Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

Kovu

At least the weather isn't affecting the veg garden!

Base price

Kovu wrote: »

At least the weather isn't affecting the veg garden!

Very nice. Is the chard difficult to grow.

Kovu

Base price wrote: »

Very nice. Is the chard difficult to grow.

Very easy. A few didn't take though so I replanted and the second ones came up. First time planting it so am a bit unsure of regrowth so don't want to take too many stalks off. Have about 20 plants though :pac:

A cow called Daisy

My '99 carolla passed its NCT at second attempt. Went to see what needed doing first. Got anti-roll bar links (I think) on front and two new tyres on front and swapped front ones to back. Prob cost less than €200.
Hard to kill dem carollas. New ones not near as sturdy

MickeyShtyles

Kovu wrote: »

At least the weather isn't affecting the veg garden!

Peas started today, beetroot started yesterday.
And the two piglets are happily roaming around.

Mrs cockett

Happy looking piggys.

Jb1989

Kovu wrote: »

At least the weather isn't affecting the veg garden!

_Brian

Feck this dull weather, finally ran out of hot water as solar panels not getting enough sun.

Farrell

_Brian wrote: »

Feck this dull weather, finally ran out of hot water as solar panels not getting enough sun.

Same as that, hopefully today will be better.
Had a guy down your neck shear yesterday for me (have them in a few days), he was on Meath border most of the day & was a great day, back home was the opposite.
We could be in bad location for solar

_Brian

Farrell wrote: »

Same as that, hopefully today will be better.
Had a guy down your neck shear yesterday for me (have them in a few days), he was on Meath border most of the day & was a great day, back home was the opposite.
We could be in bad location for solar

We have flat panels in for last 9 years and only need to supplement them the odd time, but never before in July !!
Rank wet night last night so was nice to have heating on for an hour.

Kevhog1988

A cow called Daisy wrote: »

My '99 carolla passed its NCT at second attempt. Went to see what needed doing first. Got anti-roll bar links (I think) on front and two new tyres on front and swapped front ones to back. Prob cost less than €200.
Hard to kill dem carollas. New ones not near as sturdy

They are some machine. is yours the 1.3 or the 1.4 engine? The 1.3 engines are indestructable.

A cow called Daisy

theemigrant wrote: »

They are some machine. is yours the 1.3 or the 1.4 engine? The 1.3 engines are indestructable.

It 2 litre diesel. €710 tax:( Could be seen driving over fields, transporting meal, calves etc. Only doing about 15k miles a year but lot of short runs. Only 260k on now. Have 10 years and no abnormal trouble. Only fault is she low to ground even without 200 kg in back.

Had 405 before that and boards not have enough room to list what go wrong on it.

Kevhog1988

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAEB-MountainPress-Mini-Baler-/142044364044?hash=item211280fd0c:g:gEsAAOSwwo1XeTOL what do ye make of this?

White Clover

theemigrant wrote: »

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAEB-MountainPress-Mini-Baler-/142044364044?hash=item211280fd0c:g:gEsAAOSwwo1XeTOL what do ye make of this?

Don't know anything about them.
Any value over there in a Jcb 2cx at present?

Kevhog1988

White Clover wrote: »

Don't know anything about them.
Any value over there in a Jcb 2cx at present?

They can be got alright, 2nd hand market strong but youd need to look around. why a 2cx and not 3cx?

White Clover

theemigrant wrote: »

They can be got alright, 2nd hand market strong but youd need to look around. why a 2cx and not 3cx?

Handier for feeding cattle, cleaning sheds etc. Airmaster model not streetmaster. I already have a 360 track digger

Limestone Cowboy

My teen pregnancy bbxfr heifer threw out a premature rotten calf this morning. Put her with a different bundle of cows last week and she must have got a puck when they were sorting out the pecking order. Sickened.

Kovu

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

My teen pregnancy bbxfr heifer threw out a premature rotten calf this morning. Put her with a different bundle of cows last week and she must have got a puck when they were sorting out the pecking order. Sickened.

Crap one....how old is she now? Will you give her any wash out or antibiotic?

Flies are mental here today, so I'm covered in tar spray from trying to do the cows teats. I'd be as well off standing in the field with them now as I stink like a road.
Ye know the cuts cows get at the corner of their eyes from flies, is there anything for that? I ended up having to half hug the cows head with tar spray cupped in my hand so I could smear it all over round her eye.

Dawggone

Kovu wrote: »

Crap one....how old is she now? Will you give her any wash out or antibiotic?

Flies are mental here today, so I'm covered in tar spray from trying to do the cows teats. I'd be as well off standing in the field with them now as I stink like a road.
Ye know the cuts cows get at the corner of their eyes from flies, is there anything for that? I ended up having to half hug the cows head with tar spray cupped in my hand so I could smear it all over round her eye.

