Farming Chit Chat sallies Fourth

darragh_haven

gozunda wrote: »

Can I claim a prize ?

Maybe half a prize. ....

whelan2

note to self never plan anything. Plan was to bring kids bowling and take our time coming home, had a lad to milk this evening. We where bowling and my dad rang he needed a hand with a suckler, ended up having to get vet to do a section- first ever section on sucklers in 26 years of having them-I said i would milk and the lad that was to milk would help the vet and my dad. Anyways live aa bull calf he was upside down and backwards. Going to have a glass of wine now

Greengrass1

It feels weird being finished at 6. First time since autumn I'd say since I've been finished with nothing to do. Won't be long lived with silage coming up.

What do you guys and gals do when your finished early

darragh_haven

Greengrass1 wrote: »

It feels weird being finished at 6. First time since autumn I'd say since I've been finished with nothing to do. Won't be long lived with silage coming up.

What do you guys and gals do when your finished early

When you have kids, finishing early means you mess around with them for the evening. In your case. ..... give the GF a nudge

eddiek

what do ye guys use to heat the water for calf milk replacer? small set ups

Greengrass1

darragh_haven wrote: »

When you have kids, finishing early means you mess around with them for the evening. In your case. ..... give the GF a nudge

Ah I'll give her a buzz later

whelan2

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Ah I'll give her a buzz later

you might need to give her more than a buzz

Greengrass1

whelan2 wrote: »

you might need to give her more than a buzz

Whaaaaa?? I'm clueless

dharn

Wettest day iv seen in a long time, let cattle in to grass that was knee high in places they are ploughing it

moy83

dharn wrote: »

Wettest day iv seen in a long time, let cattle in to grass that was knee high in places they are ploughing it

Same as that , got the jeep stuck when I was putting down the fence , they did a run around some lovely grass and were putting clods flying after them :mad:

darragh_haven

moy83 wrote: »

Same as that , got the jeep stuck when I was putting down the fence , they did a run around some lovely grass and were putting clods flying after them :mad:

Same as that. Heifers ploughing some ground yesterday. Part of a shed got blown away today too......

Is this may? Or did I sleep through the summer

moy83

darragh_haven wrote: »

Same as that. Heifers ploughing some ground yesterday. Part of a shed got blown away today too......

Is this may? Or did I sleep through the summer

Jaysus was it that windy ? June is only around the corner so hopefully the sun wont be far away

tanko

moy83 wrote: »

Jaysus was it that windy ? June is only around the corner so hopefully the sun wont be far away

A neighbour of mine reckons there's two seasons in Ireland, July and winter.

Greengrass1

Father keeps repeating this to me...
A wet and windy may fills the barns with hay.

Zr105

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Father keeps repeating this to me...
A wet and windy may fills the barns with hay.

same around here!

darragh_haven

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Father keeps repeating this to me...
A wet and windy may fills the barns with hay.

When was the last time cattle were fed hay for the winter?
Times have moved on. Silage is cut in May. Rain stay the fcuk away

Kovu

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Father keeps repeating this to me...
A wet and windy may fills the barns with hay.

I hear that and the other one-

"If the oak before the ash, then we'll only have a splash, if the ash before the oak, then we'll surely have a soak"

Ash still isn't out here so hope to feck that's true

whelan2

.Kovu. wrote: »

I hear that and the other one-

"If the oak before the ash, then we'll only have a splash, if the ash before the oak, then we'll surely have a soak"

Ash still isn't out here so hope to feck that's true

what was it like in 2012?

Kovu

whelan2 wrote: »

what was it like in 2012?

I don't remember!

Greengrass1

Nearly cried for this lad. Couldn't imagine the feeling of having to see your cattlevshot and the badgers running around the spotTB Free England: Farmers' stories: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQQD6ZJA60ZkIEpbZqkBszW_JvTx6HCB

whelan2

anyone watching eurovision was the austria contestant male oe female?

Charliebull

whelan2 wrote: »

anyone watching eurovision was the austria contestant male oe female?

That's bob , that's where he has been last while

tanko

whelan2 wrote: »

anyone watching eurovision was the austria contestant male oe female?

Didn't see them but I'm fairly sure the polish ones were females:)

Kovu

tanko wrote: »

Didn't see them but I'm fairly sure the polish ones were females:)

I had a hearty laugh when I realised the song following the Polish one was named 'Rise Up' :P

Oldtree

Oak was out before the ash here

darragh_haven

Oldtree wrote: »

Oak was out before the ash here

I couldn't tell ya here. ....... all the trees were knock over the winter

whelan2

@ baseprice hows the cow?

willfarmerman

Oldtree wrote: »

Oak was out before the ash here

Unfortunately the local interpretation of that is a soak is more meaning the land will soak up meaning dry up. Ash was out well before oak here last year.

