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delaval

Marooned75 wrote: »

Some size of rat

Are you sure they didn't shoot a Jersey bull:D:D:D:D

Bodacious

haven't uploaded a picture in ages....

Bodacious

Bodacious wrote: »

haven't uploaded a picture in ages....

Would you keep her Just Do It? I promised myself I wouldn't keep any replacement heifer calves this year (ive 7 yearlings)but she is a lovely animal and quiet and has lovely white udder like her mother

redzerologhlen

Bodacious wrote: »

Would you keep her Just Do It? I promised myself I wouldn't keep any replacement heifer calves this year (ive 7 yearlings)but she is a lovely animal and quiet and has lovely white udder like her mother

She's a purdy looking one alright

Bodacious

Shaved the small bull's head and he wasn't impressed with me, 10 months old today.. he done the teasing this year but I might let him loose next year.. need a break from AI

just do it

Bodacious wrote: »

Would you keep her Just Do It? I promised myself I wouldn't keep any replacement heifer calves this year (ive 7 yearlings)but she is a lovely animal and quiet and has lovely white udder like her mother

By the look and sounds of her, it would be a shame not to breed from her .

just do it

Bodacious wrote: »

Shaved the small bull's head and he wasn't impressed with me, 10 months old today.. he done the teasing this year but I might let him loose next year.. need a break from AI

Not a bad idea. The AI is time consuming alright. Mixing it with a stock bull for a few years would be no bad thing.

delaval

Curious, why shave his head?

reilig

just do it wrote: »

Mine is longer than yours :D

Used to drive one of them on a pontoon dragging myself up and down the Shannon. There's a great reach to them and some bounce at full stretch.

Bodacious

delaval wrote: »

Curious, why shave his head?

I often shave the face and floppy auld hair in and around ears and top of head of weanlings for selling ... I think it adds to them!

Plus I've a new cordless so I like trimming

Dampintheattic

Bodacious wrote: »

I often shave the face and floppy auld hair in and around ears and top of head of weanlings for selling ... I think it adds to them!

I leave everything on them. More weight:cool:

delaval

Bodacious wrote: »

I often shave the face and floppy auld hair in and around ears and top of head of weanlings for selling ... I think it adds to them!

Plus I've a new cordless so I like trimming

First it was Brazillian now it's all Hollywood:D:D

Conmaicne Mara

reilig wrote: »

Used to drive one of them on a pontoon dragging myself up and down the Shannon. There's a great reach to them and some bounce at full stretch.

Reilig in action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx3s9YiYFS8

Dampintheattic

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Reilig in action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx3s9YiYFS8

He's a great man to wash a bucket:P

Muckit

Bodacious wrote: »

Plus I've a new cordless so I like trimming

Heninger?

Bodacious

Muckit wrote: »

Heninger?

No, they a great job but very dear 380 for cordless Got a hunt master similar size weight, it can clip a horse and cordless for 185 stg and a spare battery , 3 blades so got a good deal to be fair and I'm happy with it!

Muckit

delaval wrote: »

Curious, why shave his head?

It makes them look younger looking. Nothing worse than seeing a well shaped bull with a big oul head on him! Seen a lad in Ballinasloe mart last back end, in the middle of the pen of his commercial weanlings .......with a curry comb!! Whatever brings in a few extra €€ I suppose

Juniorhurler

Muckit wrote: »

It makes them look younger looking. Nothing worse than seeing a well shaped bull with a big oul head on him! Seen a lad in Ballinasloe mart last back end, in the middle of the pen of his commercial weanlings .......with a curry comb!! Whatever brings in a few extra €€ I suppose

A neighbour here runs all sheep through a dip tub, leys them dry and then uses a knapsack to spray some sort of solution on their fleeces to whiten them before the mart. He always gets great prices, but then his sheep would be as big as asses.

reilig

Muckit wrote: »

It makes them look younger looking. Nothing worse than seeing a well shaped bull with a big oul head on him! Seen a lad in Ballinasloe mart last back end, in the middle of the pen of his commercial weanlings .......with a curry comb!! Whatever brings in a few extra €€ I suppose

We always wash and shampoo weinlings the night before the sale. Then do them in the pen with the curry comb. You'd be surprised how well it makes them stand out in the mart.

reilig

It's more like a scene from Bord Na Mona, but we got 800m of connacht agri pipes in yesterday.

Water is flowing in the trenches so I presume that when they are backfilled, the water will flow through the pipes.

Ground was sprayed off 10 days ago and baled up. Hoping to reseed it once the shores are in.

Backfilling has started this morning. Scraw will be put in on top of the pipes followed by the loose soil. Trenches dug with a mounding bucket and pipe is laid from 20 inches to 28 inches depending on the collector drain depth.

redzerologhlen

reilig wrote: »

It's more like a scene from Bord Na Mona, but we got 800m of connacht agri pipes in yesterday.

Water is flowing in the trenches so I presume that when they are backfilled, the water will flow through the pipes.

Ground was sprayed off 10 days ago and baled up. Hoping to reseed it once the shores are in.

Looking forward to seeing how it works for you reilig, keep us updated.

severeoversteer

that's a dash 3 zaxis 130 , are you driving it yourself ?

reilig

severeoversteer wrote: »

that's a dash 3 zaxis 130 , are you driving it yourself ?

