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Kovu

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

So your saying that kovu....is a cow

Next year hopefully! Next year is the 'K' year for registering the pedigrees so I'll name a bull Kovu, train him and sell him in Carrick.

Then some lucky so and so can go out and watch Kovu all day long.:D

darragh_haven

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

So your saying that kovu....is a cow

I'm pretty sure she is a good percentage cat.... she's on about cats as much as cows 😉

A cow called Daisy

.Kovu. wrote: »

Next year hopefully! Next year is the 'K' year for registering the pedigrees so I'll name a bull Kovu, train him and sell him in Carrick.

Then some lucky so and so can go out and watch Kovu all day long.:D

He probably be as mad as a hatter...........in the best possible way of course:D

There was soooo much I could of said.....

Kovu

darragh_haven wrote: »

I'm pretty sure she is a good percentage cat.... she's on about cats as much as cows 😉

*goes off to find LM bull with 'Cat' in his name

A cow called Daisy wrote: »

He probably be as mad as a hatter...........in the best possible way of course:D

There was soooo much I could of said.....

:pac: I'm going to regret that post, aren't I?

td5man

whelan2 wrote: »

have a rotten job this morning, have a heifer with a "**** " lump on her tail, the tail is swollen around it and i susprect there could be maggots there:eek::eek: going to bring them in and cut off lump, wash with hydrogen peroxide , inject with betamox and put tar on her, any other ideas.Will see if i can get a rubber ring over it. If i dont faint at the sight , i will report back:)

How did you fair out with the heifer .

whelan2

td5man wrote: »

How did you fair out with the heifer .

just back now... when we cut the lump off there was alamycin spray under it, we had taken a lump off her earlier in year, the tail fell off:eek: below the lump. I put peroxide on it, a ring above the cut, tar on her sides, fly pour on on her back and injected her with betamox.... there where 3 others with lumps but they where not cutting in, used about 5 pairs of milking gloves in the process.I kept her and another one in a paddock close to the yard and will inject her for a few days. No maggots in it but the smell was gross, flies everywhere

td5man

whelan2 wrote: »

just back now... when we cut the lump off there was alamycin spray under it, we had taken a lump off her earlier in year, the tail fell off:eek: below the lump. I put peroxide on it, a ring above the cut, tar on her sides, fly pour on on her back and injected her with betamox.... there where 3 others with lumps but they where not cutting in, used about 5 pairs of milking gloves in the process.I kept her and another one in a paddock close to the yard and will inject her for a few days. No maggots in it but the smell was gross, flies everywhere

The tail falling off is usually the best thing, it should heal up nicely if the flies give it a chance.

whelan2

.Kovu. wrote: »

This morning while testing a couple of calves, I learned that Cydectin pour on smells like Vicks vapour rub when putting it on the cows.

Kovu now smells like Vicks

be careful with pour ons, they used to give me heartburn, cant be good for ya to be inhaling it,whatevers in it

Base price

Wrecked tired. Awake half the night with a toothache and had an exam this morning. Just home and going horizontal for a few hours

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

Wrecked tired. Awake half the night with a toothache and had an exam this morning. Just home and going horizontal for a few hours

the nights are very warm too

GrandSoftDay

Base price wrote: »

Wrecked tired. Awake half the night with a toothache and had an exam this morning. Just home and going horizontal for a few hours

I have a toothache with a few days as well, living on nureofen at the moment, really need to go to the dentist but I hate the thought of it

Base price

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

I have a toothache with a few days as well, living on nureofen at the moment, really need to go to the dentist but I hate the thought of it

Regular diet of nurofen Plus for me. Also hate going to the dentist although the one I have is very good but like you, the idea of it :eek:

have2flushtwice

Does anyone have a link to abbriviations for cattle breeds? Smx and so on
I see them referenced here a lot and not fully understanding it.

Kovu

have2flushtwice wrote: »

Does anyone have a link to abbriviations for cattle breeds? Smx and so on
I see them referenced here a lot and not fully understanding it.

Ask and you shall receive
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/200042/breedcodelist.pdf


LOL at Swiss Orig Braunvieh......

C0N0R

Right lads back to bale handlers for front end loader, got a few prices just looking advice

Prodig €1000
Quicke €900
Conor €850

All excluding vat, thoughts? Are the prodig and quicke worth extra than the Conor? Prices alrite?

darragh_haven

C0N0R wrote: »

Right lads back to bale handlers for front end loader, got a few prices just looking advice

Prodig €1000
Quicke €900
Conor €850

All excluding vat, thoughts? Are the prodig and quicke worth extra than the Conor? Prices alrite?

