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naughto

Bodacious wrote: »

My girlfriend sent me a Xmas list this year.. i just emailed her back this picture as all i want.. love this heifer.. powerful genetics in cavan bred and sold her and have embryos for sale.. some calf!

if she gets it for you id marry her on the spot

td5man

naughto wrote: »

if she gets it for you id marry her on the spot

If she has a herd of them and land to carry them id marry her

againstthetide

Here's the flagship model we build here and a pic of me to add some scale
The 7950 Airseeder this bad boy will hold 7363 gallons of seed and fertilizer.
This is generally coupled to a cultivator that can be anything up to 86 feet wide.
I'll grab a pic next time one is in the quality assurance bay

bob charles

againstthetide wrote: »

Here's the flagship model we build here and a pic of me to add some scale
The 7950 Airseeder this bad boy will hold 7363 gallons of seed and fertilizer.
This is generally coupled to a cultivator that can be anything up to 86 feet wide.
I'll grab a pic next time one is in the quality assurance bay

Thanks for those, any chance of a demo? how things in the new job?

againstthetide

bob charles wrote: »

Thanks for those, any chance of a demo? how things in the new job?

I'll be out in the spring seeing them in action will get some pictures and videos then hopefully.
I'll ask if thjey can get a demo unit over to you!
So far so good, lots to learn and learning my way around thing here it's a huge factory. Bit of s steep learning curve so far but very enjoyable!

They are looking for welders and industrial painters at present if anyone fancies a change of country!

Bizzum

againstthetide wrote: »

Here's the flagship model we build here and a pic of me to add some scale

Are you a Hobbit or is it really THAT big?:D

againstthetide

Bizzum wrote: »

Are you a Hobbit or is it really THAT big?:D

I'm five foot ten in me socks

pakalasa

againstthetide wrote: »

I'm five foot ten in me socks

That's some machine alright. How do you find Canada? Starting to get Cold now?

againstthetide

Its been cold since the start of November really.
We got down to -32 for a bit but are back between -16 and -22 or so now.
Have had a fair bit of snow so far but it snow even when it is not snowing due to windy and flat nature of Saskatchewan, but I don't really notice the cold any more not really an issue once you dress properly

Muckit

Makes you think about 2 years ago... pissin and moaning when we got a few weeks of -15!! That's a cool autumn day over there!!

Buncha Fives

just do it wrote: »

Nice calves there. Any chance of a pic of the set up you've described for the calves

Here is the set up I have for letting the calves in and out to the cows twice a day with no hastle... To be honest I wouldnt be proud of the workmanship its one of the roughest pieces of work I ever did, in my defence I did it one Sunday morning in a rush.

I also made a calving gate recently and took my time and spent a lot of Saturdays/Sundays at it and its a serious tidy job.

Muckit

I love the principle behind it. Why go cutting a good gate when your simple idea will do the trick

Buncha Fives

Muckit wrote: »

I love the principle behind it. Why go cutting a good gate when your simple idea will do the trick

Ye; the principle behind it it good, if I had a little more time on my hands I would of made a tidy job out of it. I could of went cutting or buying a gate but it would of been more hastle/cost.

I am big into keeping things as cheap/simple as possible... I looked at buying a proper calving gate a while ago and it was costing something like 750+VAT for the gate I wanted. It was very hard to justify that type of money so I looked up the design on the internet and set about making it...all it cost me was approx. 100 euro (+ a lot of time!) because I had a lot of old bit of steel lieing around at home and I had a gate going spare.

vanderbadger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=T1hrKtWjfrE&NR=1
fair old monster of a bull

Muckit

vanderbadger wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=T1hrKtWjfrE&NR=1
fair old monster of a bull

Oui Vander, il est magnifique!!

Bodacious

my little "lorry calf" tasting her first bit of haylage, she shaping up well, the cow's milk gave her a good lift

Conor556

Buncha Fives wrote: »

Here is the set up I have for letting the calves in and out to the cows twice a day with no hastle... To be honest I wouldnt be proud of the workmanship its one of the roughest pieces of work I ever did, in my defence I did it one Sunday morning in a rush.

I also made a calving gate recently and took my time and spent a lot of Saturdays/Sundays at it and its a serious tidy job.

Could you put up a picture of the calving gate please

just do it

Bodacious wrote: »

my little "lorry calf" tasting her first bit of haylage, she shaping up well, the cow's milk gave her a good lift

Is that cable car cables in the background?!

moy83

just do it wrote: »

Is that cable car cables in the background?!

Sure how else would he get the haylage up to them

Bodacious

moy83 wrote: »

Sure how else would he get the haylage up to them

It's a fecker to drop the feed in the right clean spot out of the cable car! ;-)

Any dairy lads/ladies think with the broken face and white on the legs that there is any Holstein or montipeliard or anything else apart from hr X FR?

bob charles

Bodacious wrote: »

It's a fecker to drop the feed in the right clean spot out of the cable car! ;-)

Any dairy lads/ladies think with the broken face and white on the legs that there is any Holstein or montipeliard or anything else apart from hr X FR?

nope, he X british fr even, she is a smasher and will be as fat as a pig in no time at all. a counter mans dream for yummie meat:)

Bodacious

bob charles wrote: »

nope, he X british fr even, she is a smasher and will be as fat as a pig in no time at all. a counter mans dream for yummie meat:)

Good stuff , few neighbours commented on her that "she is a real old style calf" used to be loads of lorry calves sold about here, everyone had them triple AAA golden maverick or bloom flat out feeding them, then stale bread into it, then few calf nuts in bottom of the bucket!

