Farming Chit Chat sallies Fourth

_Brian

sheebadog wrote: »

Anyone interested in a holiday home in France ?

Perhaps.. depending on location.
You can PM me details if you like..

Thanks.

Muckit

Is that a picture of the little cottage on that land you bought? lovely looking building.

sheebadog

Muckit wrote: »

Is that a picture of the little cottage on that land you bought? lovely looking building.

Lawn gone a bit strong.

Greengrass1

sheebadog wrote: »

Photo.

Jaysus that would be nice. What's it like inside? Good to go?

sheebadog

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Jaysus that would be nice. What's it like inside? Good to go?

No, it's bare inside. Hasn't been lived in since '06 but structurally perfect.

Kovu

sheebadog wrote: »

Photo.

Christ on a bike, I wouldn't mind a wee castle like that to live in.

naughto

Is this for real sheebadog or are you taking the p1ss

sheebadog

naughto wrote: »

Is this for real sheebadog or are you taking the p1ss

French think they are shyte without a moat.
No p1ss take.

sheebadog

.Kovu. wrote: »

Christ on a bike, I wouldn't mind a wee castle like that to live in.

Real Rapunzel type towers.

sheebadog

Had to take down photo.
17 pm's.

Reggie.

sheebadog wrote: »

Had to take down photo.
17 pm's.

I was wondering

5live

sheebadog wrote: »

Had to take down photo.
17 pm's.

No money in farming....;-)

sheebadog

5live wrote: »

No money in farming....;-)

Long story. Can buy with or without.
Problem is I need 100sq metres of the rear entrance to have access to the side of the farm that I would be coming from.
Without that access it's 4.2km extra driving.
Houses like that aren't worth what most people think. About the same price as a "monster" machine driven by a 16 year old.

5live

sheebadog wrote: »

Long story. Can buy with or without.
Problem is I need 100sq metres of the rear entrance to have access to the side of the farm that I would be coming from.
Without that access it's 4.2km extra driving.
Houses like that aren't worth what most people think. About the same price as a "monster" machine driven by a 16 year old.

Sure I was only pulling your leg:-)

whelan2

1 winner of the lotto, worth over 12 million, winning ticket sold in the north west

Damo810

whelan2 wrote: »

1 winner of the lotto, worth over 12 million, winning ticket sold in the north west

Not me! If it was I might be pm'ing Sheeba because that holiday home sounds interesting!

naughto

sheebadog wrote: »

Long story. Can buy with or without.
Problem is I need 100sq metres of the rear entrance to have access to the side of the farm that I would be coming from.
Without that access it's 4.2km extra driving.
Houses like that aren't worth what most people think. About the same price as a "monster" machine driven by a 16 year old.

what size farm is with it?

Farmer Pudsey

sheebadog wrote: »

Had to take down photo.
17 pm's.

Put it up on adverts.ie and post a link to it.

Kovu

whelan2 wrote: »

1 winner of the lotto, worth over 12 million, winning ticket sold in the north west

Good luck, I'm off to France to buy the castle:D:D

Bodacious

Sold a incalf heifer again this evening 2 year old BBx Fr dam x FL25 lim , calving Dec26th 14 - E1500.. Fine heifer tho

Bought in 3 last spring E580 , E640 and E850 got 4k for the three.. It's nice for a spring calving beef suckler man to get money this time of year

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Good luck, I'm off to France to buy the castle:D:D

You bloody wish missus

Farrell

Bodacious wrote: »

Sold a incalf heifer again this evening 2 year old BBx Fr dam x FL25 lim , calving Dec26th 14 - E1500.. Fine heifer tho

Bought in 3 last spring E580 , E640 and E850 got 4k for the three.. It's nice for a spring calving beef suckler man to get money this time of year

Well done.
Didn't think late springers would sell that well this time of year, must be a few lads extending next year too

Bodacious

Farrell wrote: »

Well done.
Didn't think late springers would sell that well this time of year, must be a few lads extending next year too

Great demand for them, first fella in the gate said he was looking for 4 anyway ! I could probably get more for them October time but I will be selling my weanlings then and would utilise the £ better this time of year .. I didn't do too bad and they were out wintered on hill and 4 ones I bred are kept 3 scanned in calf 1 white char hadn't been bulled but he still with them.. 24months she is and is imagine she should be bulling

Conmaicne Mara

Just got a second non paying job in my favourite organisation

larrymiller

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Just got a second non paying job in my favourite organisation

IRA???

:eek:

Conmaicne Mara

larrymiller wrote: »

IRA???

:eek:

Must be one of them exploding hot potatoes you handed me.

Close..........