I did a bit of work myself on it last night, but it belongs to a contractor that I used to work for and he has a driver on it. It's the smoothest machine that I have ever driven. It has a rear camera too. He bought it new late last year and it has 1700 hours on it. The man that's on it has been driving them for over 30 years and he has it down to a fine art - not like me

bbam

Great job Reilig..
It will be great to see how that drainage goes over time.. we have a few small fields of similar nature what I'd love to be in a position to drain..
Isn't it great not to have to drag loads of stone in over that ground...

reilig

bbam wrote: »

Isn't it great not to have to drag loads of stone in over that ground...

You just couldn't get access to that type of ground with stone. Contractor has a stoning cart on a track dumper and it would struggle! We saw land drained with these pipes before we bought them and it was just as wet as ours before draining and dried really well - they could cross it with the tractor in the wettest part of winter. He had put the drains every 10 to 12 meters. We have the drains in every 5 to 6 meters.

We talked about it for a long time - we could buy land @ 5000 per acre. But we have this land and €1000 per acre will drain it. We have other black ground beside it which is the best ground we have. It's dry all year around. It has early grass and is grazed into December. If we had enough of that type of ground, we'd be away with it. hopefully we will have a bit more after this!

Username John

Hi Reilg,
Nice job - be interesting to see how it works out all right.

Is that the place where the ESB lads got stuck with a 6 wheeler ATV last year? I think you might have put up pictures at the time?

pakalasa

Reilig,
Is this your first time using those Connaught Agri pipes? I remember you talked about using them before.

reilig

Username John wrote: »

Hi Reilg,
Nice job - be interesting to see how it works out all right.

Is that the place where the ESB lads got stuck with a 6 wheeler ATV last year? I think you might have put up pictures at the time?

Yes, that's the spot!

reilig

pakalasa wrote: »

Reilig,
Is this your first time using those Connaught Agri pipes? I remember you talked about using them before.

Yes, they've been in the shed for nearly 2 years. It's only in the last few weeks that it has been dry enough to lay them!

Muckit

reilig wrote: »

We always wash and shampoo weinlings the night before the sale. Then do them in the pen with the curry comb. You'd be surprised how well it makes them stand out in the mart.

I bet it was you ya fecker!!!

countryjimbo

reilig wrote: »

We talked about it for a long time - we could buy land @ 5000 per acre. But we have this land and €1000 per acre will drain it. We have other black ground beside it which is the best ground we have. It's dry all year around. It has early grass and is grazed into December. If we had enough of that type of ground, we'd be away with it. hopefully we will have a bit more after this!

Great to see photos of the draining. I have something similar planned for later this year and my contractor advised using the mounding bucket too. I'm considering opening the drain in September, leaving it open all winter and then putting in the pipes and covering in spring. Might have to clean the drain up a bit first but hope to get the benefit of having them open for the winter.

Can you give some details of the field layout, is their much of a fall? did you go with all straight runs or herring bone layout?

I like your comparison of the drain versus buy prices, well worth considering!

Figerty

reilig wrote: »

It's more like a scene from Bord Na Mona, but we got 800m of connacht agri pipes in yesterday.

Water is flowing in the trenches so I presume that when they are backfilled, the water will flow through the pipes.

Ground was sprayed off 10 days ago and baled up. Hoping to reseed it once the shores are in.

Backfilling has started this morning. Scraw will be put in on top of the pipes followed by the loose soil. Trenches dug with a mounding bucket and pipe is laid from 20 inches to 28 inches depending on the collector drain depth.

I did some a while back, it will take couple of months to really work. The ground above the drain will sink because it dries so much. Will be doing more.

Dr. Sh1te

reilig wrote: »

reilig,

How are the Connaught agri pipes jointed?

stanflt

reilig wrote: »

Yes, they've been in the shed for nearly 2 years. It's only in the last few weeks that it has been dry enough to lay them!

Would you be up for a visit in 2 months time to see how it works out-

I've 20 acre of a rented 60 acre farm that is crying out to be done

It's fabulous ground if it was drained and I don't mind putting in a few bob if I can get a return
Long term lease

delaval

+1

hugo29

Wouldn't mind a look me self have a bit i could do, could have a discussion group,

Muckit

Let's all head up for a nose

Muckit

OK well it looks like we'I have a car load from Galway and one coming from Meath! :pac: Stick the kettle on for the tae Reilig!

just do it

Don't forget the Banner men















(and for some strange reason rellig was never seen on boards again )

Conmaicne Mara

Muckit wrote: »

OK well it looks like we'I have a car load from Galway and one coming from Meath! :pac: Stick the kettle on for the tae Reilig!

And some daycent ham for the sammichs.

Muckit

just do it wrote: »

Don't forget the Banner men

Get up this far JDI/vander and we'I squeeze ye in!!

Kovu

Muckit wrote: »

OK well it looks like we'I have a car load from Galway and one coming from Meath! :pac: Stick the kettle on for the tae Reilig!

And I'll walk up the road

Muckit

Kovu Murr wrote: »

And I'll walk up the road

Erra we'I stick ya on the roof, save the legs!:D

Kovu

Muckit wrote: »

Erra we'I stick ya on the roof, save the legs!:D

Better not wear a skirt that day then:D

just do it

Muckit wrote: »

Get up this far JDI/vander and we'I squeeze ye in!!

Don't forget redzer :D

just do it

just do it wrote: »

Don't forget redzer :D

And paka......

And there's a few more on here as well....

Muckit

On second thoughts, make yer own way, there's too feckin' many of ye!! See ye there

Conmaicne Mara

So, now that's all organised, who's telling Reilig?

just do it

Half length welles. I've them a week now and they're a great job.

Conmaicne Mara

just do it wrote: »

Half length welles. I've them a week now and they're a great job.

I turn down full length ones