side note our 6 partenaise have the highest average (over lims and bbs) at 1.49 kgs .(allowed for 40 kgs birth weight)

Do you assume 40 kgs birth weight for all breeds, or do you be breed specific?

Do you guess/weight them at birth if you use an individual weight?

Thanks
K

rancher

johngalway wrote: »

Rain/drizzle/mist forecast for here late afternoon :mad:

And rain tomorrow :mad:

Yes and they're giving next week to be bad weather now too

johngalway

rancher wrote: »

Yes and they're giving next week to be bad weather now too

Ah come on! What happened to our heatwave?

whelan1

rancher wrote: »

Yes and they're giving next week to be bad weather now too

ffs! they dont know their arse from their elbow:(

rancher

johngalway wrote: »

Ah come on! What happened to our heatwave?

No sign of a heatwave on RTE 1 tonight at 6.30

Birdnuts

rancher wrote: »

No sign of a heatwave on RTE 1 tonight at 6.30

The situation appears to be changing with every model run so stay tuned to the weather forum - though I am getting increasingly concerned about my plans for haymaking next week:(

Charlie Charolais

I did see "tentative outlook" as the headline on the rte weather chart today, it was orange & 20 degrees for Wednesday, tentative, may as well say we don't really know, but we live in hope!

restive

Was last night cold or what? Woke up shivering.

johngalway

What a difference a day makes, windy, overcast, damp, back to Summer with a bang.

Manoffeeling

Tis a great day here. Strong breeze and stuff. As a fella would say, it would dry the dung in a dog.

Username John

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Tis a great day here. Strong breeze and stuff. As a fella would say, it would dry the dung in a dog.

Where abouts are you ManofFeeling?

In Cork tis a horrible day - real heavy mist for most of the day so far... desperate weather... I dont think you can get worse weather than this down on top of hay, and there is a lot of it cut around here over the past 2 days

Manoffeeling

Midlands. Went for a drive to Carlow and athy and back to tullamore. Nothing only hay bobs, wrappers and balers. Crisis over?

1chippy

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Midlands. Went for a drive to Carlow and athy and back to tullamore. Nothing only hay bobs, wrappers and balers. Crisis over?

doubt it. i know of a lot of lads wont be getting a second cut in. i doubt the hay will be much good either.

Mac Taylor

johngalway wrote: »

What a difference a day makes, windy, overcast, damp, back to Summer with a bang.

Was over your neck of the woods today. Went from Galway to Leenane via Cong. Stopped in Ashford castle. From about 1pm it was like a winters day, wet & windy. Turned back, you could see nothing. Beautiful on a good day but heaven help us on a bad day:D

johngalway

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Was over your neck of the woods today. Went from Galway to Leenane via Cong. Stopped in Ashford castle. From about 1pm it was like a winters day, wet & windy. Turned back, you could see nothing. Beautiful on a good day but heaven help us on a bad day:D

I know, it wasn't the worst day ever but still, when ya look out the door and think this is late July? Roll on Winter and some dry bright weather I saw a bit on the news about the Bray airshow and it looked a grand day there, or at least when that bit was filmed.

bogman_bass

tismesoitis wrote: »

jasus bogman good goin there really does show the value of the milk!! goin to give you our figures but consider ours are on about a kg of meal per head since 3mts. the poorest is afl22 heifer out of a req heifer with .89kg per day best calf is a kyr bb out of a milky hkg sim cow with 1.78kgs. Avg of this batch of 31 calves is 1.43 kgs per day. Just on a side note our 6 partenaise have the highest average (over lims and bbs) at 1.49 kgs .(allowed for 40 kgs birth weight)

1.78 is serious growth!

thats very interesting about the Parthenaise. will have some cross bred calves in the spring. will be interesting to see how they do

redzerologhlen

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Was over your neck of the woods today. Went from Galway to Leenane via Cong. Stopped in Ashford castle. From about 1pm it was like a winters day, wet & windy. Turned back, you could see nothing. Beautiful on a good day but heaven help us on a bad day:D

Did you drive the road from lennane to louisburg? never seen the likes of it before, pure wilderness!!

vanderbadger

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Did you drive the road from lennane to louisburg? never seen the likes of it before, pure wilderness!!

did you ever drive over derrybrien on a wet winters night..jaysus i wouldnt like to get a breakdown