Ill hold her as was away few times during the summer and my sisters would let her have a suck of the cow and she a bit of a pet

Milton09

Spotted this while driving through the village the other day !

vanderbadger

Milton09 wrote: »

Spotted this while driving through the village the other day !

top quality forage there

pakalasa

Milton09 wrote: »

Spotted this while driving through the village the other day !

How do they get it off? Fast forward and hit the brakes, I suppose.

Buncha Fives

Conor556 wrote: »

Could you put up a picture of the calving gate please

Will take a few pics over the next couple of days

whelan1

santa came

Juniorhurler

Great present Whelan. Better than any fail station as they are called by the cousin in college.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

whelan1 wrote: »

santa came

Santa is a great judge of an animal

bob charles

whelan1 wrote: »

santa came

its good to see he is in the voluntary BVD testing scheme

vanderbadger

be careful bringing the pooch for a walk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmpONxJ7JSw

just do it

HCA bull calf from 27mo heifer as seen from the calving camera on my smartphone. Calved herself unaided. : D



Calved this morning at 8am. I've started recording the time of calving so i'll be interested to see if individual cows follow a pattern. I'll report back on this one in about 5 yrs time :rolleyes:

redzerologhlen

There must be great comfort being able to keep an eye on them calving through the phone jd.

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

There must be great comfort being able to keep an eye on them calving through the phone jd.

Sure is. Saved me 3 or 4 visits to the shed between 9pm last night and calving this morning.

Grecco

Busy Christmas Day, but I aint complaining

Muckit

just do it wrote: »

Sure is. Saved me 3 or 4 visits to the shed between 9pm last night and calving this morning.

Is there a distance limit just do it or could you be anywhere once there's coverage? This kind of system is on my wishlist :rolleyes:

just do it

Muckit wrote: »

Is there a distance limit just do it or could you be anywhere once there's coverage? This kind of system is on my wishlist :rolleyes:

No distance limit as all I need is an internet connection. I'm really seeing the benefits as I'm also watching a pen of bullying cows. As I'm away with work a bit often I'm only guessing within 24hrs of when they've been bulling. The camera takes the guesswork out of it.

blue5000

whelan1 wrote: »

santa came

And I see by jpeg no 1 that you got a new camera from santa for yerself

mantua

just do it wrote: »

HCA bull calf from 27mo heifer as seen from the calving camera on my smartphone. Calved herself unaided. : D



Calved this morning at 8am. I've started recording the time of calving so i'll be interested to see if individual cows follow a pattern. I'll report back on this one in about 5 yrs time :rolleyes:

How much did it cost all in to get the camera up and running??

just do it

mantua wrote: »

How much did it cost all in to get the camera up and running??

Have alook here http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056741425?page=1

Camera and 2 nanostations for the 600m wireless bridge between the shed and house cost roughly €180 on ebay. Took a fair bit of setting up. 2 IT issues took a while to figure out.

ABlur

Had great plans for the few days off but only work done is carpet farming!

Milton09

ABlur wrote: »

Had great plans for the few days off but only work done is carpet farming!

Traffability looks good :-) where did you get the massey?

td5man

Milton09 wrote: »

Traffability looks good :-) where did you get the massey?

It could do with a wash.

ABlur

td5man wrote: »

It could do with a wash.

Thats what my son says! Expect to see it the sink with washup liquid!
Santa shopped in Smyths toys, its a Siku model comes with Ifor williams box and 2 norweigan reds.

td5man

ABlur wrote: »

Thats what my son says! Expect to see it the sink with washup liquid!
Santa shopped in Smyths toys, its a Siku model comes with Ifor williams box and 2 norweigan reds.

Siku make nice tractors but their cows leave a bit to be desired

red bull

Like the henley stove insert ? How do like it

ABlur

red bull wrote: »

Like the henley stove insert ? How do like it

Its a Mulberry Stoker model. Great yoke probably a bit small for average sized logs. Saving bigtime with gas heati.g bills. Cleaning of chimney is a bit of a pain as its not flue lined.

Richk2012

Grecco wrote: »

Busy Christmas Day, but I aint complaining

Looks a nice one Grecco .
A Blue or Charlaois ???

AntrimGlens

windows went in today, just waiting on roofers to get ridge tiles on and replace slates which are stained with lead which they didn't paint. Pity i'm not going to be in for lambing..

Dupont

AntrimGlens wrote: »

windows went in today, just waiting on roofers to get ridge tiles on and replace slates which are stained with lead which they didn't paint. Pity i'm not going to be in for lambing..

Nice house,looks like you'll have great views from there. What plaster finish are you putting on I just notice your chimney arnt done yet. Hard to get weather for plastering this time of year