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Just got a second non paying job in my favourite organisation

Congrats ! I thought you were fed up of the first job ? Anyhow what title have you now ?

darragh_haven

moy83 wrote: »

Congrats ! I thought you were fed up of the first job ? Anyhow what title have you now ?

Supreme leader of the mountain West division

moy83

darragh_haven wrote: »

Supreme leader of the mountain West division

He would definitely have the minerals for that job , I'd love to see Con rising up in the IFA . We know he isnt afraid of hard work and wont stop trying to get the job done

onyerbikepat

Bodacious wrote: »

Sold a incalf heifer again this evening 2 year old BBx Fr dam x FL25 lim , calving Dec26th 14 - E1500.. Fine heifer tho

Bought in 3 last spring E580 , E640 and E850 got 4k for the three.. It's nice for a spring calving beef suckler man to get money this time of year

Really surprised at the money to be made at this crack. I was talking to a neighbour recently and he sold calved heifers there in early may and made serious money on them. He bought them handy enough too last autumn.

Reggie.

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Really surprised at the money to be made at this crack. I was talking to a neighbour recently and he sold calved heifers there in early may and made serious money on them. He bought them handy enough too last autumn.

Its all about selling at the right time I think

Greengrass1

Was in some state last night. Got sick and had an unreal pain in my stomach and didn't know why.
Dawned in me thus morning when I was milking.
That tank at back of parlour was full and when its full it comes back in through sump and floods the pit and I never got the chance to take a load out so what I normally do is turn on the sump pump and pump it out into the tank for the milking.
Never happened before but it was churning up the tank and almost agitating it. Was an awfull smelkof gas this morning in the parlour even though it wasn't that strong

whelan2

calf that was positive on bvd test came back positive on retest , mother was negative, we have no adjoining cattle here, how could the calf be positive?

vanderbadger

sorry to see on back page of journal one of the previous presenters of ear to the ground passed away, young man with family. RIP

kake

whelan2 wrote: »

calf that was positive on bvd test came back positive on retest , mother was negative, we have no adjoining cattle here, how could the calf be positive?

It could be transferred by your vet's hands or clothing, your kids or you coming in contact with a PI, a contaminated meal bucket or bag, a dog or a cat coming in contact with a PI and carrying it on their hair.

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

Congrats ! I thought you were fed up of the first job ? Anyhow what title have you now ?

moy83 wrote: »

He would definitely have the minerals for that job , I'd love to see Con rising up in the IFA . We know he isnt afraid of hard work and wont stop trying to get the job done

New title is Regional Secretary. Bigger counties can have groups of branches that have similar issues. South Galway have one for flooding I think. Ours is for Connemara but includes branches outside that normally recognised geographical area, I think there's 8 branches from Rahoon out.

Designations and political decisions are the two biggest problems for me.

Events took an interesting turn a while back and that's the only reason I stayed in. If they hadn't I'd be gone at the end of the year at the local AGM. What will come out of the next period of time we'll have to see.

Still prefer to move out than up TBH. It's very frustrating.

darragh_haven wrote: »

Supreme leader of the mountain West division

Hah, I'm only cannon fodder, there's worse than me

Tis not only the West either

http://www.ifa.ie/hill-farmers-frustrated-at-spin-by-minister-coveney-on-commonage-stocking-levels/#.U5BNBfnSErI

dzer2

whelan2 wrote: »

calf that was positive on bvd test came back positive on retest , mother was negative, we have no adjoining cattle here, how could the calf be positive?

Was mother AI ed or natural bull

Genuine question.

whelan2

dzer2 wrote: »

Was mother AI ed or natural bull

Genuine question.

br/fr stock bull who is gone now, she would have been scanned after by ai man as where about 100 animals that day

rangler1

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

New title is Regional Secretary. Bigger counties can have groups of branches that have similar issues. South Galway have one for flooding I think. Ours is for Connemara but includes branches outside that normally recognised geographical area, I think there's 8 branches from Rahoon out.

Designations and political decisions are the two biggest problems for me.

Events took an interesting turn a while back and that's the only reason I stayed in. If they hadn't I'd be gone at the end of the year at the local AGM. What will come out of the next period of time we'll have to see.

Still prefer to move out than up TBH. It's very frustrating.




Hah, I'm only cannon fodder, there's worse than me

Tis not only the West either

http://www.ifa.ie/hill-farmers-frustrated-at-spin-by-minister-coveney-on-commonage-stocking-levels/#.U5BNBfnSErI

Congrats,!!!!! will that entitle you to attend the National Hill Committee meetings

Reggie.

rangler1 wrote: »

Congrats,!!!!! will that entitle you to attend the National Hill Committee meetings

Or more to the point cause havoc at.....