From what I've seen, the prodigy is heavy but a lifetime piece of kit.
I can't comment on the others as I've never used or seen them

Greengrass1

C0N0R wrote: »

Right lads back to bale handlers for front end loader, got a few prices just looking advice

Prodig €1000
Quicke €900
Conor €850

All excluding vat, thoughts? Are the prodig and quicke worth extra than the Conor? Prices alrite?

What about McHale?

simx

C0N0R wrote: »

Right lads back to bale handlers for front end loader, got a few prices just looking advice

Prodig €1000
Quicke €900
Conor €850

All excluding vat, thoughts? Are the prodig and quicke worth extra than the Conor? Prices alrite?

Did you price Fleming?

Reggie.

And don't forget the weight of them implements on their own aswell

Greengrass1

simx wrote: »

Did you price Fleming?

Tbh I wouldn't rate Fleming or Conor. Seen them yrs ago when we bought the McHale build quality wasn't near as good

simx

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Tbh I wouldn't rate Fleming or Conor. Seen them yrs ago when we bought the McHale build quality wasn't near as good

We have a Fleming here, wouldn't be overworked but has stacked a nice few over the years all the same, no complaints

A cow called Daisy

C0N0R wrote: »

Right lads back to bale handlers for front end loader, got a few prices just looking advice

Prodig €1000
Quicke €900
Conor €850

All excluding vat, thoughts? Are the prodig and quicke worth extra than the Conor? Prices alrite?

Neighbour that stacked bales for me has prodig. They BIG into thwir machinery -asking, pricing, examining etc. They very happy with after couple of years work

just do it

Base price wrote: »

Wrecked tired. Awake half the night with a toothache and had an exam this morning. Just home and going horizontal for a few hours

You're a decade or two younger than I thought!

Greengrass1

just do it wrote: »

You're a decade or two younger than I thought!

Down boy

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Down boy

Says your man

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

Says your man

I dont knoiw what you mean

C0N0R

Greengrass1 wrote: »

What about McHale?

simx wrote: »

Did you price Fleming?

Still waiting on a price for a McHale one and couldn't get through to the fleming guy but will try again.

Reggie. wrote: »

And don't forget the weight of them implements on their own aswell

Its going on a 90hp landini so is the prodig going to be a bit heavy do you think?

Anyone any experience of the quickie?

Greengrass how do you find the mchale? We wouldn't be handling a massive amount but would like to buy something of quality at the right price. Have heard the fleming to be a bit on the lighter side alright.

C0N0R

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I dont knoiw what you mean

Aye butter wouldn't melt!!

Greengrass1

C0N0R wrote: »

Still waiting on a price for a McHale one and couldn't get through to the fleming guy but will try again.



Its going on a 90hp landini so is the prodig going to be a bit heavy do you think?

Anyone any experience of the quickie?

Greengrass how do you find the mchale? We wouldn't be handling a massive amount but would like to buy something of quality at the right price. Have heard the fleming to be a bit on the lighter side alright.

Had ours since 2000. Only got new bushings this year. She would have stacked 10k bales of silage a yr up to 2004 and only 800-1000 since then

jimmy G M

C0N0R wrote: »

Right lads back to bale handlers for front end loader, got a few prices just looking advice

Prodig €1000
Quicke €900
Conor €850

All excluding vat, thoughts? Are the prodig and quicke worth extra than the Conor? Prices alrite?

Do those prices include the brackets and all hoses etc? Brackets can be €100.

We have one of these handlers from Pj Coen in Mayo and find it well made, cost circa €1200 inc all brackets etc aprox 5 yrs ago. Preferred it to a rossmore or Fleming at the time. I'll put up a link later from dd. mite be a dealer near you.

http://www.donedeal.ie/balers-for-sale/hydraulic-bale-handler-heavy-duty/7127501

C0N0R

jimmy G M wrote: »

Do those prices include the brackets and all hoses etc? Brackets can be €100.

We have one of these handlers from Pj Coen in Mayo and find it well made, cost €1200 inc all brackets etc aprox 5 yrs ago. Preferred it to a rossmore or Fleming at the time. I'll put up a link later from dd. mite be a dealer near you.

That is a good question, and one im not sure of the answer of to be honest! Back to the phone! I know the Conor one does.

Just checked out all the weights,
Prodig 200kg
Quicke 195kg
Fleming 170kg
McHale 160k

Greengrass1

C0N0R wrote: »

That is a good question, and one im not sure of the answer of to be honest! Back to the phone! I know the Conor one does.

Just checked out all the weights,
Prodig 200kg
Quicke 195kg
Fleming 170kg
McHale 160k

Not a whole lot of weight difference there.

Genghis Cant

C0N0R wrote: »

Anyone any experience of the quickie?