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

@ baseprice hows the cow?

She is much better and back to herself. I am not in Longford today so OH is doing the work :P
The quarter has returned to normal size but there is still watery stuff coming before milk.
I will see her myself tomorrow and report back.

_Brian

Live camera stream from the ISS

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload

Farrell

whelan2 wrote: »

note to self never plan anything. Plan was to bring kids bowling and take our time coming home, had a lad to milk this evening. We where bowling and my dad rang he needed a hand with a suckler, ended up having to get vet to do a section- first ever section on sucklers in 26 years of having them-I said i would milk and the lad that was to milk would help the vet and my dad. Anyways live aa bull calf he was upside down and backwards. Going to have a glass of wine now

Best go CH next time

Timmaay

Greengrass1 wrote: »

It feels weird being finished at 6. First time since autumn I'd say since I've been finished with nothing to do. Won't be long lived with silage coming up.

What do you guys and gals do when your finished early

Only started milking at 6 tonight! Was out at an athletics event. Thats an exception though ha. I'd actually love if I could consistently finish up at 6pm every day, I'd actually make training on time then! Loads other things to do in the evenings also, I try make it to the cinema once or twice a month, head off to see the nephews one evening every week or so also. I'm trying to get in the habit of separating the farm from other work and any household choirs also, I largely try to do any farm paperwork during the day if I can, next step is to pin down say 2hrs on a mon morning to keep ontop of any paperwork or bills etc, instead of having to do them last minute at say 11pm ha!

Reggie.

Bit of light work today

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

Bit of light work today

Bearing gone?

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Bearing gone?

It was like opening pandoras box it was

Base price

eddiek wrote: »

what do ye guys use to heat the water for calf milk replacer? small set ups

My brother installed a small second hand water heater in the yard. It heats about 30 ltrs to whatever temp you set it at. You can have it boiling if you want.
When we were feeding larger numbers of calves we used hot water from the house that was heated by the rayburn. OH put a tap (hot water) outside the back door that we filled into a 120 ltr barrel. I bought a digital timer in Aldi a few years ago, for the water heater in the yard so we did not have to wait for the water to heat.
We are still using the water heater as the last batch of calves are on OAD.

visatorro

Reggie. wrote: »

Bit of light work today

At least you have it clean to be working on anyway. Often seen yokes that you wouldn't be able to see a bolt with the s***e

Reggie.

visatorro wrote: »

At least you have it clean to be working on anyway. Often seen yokes that you wouldn't be able to see a bolt with the s***e

Nothing worse I can tell ya but the loader can make it a little awkward.

Muckit

Reggie. wrote: »

Nothing worse I can tell ya but the loader can make it a little awkward.

Is it tricky to take off?

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

Is it tricky to take off?

Just too lazy to take it off. It's more the brackets than the loader

Genghis Cant

Reggie. wrote: »

Just too lazy to take it off. It's more the brackets than the loader

A loader's woeful handy to jack up a tractor. Though you've a good way of jacking compared to me.

Reggie.

Genghis Cant wrote: »

A loader's woeful handy to jack up a tractor. Though you've a good way of jacking compared to me.

That's what it was used for aswell and then just slide the axle stand

eddiek

Base price wrote: »

My brother installed a small second hand water heater in the yard. It heats about 30 ltrs to whatever temp you set it at. You can have it boiling if you want.
When we were feeding larger numbers of calves we used hot water from the house that was heated by the rayburn. OH put a tap (hot water) outside the back door that we filled into a 120 ltr barrel. I bought a digital timer in Aldi a few years ago, for the water heater in the yard so we did not have to wait for the water to heat.
We are still using the water heater as the last batch of calves are on OAD.

thanks.so its ok to use water from the hot tap in the house?

Base price

eddiek wrote: »

thanks.so its ok to use water from the hot tap in the house?

Yes, why would there be a problem using it. Once you have it a the correct temperature for mixing.

whelan2

going to head over to see the giro d'italia:D

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Bearing gone?

Nope hub seal. Might have made a booboo when putting it back it tho

Muckit

Base price wrote: »

Yes, why would there be a problem using it. Once you have it a the correct temperature for mixing.

The oul fitted a hot tap outsde the back kitchen window exactly for that job. That was back in the 80's. Easiest solution is always the best. Why pay for electricity when you can heat with turf?

Greengrass1

Off for a carvery dinner with the girlfriend. Should be nice. Back then for milking

td5man

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Off for a carvery dinner with the girlfriend. Should be nice. Back then for milking

trainee milker?

Greengrass1

td5man wrote: »

trainee milker?

I've tried. I don't have enough time for the amount of training required