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moy83

Made 200 of the small haylage bales today , feckin labourers uncle died and he couldnt come to give me a hand today . Ill sleep tonight

Manoffeeling

moy83 wrote: »

Made 200 of the small haylage bales today , feckin labourers uncle died and he couldnt come to give me a hand today . Ill sleep tonight

How inconvenient for you.

RobinBanks

just do it wrote: »

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

I will put a tape on them this evening when I get home. I got them in a horse supplies shop of all places! Co-op i'm sure have them as well.

saranac1

hugo29 wrote: »

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,

Looks great job, ill be weaning mine soon now, is it just a simple beef nut you give them or rolled barley

hugo29

saranac1 wrote: »

Looks great job, ill be weaning mine soon now, is it just a simple beef nut you give them or rolled barley

mixed ration here,

just do it

saranac1 wrote: »

Looks great job, ill be weaning mine soon now, is it just a simple beef nut you give them or rolled barley

Start off with weanling crunch and once they're all eating it I move to beef nut.

just do it

RobinBanks wrote: »

I will put a tape on them this evening when I get home. I got them in a horse supplies shop of all places! Co-op i'm sure have them as well.

Nearly finished weaning here but will look into these for next year. Current system is too time consuming

just do it

First Autumn calf by HCA. Didn't expect this one to calf yet, I was checking on one of her comrades!

bbam

^^
Good going for a cow with no aparrent head :eek:

Conmaicne Mara

bbam wrote: »

^^
Good going for a cow with no aparrent head :eek:

Great savings on feeding.

Conmaicne Mara

Something wrong here....

Muckit

moy83 wrote: »

Made 200 of the small haylage bales today , feckin labourers uncle died and he couldnt come to give me a hand today . Ill sleep tonight

What do you feed those small haylage bales to or do you sell for horses?

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

Made 200 of the small haylage bales today , feckin labourers uncle died and he couldnt come to give me a hand today . Ill sleep tonight

How did the bin bags go?

just do it

bbam wrote: »

^^
Good going for a cow with no aparrent head :eek:

The saw slipped when we were dehorning her!

Sharpshooter82

just do it wrote: »

The saw slipped when we were dehorning her!

what were ya using a chainsaw

moy83

Muckit wrote: »

What do you feed those small haylage bales to or do you sell for horses?

Sell them for horses . I might treat the odd sick cow to one but thats about it

roosterman71

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Something wrong here....

That dog looks scared sh!tless

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

How did the bin bags go?

Not too bad I got green plastic for them instead of black but the black ones I made earlier are perfect when opened too. There is 100 heading back your neck of the woods next week hopefully the rest will follow

Richk2012

just do it wrote: »

First Autumn calf by HCA. Didn't expect this one to calf yet, I was checking on one of her comrades!

Bull or heifer JD ????

dar31

found this growing in my field of kale (weeds)
the drought stricken east coast, even sunflower are growing of their own accord

Sharpshooter82

dar31 wrote: »

found this growing in my field of kale (weeds)
the drought stricken east coast, even sunflower are growing of their own accord

Imposter

just do it

Richk2012 wrote: »

Bull or heifer JD ????

Handy heifer calf. Springer is 25mo by OMA with a maternal rating of 134.

Just checked on them and I'm glad to report the cow's head has reappeared

Sharpshooter82

just do it wrote: »

Handy heifer calf. Springer is 25mo by OMA with a maternal rating of 134.

Just checked on them and I'm glad to report the cow's head has reappeared

Thank god for that :cool:

Richk2012

just do it wrote: »

Handy heifer calf. Springer is 25mo by OMA with a maternal rating of 134.

Just checked on them and I'm glad to report the cow's head has reappeared

There's a beaut of a replacement for ya

blue5000

Sharpshooter at least it's better than caterpillars!

freedominacup

dar31 wrote: »

found this growing in my field of kale (weeds)
the drought stricken east coast, even sunflower are growing of their own accord

Neighbours crop of fodder beet lying flat yesterday evening and every day this week. Perked up now drizzling since 10 am.

delaval

freedominacup wrote: »

Neighbours crop of fodder beet lying flat yesterday evening and every day this week. Perked up now drizzling since 10 am.

