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Kovu

I'm just jealous after seeing your great golden stacks in the barn!! Ours are yellow! What are yours of?

renandstimpy

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I'm just jealous after seeing your great golden stacks in the barn!! Ours are yellow! What are yours of?

Thats the hay that we got earlier in the year it was curry green when it went in (but well saved ) just the outside weathered . Its still green when you open bale and never heated thank god .. think there is a picture somewhere back further on this thread when we put it in there.

Sharpshooter82

I left mine down too long and it's like straw I'm afraid

Kovu

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I'm just jealous after seeing your great golden stacks in the barn!! Ours are yellow! What are yours of?

May I giggle and asked who stacked them:p

renandstimpy

Kovu Murr wrote: »

May I giggle and asked who stacked them:p

Ya can but to be fair the ould lad was taking bales from the middle to feed foals we had weaned and they fell so i was lacking a small bit of interest stacking them the second time .. hands up:D:D

renandstimpy

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

I left mine down too long and it's like straw I'm afraid

we've had more of them years than i care to remember and to be honest it was just luck with us with the weather .. its a bit like doing the lotto.

Sharpshooter82

renandstimpy wrote: »

we've had more of them years than i care to remember and to be honest it was just luck with us with the weather .. its a bit like doing the lotto.

Yeah nothing like, I'll leave it down another day just to make sure:rolleyes:

nashmach

red bull wrote: »

Break them up, then they will have to eat them otherwise they will hoard them

Nail them to a board is far better, they can store the grains too :mad:

whelan1

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

I left mine down too long and it's like straw I'm afraid

was driving by a field yesterday and the hay bales are left where they where baled, could never understand the idea of baling in great weather and leaving the bales out for months

Kovu

whelan1 wrote: »

was driving by a field yesterday and the hay bales are left where they where baled, could never understand the idea of baling in great weather and leaving the bales out for months

Asked my father that and he said that a friend of his did it and bar one damp swarth of it round the outside the rest was good

bbam

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Asked my father that and he said that a friend of his did it and bar one damp swarth of it round the outside the rest was good

But that's the largest round of the bale, why waste so much?
There is a field close to me where the medium square bales were made, wrapped and just left there a month now. Did same last year and they weren't lifted till the end of October. The sh1te was dripping out of them being loaded and it looks like he has the same plan this year.
When you go to the expense of making fodder it should be looked after.

Sharpshooter82

whelan1 wrote: »

was driving by a field yesterday and the hay bales are left where they where baled, could never understand the idea of baling in great weather and leaving the bales out for months

Yeah I've seen some near Enfield and they are nearly black, lads thought they could sell them for stupid money but when they weren't sold ,they had nowhere to store them I reckon.thats why they are still out

Sharpshooter82

bbam wrote: »

But that's the largest round of the bale, why waste so much?
There is a field close to me where the medium square bales were made, wrapped and just left there a month now. Did same last year and they weren't lifted till the end of October. The sh1te was dripping out of them being loaded and it looks like he has the same plan this year.
When you go to the expense of making fodder it should be looked after.

Sure the crows would have them destroyed

whelan1

theres a lad down the road has last years silage bales- which he refused to sell during the bad spring- along the ditch and this years hay still out on the field

darragh_haven

whelan1 wrote: »

theres a lad down the road has last years silage bales- which he refused to sell during the bad spring- along the ditch and this years hay still out on the field

And this is why SOME people find it hard to make ANY money outta farming.

