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Hard Knocks

Thinking of giving molasses Beet pulp to autumn calvers.
Guy in store says best soak in water before giving to the cows.
How much pulp would you add to 3/4 of a lick bucket of water (8L)?

Odelay

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Thinking of giving molasses Beet pulp to autumn calvers.
Guy in store says best soak in water before giving to the cows.
How much pulp would you add to 3/4 of a lick bucket of water (8L)?

1/4 bucket of pulp, 2/4 of water. If all the water is gone in the morning you need more water. If there is excess water you have enough. That is my experience, better to have too much water.

Hard Knocks

Odelay wrote: »

1/4 bucket of pulp, 2/4 of water. If all the water is gone in the morning you need more water. If there is excess water you have enough. That is my experience, better to have too much water.

Thanks Odelay
I’ll fill the night before so

patsy_mccabe

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1061144241362001920

ganmo

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Thinking of giving molasses Beet pulp to autumn calvers.
Guy in store says best soak in water before giving to the cows.
How much pulp would you add to 3/4 of a lick bucket of water (8L)?

What’s the thinking around soaking it? I’ve only heard of soaking feed for horses prone to colic.

Ps mineral lick bucket = 16L

Hard Knocks

ganmo wrote: »

What’s the thinking around soaking it? I’ve only heard of soaking feed for horses prone to colic.

Ps mineral lick bucket = 16L

Something about swelling with water
Thanks

CHOPS01

Third session with a chiropractor this evening. Problem with my back when sleeping at night. She fair knows how to hurt me !!

Reggie.

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Third session with a chiropractor this evening. Problem with my back when sleeping at night. She fair knows how to hurt me !!

Fortnightly excursion for me. That and the physio

Say my name

Fiorsceal on Tg4 tonight at 11 could interest a few here.

Seemingly about soil and ag and stuff!!

They do have some interesting documentaries at times.

Grueller

Reggie. wrote: »

Fortnightly excursion for me. That and the physio

Go to see Star Geoghegan in Carlow. Trust me on this.

kollegeknight

Uncles funeral in the am. Had to help dig grave today. Fair grim job meeting remains. IMHO he should have gone into a fresh grave- there is about 6 in there already. I dunno will his wife go in there too when her turn comes.

I’m very grateful all the cattle are housed. Cuts down the workload.

grassroot1

Base price wrote: »

It's a horny situation!

https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/news/world-news/cows-with-or-without-horns-swiss-to-vote-on-sunday-37551187.html

jayus thought it was santy I was looking at

grassroot1

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Third session with a chiropractor this evening. Problem with my back when sleeping at night. She fair knows how to hurt me !!

You have my sympathy pull my calf muscle last night jesus work was murder today and as for moving the wire at the rape for the cows sweet mother Mary wept.

Grueller

kollegeknight wrote: »

Uncles funeral in the am. Had to help dig grave today. Fair grim job meeting remains. IMHO he should have gone into a fresh grave- there is about 6 in there already. I dunno will his wife go in there too when her turn comes.

I’m very grateful all the cattle are housed. Cuts down the workload.

Sorry for your loss Kollege

CHOPS01

grassroot1 wrote: »

You have my sympathy pull my calf muscle last night jesus work was murder today and as for moving the wire at the rape for the cows sweet mother Mary wept.

I am not too bad. Compression of joints in my spine The discomfort ends up waking me after about 5/6 hours sleep and then it's just tossing and turning trying to get comfortable. No problems at all by day.

foxy farmer

Feckin rats and dogs. Dog killed a rat that was hiding in around engine of car a few weeks back. Now there's another one taking up lodgings there tonight. I was in shed cutting timber and when I came back to the house the dog was barking mad around the car. Went in for keys and when I came out to open the bonnet I discovered the dog had partially dismantled the front of the car.
He had pulled the number plate and the backing plastic frame clean off, pulled off the surround of one of the foglights, and anothe plastic cover that gets access to the towing eye. The lower edge of the bumper is destroyed with teeth marks. The blue finish is pock marked with white holes where his teeth broke through the finish. Left the bonnet open tonight. Dog locked in.

148multi

foxy farmer wrote: »

Feckin rats and dogs. Dog killed a rat that was hiding in around engine of car a few weeks back. Now there's another one taking up lodgings there tonight. I was in shed cutting timber and when I came back to the house the dog was barking mad around the car. Went in for keys and when I came out to open the bonnet I discovered the dog had partially dismantled the front of the car.
He had pulled the number plate and the backing plastic frame clean off, pulled off the surround of one of the foglights, and anothe plastic cover that gets access to the towing eye. The lower edge of the bumper is destroyed with teeth marks. The blue finish is pock marked with white holes where his teeth broke through the finish. Left the bonnet open tonight. Dog locked in.