Conmaicne Mara

Reggie. wrote: »

Its all about selling at the right time I think

That and buying at the right time/price. You can buy dear and be a long time waiting for the price to come up again, time is money.

rangler1 wrote: »

Congrats,!!!!! will that entitle you to attend the National Hill Committee meetings

Thanks, it's a brand new role. The previous regional chairman was a one man outfit. Now there's a secretary (me) and registrar added to the outfit. I don't believe it entitles me to attend NHC no, but we have two Hill reps local to this area anyway as well as good relations with the others so... Position is more to push the regional issues and not confined to Hill issues as there are areas of the region where they aren't as big an issue and that's fair enough.

Some of the things that came up were discrimination in GLAS, CFP, Political interference in payments, suckler industry, Greenway land issues, spread of wild rhubarb, Japanese knotweed and ragwort (mostly thanks to CoCo activities). There are other issues as well, but the first bite can only be so big and some issues are genuinely more time sensitive than others, which doesn't demote the importance of any other issue.

Reggie. wrote: »

Or more to the point cause havoc at.....

I can do that anywhere :cool:

Kovu

Got a puncture on a trailer this morning that I only noticed after I loaded a boat onto it. I phoned up a lad (lets call him Joe) close to where I was at a lake, to see if he had a portable air compressor I could collect as I was driving back home to get ours and he was on the way.

So Joe answered anyway and I rattled off the story and asked if he had a compressor and explained that I would be driving by his yard and if I could borrow it. He was naturally a bit confused as I wouldn't normally be down that way at all, especially with a trailer. But anyway, after a couple of mins more chat about why I was there and what had happened, it dawned on me that he sounded a little different than usual so I looked at the phone screen.
I was only after ringing the parish priest who was also called 'Joe'
:o:o

Made my apologies and hung up as quickly as I could. And went to collect our own compressor!!

_Brian

.Kovu. wrote: »

Got a puncture on a trailer this morning that I only noticed after I loaded a boat onto it. I phoned up a lad (lets call him Joe) close to where I was at a lake, to see if he had a portable air compressor I could collect as I was driving back home to get ours and he was on the way.

So Joe answered anyway and I rattled off the story and asked if he had a compressor and explained that I would be driving by his yard and if I could borrow it. He was naturally a bit confused as I wouldn't normally be down that way at all, especially with a trailer. But anyway, after a couple of mins more chat about why I was there and what had happened, it dawned on me that he sounded a little different than usual so I looked at the phone screen.
I was only after ringing the parish priest who was also called 'Joe'
:o:o

Made my apologies and hung up as quickly as I could. And went to collect our own compressor!!

I suppose the big question here is why you have Joe the PP on speed dial ?

Kovu

_Brian wrote: »

I suppose the big question here is why you have Joe the PP on speed dial ?

Never know when you might need a shotgun wedding:D

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Never know when you might need a shotgun wedding:D

Who would be holding the shotgun. You or the father

A cow called Daisy

.Kovu. wrote: »

Got a puncture on a trailer this morning that I only noticed after I loaded a boat onto it. I phoned up a lad (lets call him Joe) close to where I was at a lake, to see if he had a portable air compressor I could collect as I was driving back home to get ours and he was on the way.

So Joe answered anyway and I rattled off the story and asked if he had a compressor and explained that I would be driving by his yard and if I could borrow it. He was naturally a bit confused as I wouldn't normally be down that way at all, especially with a trailer. But anyway, after a couple of mins more chat about why I was there and what had happened, it dawned on me that he sounded a little different than usual so I looked at the phone screen.
I was only after ringing the parish priest who was also called 'Joe'
:o:o

Made my apologies and hung up as quickly as I could. And went to collect our own compressor!!

There's a joke in there but I don't want to get banned:)

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

, I think there's 8 branches from Rahoon out.

I didnt know there was a branch in rahoon . Are there many in it do you know ?

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

I didnt know there was a branch in rahoon . Are there many in it do you know ?

Rahoon-Bearna is the right name, wouldn't know how many members are in it to tbh. There's a branch in your own village too. I have phone numbers if you want to contact either branch chairman.

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Rahoon-Bearna is the right name, wouldn't know how many members are in it to tbh. There's a branch in your own village too. I have phone numbers if you want to contact either branch chairman.

Rahoon/Bushypark would be my real village and I never knew there was an IFA there . I know the crowd in the moycullen one since I used go to the meetings there and I couldnt listen to them spouting for long I might go to one in rahoon for the craic though

moy83

Was there a template of a farm safety statement up here awhile ago ? The insurance co. want one for their renewal ?