Lambda Cyhalotrin ear tags. Can be bought from the US I think they're called Saber extra.
The a.i. is also used as an insecticide on crops. A good 4mts coverage.







Down side is they're banned in EU...

Kovu

Dawggone wrote: »

Lambda Cyhalotrin ear tags. Can be bought from the US I think they're called Saber extra.
The a.i. is also used as an insecticide on crops. A good 4mts coverage.







Down side is they're banned in EU...

Be grand, I'll just move the cows out of the EU :P

Limestone Cowboy

Kovu wrote: »

Crap one....how old is she now? Will you give her any wash out or antibiotic?

Flies are mental here today, so I'm covered in tar spray from trying to do the cows teats. I'd be as well off standing in the field with them now as I stink like a road.
Ye know the cuts cows get at the corner of their eyes from flies, is there anything for that? I ended up having to half hug the cows head with tar spray cupped in my hand so I could smear it all over round her eye.

17 months. Ya I'll get stuff for her tomorrow. She isint any worse for wear after it but a sickener all the same.

Dawggone

Kovu wrote: »

Be grand, I'll just move the cows out of the EU :P

I just ignore stupid regulation like that...they couldn't agree a withdrawal period so decided that it was easier to ban. Lazy bast*rds.

If they had to come down to farm level and inject an animal into the eye to save them from going blind from ruptured eyeballs, it might sharpen their endeavors...

Kovu

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

17 months. Ya I'll get stuff for her tomorrow. She isint any worse for wear after it but a sickener all the same.

Definitely a pain in the hole for you after you picking up on it and all.

99nsr125

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

My teen pregnancy bbxfr heifer threw out a premature rotten calf this morning. Put her with a different bundle of cows last week and she must have got a puck when they were sorting out the pecking order. Sickened.

How far along was she ?

As you call it a teen pregnancy, did she fall pregnant by accident.

We were only talking about what the youngest heifer ever in calf here was yesterday, 13/14 months apparently

carrollsno1

Your in your very early 20s single no major attachments to the farm at home decent job here working for a great family good pay you have a good bunch of friends your waiting on word about a course you applied for you get a call today from a friend "packed in the job and going new zealand you in" what would ye do?

Dawggone

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Your in your very early 20s single no major attachments to the farm at home decent job here working for a great family good pay you have a good bunch of friends your waiting on word about a course you applied for you get a call today from a friend "packed in the job and going new zealand you in" what would ye do?

Go.

carrollsno1

Dawggone wrote: »

Go.

Thinking the same meself one of the lads is already listing out the negatives for sport since i mentioned it 2 other lads kinda got half thinking about heading out for silage there after i mentioned it though

alps

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Your in your very early 20s single no major attachments to the farm at home decent job here working for a great family good pay you have a good bunch of friends your waiting on word about a course you applied for you get a call today from a friend "packed in the job and going new zealand you in" what would ye do?

Be sorry in life for something you did

Not for something you didn't do...

Dawggone

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Thinking the same meself one of the lads is already listing out the negatives for sport since i mentioned it 2 other lads kinda got half thinking about heading out for silage there after i mentioned it though

For me, if I could knock off a few decades, I'd be gone.

Waffletraktor

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Thinking the same meself one of the lads is already listing out the negatives for sport since i mentioned it 2 other lads kinda got half thinking about heading out for silage there after i mentioned it though

Why silage? Go out and learn how to survive when you are back to barely having a pot to piss in. Unlike this part of the world..

carrollsno1

Say i want to work as a farm manager and eventually a sharemilker in the future which would ye say would be better be tied down for 2 years on the teagasc managers course or go new zealand missourri saudi and canada to milk cows before you come home hopefully with a few pound in the pocket

Waffletraktor

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Say i want to work as a farm manager and eventually a sharemilker in the future which would ye say would be better be tied down for 2 years on the teagasc managers course or go new zealand missourri saudi and canada to milk cows before you come home hopefully with a few pound in the pocket

Work for someone with attention to details on cows you need to know, anything on a management course re: accounts and stuff can do night courses.

Limestone Cowboy

99nsr125 wrote: »

How far along was she ?

As you call it a teen pregnancy, did she fall pregnant by accident.

We were only talking about what the youngest heifer ever in calf here was yesterday, 13/14 months apparently

Not 100% sure but I'd say about 8 months. She wasn't put in calf on purpose anyway!

Bullocks

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Your in your very early 20s single no major attachments to the farm at home decent job here working for a great family good pay you have a good bunch of friends your waiting on word about a course you applied for you get a call today from a friend "packed in the job and going new zealand you in" what would ye do?

Try his girlfriend while he's gone ! You don't need to go around the world to get some experiences !

orm0nd

Kovu wrote: »

Crap one....how old is she now? Will you give her any wash out or antibiotic?