Jesus, you need to send that dog to fas, there's a mechanic trying to break out of it ðŸ˜. The bumper will be the least of your problem's if they keep sheltering in the engine bay.

whelan2

Sitting eating my breakfast and a car came in. County Council inspector...

kollegeknight

whelan2 wrote: »

Sitting eating my breakfast and a car came in. County Council inspector...

What would they be inspecting?

whelan2

kollegeknight wrote: »

What would they be inspecting?

The yard. Cows are still out here

L1985

whelan2 wrote: »

Sitting eating my breakfast and a car came in. County Council inspector...

That would give you indigestion!!best of luck with it anyway!!

whelan2

L1985 wrote: »

That would give you indigestion!!best of luck with it anyway!!

He's gone now. All's good.

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

He's gone now. All's good.

Unless it's a serious breach they'll give you time to sort it.....

whelan2

wrangler wrote: »

Unless it's a serious breach they'll give you time to sort it.....

Yard is a bit mucky but cows are still out so it's OK, would normally scrape it after breakfast

patsy_mccabe

Bomber on board.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/bomber-on-board-liston-nickname-sparks-a-midflight-security-alert-37557667.html

whelan2

Electricity off here.

_Brian

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

If anybody is thinking of changing tagging supplier to Cormac this year, they have a free postage offer for new customers that register and order online before 30th November.

It doesn't seem to be working for me atm?

Damn
Got tags from during the week

have2flushtwice

I have a telephone pole that I need moving that's on the edge of a road. I can't see up past it. Tis up on a bank and the bank has to be moved. It's a blind bend. So I get onto the correct channels and no response. Well there is but you know where that's gone.
Met one if the van drivers and he said that will be a few grand, now if it was to get hit in an accident etc it might be a different story he said....
The thing is it's up off the road and it would take a miracle for something to hit it. In the meantime I have a lad lined up to buy the gravel from the bank, but he can't take it cos the pole is on top. Can't move the entrance either as it's all.part of the planning details.

Any opinions appreciated!

Panch18

have2flushtwice wrote: »

I have a telephone pole that I need moving that's on the edge of a road. I can't see up past it. Tis up on a bank and the bank has to be moved. It's a blind bend. So I get onto the correct channels and no response. Well there is but you know where that's gone.
Met one if the van drivers and he said that will be a few grand, now if it was to get hit in an accident etc it might be a different story he said....
The thing is it's up off the road and it would take a miracle for something to hit it. In the meantime I have a lad lined up to buy the gravel from the bank, but he can't take it cos the pole is on top. Can't move the entrance either as it's all.part of the planning details.

Any opinions appreciated!

Something might happen to it in these long dark nights of winter, you’d never know who might be driving past with a front loader or jcb

have2flushtwice

I get ya, Still wouldn't reach it! If you stand in the field you can see the top of an artic, with about ten more ft to spare!
Is there any chance they would put it back where it was???

have2flushtwice

I will have the site insured, so if during excavation, the pole was to get a wallop, how would that pan out?

TITANIUM.

have2flushtwice wrote: »

I have a telephone pole that I need moving that's on the edge of a road. I can't see up past it. Tis up on a bank and the bank has to be moved. It's a blind bend. So I get onto the correct channels and no response. Well there is but you know where that's gone.
Met one if the van drivers and he said that will be a few grand, now if it was to get hit in an accident etc it might be a different story he said....
The thing is it's up off the road and it would take a miracle for something to hit it. In the meantime I have a lad lined up to buy the gravel from the bank, but he can't take it cos the pole is on top. Can't move the entrance either as it's all.part of the planning details.

Any opinions appreciated!

Had to get one moved here when we were putting up a new shed. They ended up moving 2. No charge and a grand quick job

dzer2

have2flushtwice wrote: »

I have a telephone pole that I need moving that's on the edge of a road. I can't see up past it. Tis up on a bank and the bank has to be moved. It's a blind bend. So I get onto the correct channels and no response. Well there is but you know where that's gone.
Met one if the van drivers and he said that will be a few grand, now if it was to get hit in an accident etc it might be a different story he said....
The thing is it's up off the road and it would take a miracle for something to hit it. In the meantime I have a lad lined up to buy the gravel from the bank, but he can't take it cos the pole is on top. Can't move the entrance either as it's all.part of the planning details.