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

theres a lad down the road has last years silage bales- which he refused to sell during the bad spring- along the ditch and this years hay still out on the field

I posted about hay still being out in fields here a few weeks ago and was told that it'll do no harm. It might not do the hay any harm but it really says something about the farmer - that he doesn't give a fcuk!!!

whelan1

darragh_haven wrote: »

And this is why SOME people find it hard to make ANY money outta farming.

my father went to the "farmer" during the bad weather to see if he would sell them, his wife was rubbing her hands thinking of the money- they badly need it- he said no, we where not the only people asking to buy them

Sharpshooter82

whelan1 wrote: »

my father went to the "farmer" during the bad weather to see if he would sell them, his wife was rubbing her hands thinking of the money- they badly need it- he said no, we where not the only people asking to buy them

same story around here. a farmer had 120 or so bales stacked and a neighbour asked him to sell a few in feb and he refused as he said he needed them, he used feck all after but it will just fall back on that fella once he is in bother with something

Dampintheattic

This is a calf from Dovea limousin EBY. Born yesterday from a lim springer. She was a bit camera shy, so couldnt get her in frame.
Ignore the rushes, I'll get around to them next week:rolleyes:

Marooned75

Rolled yesterday

Kovu

Was looking for a joke on farmers and googled (jollyfarmers.com)

I want to kill many bears and ....marry him:o

Sharpshooter82

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I want to kill many bears and ....marry him:o

control yourself woman

Kovu

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

control yourself woman

It's alright I've got a Latvian builder arriving to approve my house (control verseld men it;s one of my uncles buiders)
If it's not up to spec

Sharpshooter82

if it dont go well slip him a ball of fake money

just do it

Dampintheattic wrote: »

This is a calf from Dovea limousin EBY. Born yesterday from a lim springer. She was a bit camera shy, so couldnt get her in frame.
Ignore the rushes, I'll get around to them next week:rolleyes:

Nice looking calf. I take it she calved herself?


Nice warm rushes too. Have often lost a few hours looking for a calf in similar terrain

just do it

Marooned75 wrote: »

Rolled yesterday

What have you done before getting to this? Looking good now.

I found with mine it was near impossible to see the seed the following morning before rolling it. If I didn't know better I'd have said it wasn't broadcast yet!

Dampintheattic

just do it wrote: »

Nice looking calf. I take it she calved herself?


Nice warm rushes too. Have often lost a few hours looking for a calf in similar terrain

Ya, she caught me unawares. Had damn all of a springing, and didn't think she was going to pop for another day or two. Anyway, she did unaided, and has since sprung up a nice bit of milk supply.
On a strict diet for about six weeks though;)

Marooned75

just do it wrote: »

What have you done before getting to this? Looking good now.

I found with mine it was near impossible to see the seed the following morning before rolling it. If I didn't know better I'd have said it wasn't broadcast yet!

Disced twice straight line then at 45% angle power harrowed sowed at 15kg acre.Gran lime,10 10 20 rolled.

Marooned75

Drainage work using gravel into open drain

just do it

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Ya, she caught me unawares. Had damn all of a springing, and didn't think she was going to pop for another day or two. Anyway, she did unaided, and has since sprung up a nice bit of milk supply.
On a strict diet for about six weeks though;)

Same experience here with the restricted diet, and I recall rellig saying the same thing. Didn't have to assist any of them though, and as you say, they came into plenty milk after.

just do it

Shove over!

Muckit

I see you've the 'money taker' out Plenty of them been pulled into fields.


Quality stock there JDI. Is there a bit of angus in the two either side of the middle lad?

vanderbadger

just do it wrote: »

Shove over!

the darcy creep feeder, plenty of them up my way..have one myself even

vanderbadger

bit of a surprise this morning, little calf off the "cow killer" ERE walking around the field off a big Ch cow, I wasnt even watching her..id say she farted him out. hadnt the phone with me to take pic

Bizzum

vanderbadger wrote: »

bit of a surprise this morning, little calf off the "cow killer" ERE walking around the field off a big Ch cow, I wasnt even watching her..id say she farted him out. hadnt the phone with me to take pic

Could there be a twin in her?

vanderbadger

Bizzum wrote: »

Could there be a twin in her?

i wondered that myself but she was up grazing and seemed grand so lets hope not, I had to head to work so she will have to make do till this evening in any event..im on a bad run of luck with them at the moment..month old calf dead in field, 2 weanling went blind/dopey to meningitis type ailment, they seem to be on mend finally and yesterday i had hoof guy out to look at big purebred ch cow and he tells me she had stifle joint injury and is basically fcuked..she is heavy in calf too of course

