Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

Limestone Cowboy

Did anyone ever see a calf with maggots before? I had one here yesterday on her hind quarter. The horrible yokes had burrowed in nearly the length of my finger, bulling I hadn't spotted it sooner but never before heard of it to happen a calf.

Limestone Cowboy

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Did anyone ever see a calf with maggots before? I had one here yesterday on her hind quarter. The horrible yokes had burrowed in nearly the length of my finger, bulling I hadn't spotted it sooner but never before heard of it to happen a calf.

I once saw a video of a hairy breed beast with them. I have a vague thought about reading something to do with calves having them around the back passage but I don't remember where in the world or why they had them.

longgonesilver

New one for me. Was there an injury? Was she dirty?

I once saw a cow after a caesarean get maggots. Vets advice was to give her ivermectin.

Say my name

Did everyone see the pictures of the Brown Booby in Greystones?

kollegeknight

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Always happens and especially when you’re under pressure
Hope the go well for you

The 3 bullocks are sold anyway.

2 red limos 365kg @€;990
1 black limo 325km @730

Small bit of Crunch in winter but didn’t see any improvement, only improved on grass.

Happy with those prices.

Grueller

Had a heifer down here after a hard calving 2 years ago. She was down over a week and she got maggots around the back passage. I bathed it and sprayed it with alamycin blue spray for a couple of days. No bother after.

patsy_mccabe

Had a bullock here years ago that got maggots on it's head. We had bought him and the last idiot left a bit of baling twine on his head after polling. He had grown away and the twine had cut into his head. We didn't know what was wrong with him as he was walking around swinging his head. Vet called and he spotted it.
I put him in and bathed it in Jeyes Fluid (at the time it was the done thing) for a few days after. He made a full recovery.

kollegeknight

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Had a bullock here years ago that got maggots on it's head. We had bought him and the last idiot left a bit of baling twine on his head after polling. He had grown away and the twine had cut into his head. We didn't know what was wrong with him as he was walking around swinging his head. Vet called and he spotted it.
I put him in and bathed it in Jeyes Fluid (at the time it was the done thing) for a few days after. He made a full recovery.

We always used a jeyes fluid mix on maggots in sheep when I was younger.

wrangler

Grueller wrote: »

Had a heifer down here after a hard calving 2 years ago. She was down over a week and she got maggots around the back passage. I bathed it and sprayed it with alamycin blue spray for a couple of days. No bother after.

A neighbour cut off three fingers with the postdriver lately, I don't think he dropped the weight on it, it seemed it was the rope or something, anyway the wound was ful of oil and dirt, St james hospital used maggots to clean the wound.
So even maggots have their uses

wrangler

kollegeknight wrote: »

We always used a jeyes fluid mix on maggots in sheep when I was younger.

My father used to do the same until the vet told him that it stops the healing, , we used salt and water after that , we used dip in the knapsack sprayer to prevent them. The good old days when there was plenty of organophosphorous around

funkey_monkey

https://www.facebook.com/1575431338/posts/10214659822200633/?sfnsn=scwspwa&extid=oiXjhq9vHMOJe8kG&d=w&vh=i

ganmo

Base price wrote: »

TBH I've never needed to clean a tag to read it in all my years farming, although the numbers can be somewhat obscured by hairy ears.

I like the idea of a animal having its own individual passport that is overseen by DAFM. In a way it makes them more tangible, as I have 100 cattle and therefore have 100 passports that reflect those individual animals. I think we are too focused on quick fix technology to suit who? notwithstanding that EID tags suit some farming enterprises but it doesn't suit others. If we go down this route then I think we loose the personal link with our livestock and they just become commercial entities.

Going back to the tags has anyone ever used a barcode reader on the barcode on cattle tags? I always wondered what purpose it served.

orm0nd

ganmo wrote: »

Going back to the tags has anyone ever used a barcode reader on the barcode on cattle tags? I always wondered what purpose it served.

Yes

We scan the barcode for tagging/ registering new born calves.(scan the tag before tagging)

Most apps now support the feature.

wrangler

orm0nd wrote: »

Yes

We scan the barcode for tagging/ registering new born calves.(scan the tag before tagging)

Most apps now support the feature.

Will it scan a dirty tag

funkey_monkey

orm0nd wrote: »

Yes

We scan the barcode for tagging/ registering new born calves.(scan the tag before tagging)

Most apps now support the feature.

What app do you use?

patsy_mccabe

Saw this earlier on twitter. I went snorkelling here before. Like a coral reef with the amount of fish there.

Keem Bay, mayo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec05gLPWkAIIqYU?format=jpg&name=medium

_Brian

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Saw this earlier on twitter. I went snorkelling here before. Like a coral reef with the amount of fish there.

Keem Bay, mayo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec05gLPWkAIIqYU?format=jpg&name=medium

Heading to Achill for 8 nights in a few weeks.
Haven’t been in probably 25 years.

Hard Knocks

_Brian wrote: »

Heading to Achill for 8 nights in a few weeks.
Haven’t been in probably 25 years.

Will you be camping?

Lime Tree Farm

kollegeknight wrote: »

Sending yearlings to the Mart today. One boyo managed to loose a tag from the field to the shed last night so has been granted a reprieve.

happened here, a while back. Got a yellow fly tag, trimmed it down to a small circle, and used it to tag the front and back of the broken tag on his ear. Never heard anything back about it either.

orm0nd

wrangler wrote: »

Will it scan a dirty tag

dunno never tried

funkey_monkey wrote: »

What app do you use?

herd app now ( previously used herd watch ) I'm also sure the free Dept. free calf reg app scans as well

https://www.agrinet.ie/Herd/agrinet-Herd-App?gclid=CjwKCAjwr7X4BRA4EiwAUXjbt7nK9XTgHvI6_FDocwSkUHvQtGcMt80TnZfbJtxunqRwFpvyq-L6cxoCaKMQAvD_BwE

Lime Tree Farm

Barry Cowan got the bullet

Water John

Who will be the new Minister of Agriculture, Dara Calleary looks the most likely. Two weeks is a long time in politics.

Reggie.

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Barry Cowan got the bullet

Unreal

Hard Knocks

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Barry Cowan got the bullet

See that
Is it fair either

Jjameson

Hard Knocks wrote: »

See that
Is it fair either

Politics is a dirty business. Who went digging in the Garda vaults and why? Who didn’t want him in the job and why?

CloughCasey1

Jjameson wrote: »

Politics is a dirty business. Who went digging in the Garda vaults and why? Who didn’t want him in the job and why?

Are you sure you weren't out with your binoculars again digging up dirt!! First the neighbours, now you've toppled the minister for Ag. ; )

Jjameson

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Are you sure you weren't out with your binoculars again digging up dirt!! First the neighbours, now you've toppled the minister for Ag. ; )

They haven’t the range for more than a bit of dogging!
And my Garda pulse hacking skills are rusty so that rules me out!

ruwithme

Wee brendan for minister for ag. Do ye remember him

ruwithme

2nd chance and all that. We're a forgiving people after all aren't we.

jfh

st swithin's day today lads, looking good for the next 40 days