Any opinions appreciated!

Similar problem here a few yrs ago so opened gap and stoned it. The fool tipping the last stone pulled out on the road with the trailer up swept pole and cable.
(Me)

Lady Haywire

Nearly ready for tomorrow

charolais0153

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Nearly ready for tomorrow

Do ya not trim the necks?

Lady Haywire

charolais0153 wrote: »

Do ya not trim the necks?

I got a fella who shows in to do them, that's the way he did it anyway! Makes them look flatter down the back imo, if you're looking from the tail/head.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Mexican standoff, one outside wanting to come in and the other inside wanting to go out.:D

Keep Sluicing

First grab of silage in to dirty the shed today. Only have 2 in as they were bought yesterday. 15 more will join them Tuesday or Wednesday

Buford T. Justice XIX

Keep Sluicing wrote: »

First grab of silage in to dirty the shed today. Only have 2 in as they were bought yesterday. 15 more will join them Tuesday or Wednesday

Do you scrape down the beds every day or less often?

Keep Sluicing

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Do you scrape down the beds every day or less often?

The beds were originally in an in-calf heifer shed with cubicles. Cubicles have been cut out after they were rusting away. The beds wouldn't be scraped down at all now with bullocks in it. Maybe once a month if they were very bad.

Hard Knocks

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I got a fella who shows in to do them, that's the way he did it anyway! Makes them look flatter down the back imo, if you're looking from the tail/head.

Did he give the whole belly even the naval area a trim.
It looks good when done, but I’m to nervous of doing harm

Lady Haywire

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Did he give the whole belly even the naval area a trim.
It looks good when done, but I’m to nervous of doing harm

Yea the whole belly, had three different clippers so dunno which one he used on it. Was explaining the reasons behind the parts that were to be clipped & why & it does make sense looking at the before & after. The heifer especially looks a different animal altogether. Glad i didn't go attacking them myself now!! :eek::o

TITANIUM.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Yea the whole belly, had three different clippers so dunno which one he used on it. Was explaining the reasons behind the parts that were to be clipped & why & it does make sense looking at the before & after. The heifer especially looks a different animal altogether. Glad i didn't go attacking them myself now!! :eek::o

Best of luck with um, after all the work that went into the hores.
In fairness that heifer is looking so much better now. I've never seen the back of the neck done like that before but then again I'm no expert.
The heifer looks like a right punk Rocker with it.

Lady Haywire

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Best of luck with um, after all the work that went into the hores.
In fairness that heifer is looking so much better now. I've never seen the back of the neck done like that before but then again I'm no expert.
The heifer looks like a right punk Rocker with it.

Sure if they look out of place tomorrow the chap with the clippers is there with 9 cattle too so he can give them a quick buzzcut!
Now they were both combed up for the clipping so that's prob making it look weirder too I've never seen as much hair come off an animal as that heifers belly, she was like a sheep. You can see the massive pile behind her in the photo.

Sure win or lose, i've had an enjoyable time training them. First time in many years that I've shown a commercial so it's just nice to get back into them.

TITANIUM.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Sure if they look out of place tomorrow the chap with the clippers is there with 9 cattle too so he can give them a quick buzzcut!
Now they were both combed up for the clipping so that's prob making it look weirder too I've never seen as much hair come off an animal as that heifers belly, she was like a sheep. You can see the massive pile behind her in the photo.

Sure win or lose, i've had an enjoyable time training them. First time in many years that I've shown a commercial so it's just nice to get back into them.

Ya i saw the amount of white hair on the ground alright, she's a different animal now in fairness to her.

Reggie.

Watching the polar express here. Time to get the kids into the Christmas spirit

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Watching the polar express here. Time to get the kids into the Christmas spirit

Young lad here has been in the Christmas spirit for weeks. Got the thing he wanted in black Friday sale yesterday. He comes down this morning and says he wants to change his letter as he doesn't want it anymore, near choked on my porridge. Daughter played a blinder and he wants it again now.

Odelay

Cooking Aldi lamb shoulder here tonight. Instructions said to discard the juices after 30 mins. Lol, that’s what spuds are for:)9

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

Young lad here has been in the Christmas spirit for weeks. Got the thing he wanted in black Friday sale yesterday. He comes down this morning and says he wants to change his letter as he doesn't want it anymore, near choked on my porridge. Daughter played a blinder and he wants it again now.

This is the time of year for heartattacks

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

This is the time of year for heartattacks

Still a month to go.