Bizzum

vanderbadger wrote: »

i wondered that myself but she was up grazing and seemed grand so lets hope not, I had to head to work so she will have to make do till this evening in any event..im on a bad run of luck with them at the moment..month old calf dead in field, 2 weanling went blind/dopey to meningitis type ailment, they seem to be on mend finally and yesterday i had hoof guy out to look at big purebred ch cow and he tells me she had stifle joint injury and is basically fcuked..she is heavy in calf too of course

We all get runs of what we feel are bad luck. We tend to dwell on the bad events and turn a blind eye when things are goin smoothly. Hope you get a good run now.
The stifle is a good bit from the hoof! Surely when she calves she'll get some relief.

vanderbadger

Bizzum wrote: »

We all get runs of what we feel are bad luck. We tend to dwell on the bad events and turn a blind eye when things are goin smoothly. Hope you get a good run now.
The stifle is a good bit from the hoof! Surely when she calves she'll get some relief.

she is pretty done up on one of her back legs but she doesnt seem to mind too much, will just have to mind her over the winter sure and let her rear calf, your man said it can come right but rarely does??

hugo29

vanderbadger wrote: »

she is pretty done up on one of her back legs but she doesnt seem to mind too much, will just have to mind her over the winter sure and let her rear calf, your man said it can come right but rarely does??

your right, put her into a sheltered garden and let her rear the calf,

neighbour had animal waste out yesterday, i had the sight of that fcuking van, smell drives the cows daft too

RobinBanks

I was sick in tired of moving our awkward creep feeder around so I thought I would give this ago. I started it early last week but it has taken till this morning to get them all out. I'm delighted and its nice to see as long as the cows don't get under the wire as well. I had given up on the black fella going out but he must have being going out unnoticed to me.

I normally have the trough on the grass side of the field but this is at the end of the field so they have to come back to the grazed bit. I'm hoping that weaning wouldn't be as stressful this year.



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Sharpshooter82

RobinBanks wrote: »

I was sick in tired of moving our awkward creep feeder around so I thought I would give this ago. I started it early last week but it has taken till this morning to get them all out. I'm delighted and its nice to see as long as the cows don't get under the wire as well. I had given up on the black fella going out but he must have being going out unnoticed to me.

I normally have the trough on the grass side of the field but this is at the end of the field so they have to come back to the grazed bit. I'm hoping that weaning wouldn't be as stressful this year.



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Nice work there lad

hugo29

RobinBanks wrote: »

I was sick in tired of moving our awkward creep feeder around so I thought I would give this ago. I started it early last week but it has taken till this morning to get them all out. I'm delighted and its nice to see as long as the cows don't get under the wire as well. I had given up on the black fella going out but he must have being going out unnoticed to me.

I normally have the trough on the grass side of the field but this is at the end of the field so they have to come back to the grazed bit. I'm hoping that weaning wouldn't be as stressful this year.



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its great when it works, took mine a few days too, but most of them come out now, only fcuker is moving the trough every few days,

bogman_bass

And it starts again
APZ heifer

just do it

Muckit wrote: »

Is there a bit of angus in the two either side of the middle lad?

Only in the lad on the right. He has that typical darker mousy grey colour alright. He's nice enough but not as good as his comrades out of continental X's.

just do it

vanderbadger wrote: »

the darcy creep feeder, plenty of them up my way..have one myself even

You're spot on. I've a few other bits by the same man around the place.

vanderbadger

just do it wrote: »

You're spot on. I've a few other bits by the same man around the place.

did my reseeding for me last year, did a good job

just do it

Vander
Here's wishing your luck improves. Funny how these things come in waves

aneala

bogman_bass wrote: »

And it starts again
APZ heifer

A new mammy in 24-30months:D

just do it

RobinBanks
Can you tell us a bit more about the white stakes. Homemade? How high?

hugo29

just do it wrote: »

RobinBanks
Can you tell us a bit more about the white stakes. Homemade? How high?

Think you buy them in co-op JDI