Yeah, great job of a Saturday night, ramble home with a few pints of stout on board, wake herself up, hell for leather for 3 or 4 mins, roll off, sleep.
Great job! :-)

naughto

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Yeah, great job of a Saturday night, ramble home with a few pints of stout on board, wake herself up, hell for leather for 3 or 4 mins, roll off, sleep.
Great job! :-)

Where u going with your 3or 4 mins one minute flat job doneB-)

Greengrass1

naughto wrote: »

Where u going with your 3or 4 mins one minute flat job doneB-)

The poor wives. I give mine her moneys worth.

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

The poor wives. I give mine her moneys worth.

What she pays you....:D

naughto

Greengrass1 wrote: »

The poor wives. I give mine her moneys worth.

When she let's u

Genghis Cant

naughto wrote: »

Where u going with your 3or 4 mins one minute flat job doneB-)

Bit longer with a fill of porter on board. And it might take a min or more to pin her down :-)

jimmy G M

C0N0R wrote: »

Still waiting on a price for a McHale one and couldn't get through to the fleming guy but will try again.



Its going on a 90hp landini so is the prodig going to be a bit heavy do you think?

We had our handler from PJ Coen on a landini blizzard 85 for 2 years. No bother to it. It looks like there is less than 50kg weight difference between most handlers, according to some post above, that would not be enough to make one too heavy IMO. Bales could vary in weight by 2-300kg in any case so not worth getting excited about 50kg IMO.

Here's a link to the handler we have

http://www.donedeal.ie/balers-for-sale/hydraulic-bale-handler-heavy-duty/7127501

Reggie.

C0N0R wrote: »

That is a good question, and one im not sure of the answer of to be honest! Back to the phone! I know the Conor one does.

Just checked out all the weights,
Prodig 200kg
Quicke 195kg
Fleming 170kg
McHale 160k

No real differance in weight there. I'd go quality with the prodig

have2flushtwice

.Kovu. wrote: »

Ask and you shall receive
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/200042/breedcodelist.pdf


LOL at Swiss Orig Braunvieh......

Thank you kovu, downloading now

Genghis Cant

We have the Quickie Q45 loader. I can't fault it in any way. It's a good loader.

Base price

OH called the vet to come to see Biddy the cow this morning. Vet removed the teat of the bad quarter and the teat of the first infected quarter to help let the infection out. The quarter is twice its normal size. I bought sudocream on sat to rub into it as I was afraid of the skin chaffing against her leg.
Vet injected her and left Betamox, more Dexameth and also suggested getting a heat type cream from the agri store to help reduce the swelling. Anyone know what the cream is called as when OH went to the agri store they did not anything like that. I was wondering if something like Deep Heat would work.

Milked out

Golden udder or one of those type products. We use stuff called vaccadine , not sure on spelling, on cows with swelling in the udder and find it good, we get it from osmonds

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

OH called the vet to come to see Biddy the cow this morning. Vet removed the teat of the bad quarter and the teat of the first infected quarter to help let the infection out. The quarter is twice its normal size. I bought sudocream on sat to rub into it as I was afraid of the skin chaffing against her leg.
Vet injected her and left Betamox, more Dexameth and also suggested getting a heat type cream from the agri store to help reduce the swelling. Anyone know what the cream is called as when OH went to the agri store they did not anything like that. I was wondering if something like Deep Heat would work.

cheno unction.... is t still on the market? otherwise osmonds have vaccadyne, or theres uddermint

Greengrass1

Could you give a mastitis tube to her?

farmersfriend

Base price wrote: »

OH called the vet to come to see Biddy the cow this morning. Vet removed the teat of the bad quarter and the teat of the first infected quarter to help let the infection out. The quarter is twice its normal size. I bought sudocream on sat to rub into it as I was afraid of the skin chaffing against her leg.
Vet injected her and left Betamox, more Dexameth and also suggested getting a heat type cream from the agri store to help reduce the swelling. Anyone know what the cream is called as when OH went to the agri store they did not anything like that. I was wondering if something like Deep Heat would work.

Used Normint it's a peppermint cream, stinks to high heaven but helps

Base price

To be honest GG I doubt a mastitis tube would make a difference. She has got more antibiotics in the last few days then I care to think about.
I never thought of cheno unction but it does make sense as it contains something like winter green.
Unfortunately it is a matter of keeping her alive at this stage

Reggie.

Just watching banshee here. Great show

moy83

whelan2 wrote: »

cheno unction.... is t still on the market? otherwise osmonds have vaccadyne, or theres uddermint

Cheno Unction - a quare name but great stuff !
That was a saying doing the rounds in the village here a few years ago