When it's flat its really working hard

eire23

Some lleyn hoggets



2 year old lleyn ram, Hope i have the pictures up right, if there to big can mods resize them?

just do it

Yearling 400kg heifer jammed in the drinker. So what would you do?

vanderbadger

just do it wrote: »

Yearling 400kg heifer jammed in the drinker. So what would you do?

get a couple gallons fairly liquid or else an angle grinder

hugo29

vanderbadger wrote: »

get a couple gallons fairly liquid or else an angle grinder

ud hardly need an angle grinder to cut her legs off


leave her for a while and see if the figures it out, otherwise angle grinder, can she go backwards at all

reilig

vanderbadger wrote: »

get a couple gallons fairly liquid or else an angle grinder

Lost a heifer in a similar situation a few years back. Left her for a while to see if she'd get out herself and she started to swell. By the time I had her cut out with the grinder, she was severely swelled and she died about 2 days later.

vanderbadger

she is well stuck alright id say especially if trough underneath her, grinder might set her off, hack saw fairly lively id say

leg wax

grinder then welder and put bar across so it does not happen again.

just do it

leg wax wrote: »

put bar across so it does not happen again.

I've been meaning to do this ever since they went in. Bad design to begin with :rolleyes:

just do it

She went back the way she came through. Once the racket was tight I used a long crowbar to pop her ribs back in, racket again, and then she got the idea and reversed out - a bit sore and sorry for herself.

just do it

I wouldn't mind but she is a quiet one and I thought she'd be alright by herself in the pen for the ten minutes she was left there.

Vander - another job for Darcy!

pakalasa

Fair Play JDI,
I was going to suggest a Rope halter on her head while you were using the grinder. She looks like a quiet one anyway.

Sharpshooter82

just do it wrote: »

She went back the way she came through. Once the racket was tight I used a long crowbar to pop her ribs back in, racket again, and then she got the idea and reversed out - a bit sore and sorry for herself.

That ll teach her to have manners

whelan1

just do it wrote: »

Yearling 400kg heifer jammed in the drinker. So what would you do?

first words would be fook it:D

moy83

ZFL bull calf off a bbq heifer x fr. Five days early . He was only a couple of hours old in the pic and sucking like a good thing

moy83

Got another 47 bales made this evening . Im no grass measurer but we have heaps ahead of ourselves so I might chance another 60 next week and wont be sorry then if it comes wet for the next 8 months . Talk about a different year to the last one !

Sharpshooter82

moy83 wrote: »

Got another 47 bales made this evening . Im no grass measurer but we have heaps ahead of ourselves so I might chance another 60 next week and wont be sorry then if it comes wet for the next 8 months . Talk about a different year to the last one !

did ya cut hay off that field earlier in the year

moy83

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

did ya cut hay off that field earlier in the year

No , pit silage early on then it was grazed

Sharpshooter82

moy83 wrote: »

No , pit silage early on then it was grazed

just thought i could see a few whisps of hay on the ground like our fields

moy83

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

just thought i could see a few whisps of hay on the ground like our fields

I zoomed in there and see what you're talking about alright . I cut it myself and I'm not used to using the mower because the father usually cuts everthing . I'd say I had it cocked a bit off level with the ground and thats what you're seeing

Sharpshooter82

moy83 wrote: »

I zoomed in there and see what you're talking about alright . I cut it myself and I'm not used to using the mower because the father usually cuts everthing . I'd say I had it cocked a bit off level with the ground and thats what you're seeing

ah yeah cos when we cut silage in the hay fields and when the mower went through it i notices all the little bits of hay at the base of the grass. was surprised that it was still there

Sharpshooter82

just do it wrote: »

She went back the way she came through. Once the racket was tight I used a long crowbar to pop her ribs back in, racket again, and then she got the idea and reversed out - a bit sore and sorry for herself.

I do have to laugh cos id look at that and say sure a cow would never try to get through there

adne

moy83 wrote: »

Got another 47 bales made this evening . Im no grass measurer but we have heaps ahead of ourselves so I might chance another 60 next week and wont be sorry then if it comes wet for the next 8 months . Talk about a different year to the last one !

Was it lying in the sward, unusual to see the yellow undergrowth?

vanderbadger

just do it wrote: »

I wouldn't mind but she is a quiet one and I thought she'd be alright by herself in the pen for the ten minutes she was left there.

Vander - another job for Darcy!

even if you drilled 2 holes and ran strong threaded bar thru it would prob solve your problem