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Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

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    #302
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,020 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    tanko wrote: »
    It costs about €200 to get a flask topped up with liquid nitrogen four times a year. Dovea do it for €175 if you buy €150 worth of straws every three years off them.
    I'm not sure how much a new flask costs now but i'd imagine its multiples of these figures.

    Is that €50 per fill or €200 per fill?
    €150 worth of straws every 3 years isn’t too bad considering you could pay up to €30 for a straw


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    #303
    Keep Sluicing
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Keep Sluicing


    Water John wrote: »
    Say My Name, went there for 2 years but it's hard to listen to the same Minister speech and no progress. So didn't go this year.

    Went 2 years in a row and didn't go this year or last. Feel the same as yourself, listening to ministers waffle.


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    #304
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,259 ✭✭✭tanko


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Good stuff. How do you time AI? Do you stick to 8 hours after standing heat?

    Try to stick around 12 hours after standing heat but would have done a few around 18 hours after and they seem to have held.
    Having animals thriving and in good condition is the most important thing i think.


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    #305
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,259 ✭✭✭tanko


    Hard Knocks wrote: »
    Is that €50 per fill or €200 per fill?
    €150 worth of straws every 3 years isn’t too bad considering you could pay up to €30 for a straw

    I did the course with PG but Dovea and Dunmasc genetics do them too i think. I don't know if that course in Fermanagh allows you to do Ai here, best check with the department i suppose.
    It's €50 (approx) per fill, €200 would be crazy money. It's not a bad deal at all with Dovea.


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    #306
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Bought a new pair if wellies for myself today. Went with Bekinas. Any good? Time will tell the tale l suppose!!


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    #307
    MickeyShtyles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭MickeyShtyles


    Muckit wrote: »
    Bought a new pair if wellies for myself today. Went with Bekinas. Any good? Time will tell the tale l suppose!!

    Bit late asking are they any good now, MuckIt!
    Heard good enough reports though.


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    #308
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Muckit wrote: »
    Bought a new pair if wellies for myself today. Went with Bekinas. Any good? Time will tell the tale l suppose!!

    I found they used to split at the little toe but that might be due to extra wear while feeding for the winter. Comfy wellies though and not as prone to sweating during the summer.


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    #309
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,529 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    Muckit wrote: »
    Bought a new pair if wellies for myself today. Went with Bekinas. Any good? Time will tell the tale l suppose!!

    Have 3 pairs here now all leaking. Got a pair of muckboots in the post yesterday. Hopefully they last a bit longer. Super comfy anyway.


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    #310
    Base price
    Registered Users Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    Oh has been wearing the same set of Bekina steplight wellies for the last two Winters and they don't leak. They are the only make of wellies that he has any comfort with as he a problem with a heel spur.
    I also have a pair but I seldom wear them as I prefer to wear steel capped work boots around the yard.

    As an aside it's difficult to find a suppler that sells smaller sizes to suit ladies feet.


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    #311
    grassroot1
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    The house dog was killed on the road yesterday the kids are extremely upset. it is a bad end to their holidays. I miss the little fecker myself to be honest.:(


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    #312
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,564 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    grassroot1 wrote: »
    The house dog was killed on the road yesterday the kids are extremely upset. it is a bad end to their holidays. I miss the little fecker myself to be honest.:(

    That’s tough, kids get very attached to pets. My daughter lost one of her cats a while back and misses it desperately still.


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    #313
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,444 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    grassroot1 wrote: »
    The house dog was killed on the road yesterday the kids are extremely upset. it is a bad end to their holidays. I miss the little fecker myself to be honest.:(

    Was in the same boat 2 months ago. There was an exclusion zone of 10 feet around me for about 3 days


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    #314
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,506 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Was in the same boat 2 months ago. There was an exclusion zone of 10 feet around me for about 3 days

    Did you get another dog?


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    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,444 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Did you get another dog?

    Yeah have her about 2 weeks now


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    #316
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,506 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

    Ah she's a dote


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    #317
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,444 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Ah she's a dote

    Insists on sleeping on my work clothes


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    #318
    Grueller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,208 ✭✭✭Grueller


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

    Identical to our house dog. Hope she doesn't turn out as noisy as our little sh1te.


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    #319
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,506 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    What do you call a room with no windows or doors?








    A mushroom


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    #320
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,444 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    10 acres to cut for FIL while hes on holidays. Wet all day but suddenly great drying out now with gale winds.

    Should I chance cutting tonight and dry out with the wind or leave till tomorrow and let it try to dry standing. A good bit has lodged tho


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    #321
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,481 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Reggie. wrote: »
    10 acres to cut for FIL while hes on holidays. Wet all day but suddenly great drying out now with gale winds.

    Should I chance cutting tonight and dry out with the wind or leave till tomorrow and let it try to dry standing. A good bit has lodged tho
    I always find this a good model and site when making decisions.

    https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/arpege.aspx


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    #322
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,444 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Say my name wrote: »
    I always find this a good model and site when making decisions.

    https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/arpege.aspx

    Just after looking at it there now. Its bloody saturated so will wait till the morning. Might have dried out abit by the morning


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    #323
    ganmo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Just after looking at it there now. Its bloody saturated so will wait till the morning. Might have dried out abit by the morning

    Jus cut a bit on top of a hill, leaving the lower bit till tomorrow


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    #324
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    Just giving the jeep the once a yr clean out for the DOE Test tomorrow morning. Waiting for over a fortnight to get it tested. Last time i got a booking for 2 days later. Booked over the phone. Would online booking get me a test faster? How quick can ye get a test?


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    #325
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,444 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    ganmo wrote: »
    Jus cut a bit on top of a hill, leaving the lower bit till tomorrow

    Ah feck it. I'm quit now :D


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    #326
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,506 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    foxy farmer wrote: »
    Just giving the jeep the once a yr clean out for the DOE Test tomorrow morning. Waiting for over a fortnight to get it tested. Last time i got a booking for 2 days later. Booked over the phone. Would online booking get me a test faster? How quick can ye get a test?

    Just realised mine is out of date . Feck. 13/08


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    #327
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

    Good Lord. She's the cutest thing ever!


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    #328
    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Yeah have her about 2 weeks now

    What breed of dog is she Reg?


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    #329
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,444 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    What breed of dog is she Reg?

    Shes a jack russell and abit of a show off at times


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    #330
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,506 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    How does she get on with the kids?


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    #331
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,444 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    whelan2 wrote: »
    How does she get on with the kids?

    Great except she keeps trying to eat the trousers off the young lad. Once he gets abit more height he ll be fine


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