Flies are mental here today, so I'm covered in tar spray from trying to do the cows teats. I'd be as well off standing in the field with them now as I stink like a road.
Ye know the cuts cows get at the corner of their eyes from flies, is there anything for that? I ended up having to half hug the cows head with tar spray cupped in my hand so I could smear it all over round her eye.

we used Spotinor & find it good (so far)

https://www.agridirect.ie/product/spotinor (by the way them prices are way off, shop around)

https://www.agridirect.ie/product/flectron-fly-tags
https://www.agridirect.ie/product/coopers-spoton

Kovu

orm0nd wrote: »

we used Spotinor & find it good (so far)

https://www.agridirect.ie/product/spotinor (by the way them prices are way off, shop around)

https://www.agridirect.ie/product/flectron-fly-tags
https://www.agridirect.ie/product/coopers-spoton

Thanks for that! I might just see how they are tomorrow before doing anything, am hesitant of using any sort of pour on with incalf cows.
Just on the topic of young cows above, man I love this cow. I put her photo with calf up before on the photo thread but it did not do her justice. Was helping get her in for AI this morning and I still can't believe she went from a bare 500kg, 16 month old to this bear of a cow at 28 months.

Bullocks

orm0nd wrote: »

we used Spotinor & find it good (so far)

https://www.agridirect.ie/product/spotinor (by the way them prices are way off, shop around)

https://www.agridirect.ie/product/flectron-fly-tags
https://www.agridirect.ie/product/coopers-spoton

I'll second the Spotinor , find it very effective.

Jb1989

Kovu wrote: »

Be grand, I'll just move the cows out of the EU :P

Co Fermanagh here you come

whelan2

Kovu wrote: »

Thanks for that! I might just see how they are tomorrow before doing anything, am hesitant of using any sort of pour on with incalf cows.
Just on the topic of young cows above, man I love this cow. I put her photo with calf up before on the photo thread but it did not do her justice. Was helping get her in for AI this morning and I still can't believe she went from a bare 500kg, 16 month old to this bear of a cow at 28 months.

Why would you be hesitant using fly pour on on pregnant cows? Use spot on or cheapest equivalent here. Never had a problem

orm0nd

Bullocks wrote: »

I'll second the Spotinor , find it very effective.

no flies on you Bullocks :D

whelan2

I have just completed the novena of relighting the aga cooker. Last time I lit it it lit on the first match. About 20 matches and a few hail marys later and she's off

Kovu

whelan2 wrote: »

Why would you be hesitant using fly pour on on pregnant cows? Use spot on or cheapest equivalent here. Never had a problem

I had one bad experience where a cow aborted after I used pour on on her. Prob nothing at all to do with the pour on but I still don't like putting it on them if incalf!

A cow called Daisy

whelan2 wrote: »

I have just completed the novena of relighting the aga cooker. Last time I lit it it lit on the first match. About 20 matches and a few hail marys later and she's off

Welcome home. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves and all as it should be on farm.
Weather was brilliant while you were away.:rolleyes:

Genghis Cant

Kovu wrote: »

I had one bad experience where a cow aborted after I used pour on on her. Prob nothing at all to do with the pour on but I still don't like putting it on them if incalf!

I've used it for years on incalf cows and heifers without a problem. I'm always conscious though every time I run an incalf cow up a crush that could potentially be harming her. Particularly the few cows that don't like being handled.
There's few things I hate more than a cow slipping a calf. You're left wondering why and is it the start of something serious. Thankfully it's an isolated occurrence.
I think the circular feeders were a nightmare from that point of view.

Kevhog1988

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Your in your very early 20s single no major attachments to the farm at home decent job here working for a great family good pay you have a good bunch of friends your waiting on word about a course you applied for you get a call today from a friend "packed in the job and going new zealand you in" what would ye do?

Im in my late 20s and i curse the fact i never travelled. Ive a kid, mortgage etc and ive seen **** all of the world. Go and do it now whilst you still can. Make some money and then come back and do the teagasc course of that where you want to go.

whelan2

A cow called Daisy wrote: »

Welcome home. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves and all as it should be on farm.
Weather was brilliant while you were away.:rolleyes:

Seems to have been very little growth in the last week

bogman_bass

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I think the circular feeders were a nightmare from that point of view.

How so?

A cow called Daisy

whelan2 wrote: »

Seems to have been very little growth in the last week

Growth was grand it's just i left a few heifers up with you while you were away

Nekarsulm

Up in Norn Iron for a wedding. Was planning a few scoops tonight, but not sure about the local....

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Up in Norn Iron for a wedding. Was planning a few scoops tonight, but not sure about the local....

Ask for Gerry, they will look after you