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whelan2 · 20-09-2019 9:33am

I'm wondering who filmed it.

Lime Tree Farm · 20-09-2019 9:35am

whelan2 wrote: »

I'm wondering who filmed it.

I'd have my doubts too! very tame looking creature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwKWiZAuHoQ

grassroot1 · 20-09-2019 9:54am

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

I'd have my doubts too! very tame looking creature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwKWiZAuHoQ

Very clean and grey looking most rats I have seen are browner colour and don't like to feed in the open. Looks like a scam to me

Buford T. Justice XIX · 20-09-2019 11:07am

Brexit summarised:D
https://twitter.com/BBCTwo/status/1173891966876160000?s=19

GoneHome · 20-09-2019 1:45pm

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

I'd have my doubts too! very tame looking creature.

The filling station has been closed due to the rat

https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0919/1076912-rat-video-petrol-station/

whelan2 · 20-09-2019 5:32pm

Mickey Styles , when are you getting married?

_Brian · 20-09-2019 8:41pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Mickey Styles , when are you getting married?

No worries, won’t the date be on the invitations 😉

MickeyShtyles · 20-09-2019 8:50pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Mickey Styles , when are you getting married?

A week 2mora! Still a few bits to do.

MickeyShtyles · 20-09-2019 8:51pm

_Brian wrote: »

No worries, won’t the date be on the invitations ðŸ˜‰

Ah ya didn’t make the boardsies list unfortunately, Brian! One did though!

Lady Haywire · 20-09-2019 9:08pm

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Ah ya didn’t make the boardsies list unfortunately, Brian! One did though!

It got lost in the post

Send it again!

patsy_mccabe · 20-09-2019 9:21pm

Tagging cows today with a relative before the vet came for his herd test. He's putting the tags on the tagger and I tell him to make sure he doesnt mix them up. Hands it to me and I tag away. Sure enough, two different tags. No way in hell could I pull them apart. Had to snip it off. He had to order the 2 tags again. He'll check them right in future.

Mac Taylor · 20-09-2019 9:34pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Tagging cows today with a relative before the vet came for his herd test. He's putting the tags on the tagger and I tell him to make sure he doesnt mix them up. Hands it to me and I tag away. Sure enough, two different tags. No way in hell could I pull them apart. Had to snip it off. He had to order the 2 tags again. He'll check them right in future.

Measure twice......cut once comes to mind:D:D

Reggie. · 20-09-2019 9:36pm

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Ah ya didn’t make the boardsies list unfortunately, Brian! One did though!

Heard your method of travel on the day is still to be cleaned

MickeyShtyles · 20-09-2019 10:13pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Heard your method of travel on the day is still to be cleaned

Well Reginald, there isn’t a minute gone outta 2mora yet!

Reggie. · 20-09-2019 10:51pm

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Well Reginald, there isn’t a minute gone outta 2mora yet!

The owner ain't gonna clean it I'm told

MickeyShtyles · 20-09-2019 11:12pm

Reggie. wrote: »

The owner ain't gonna clean it I'm told

Well.... she’s a lot to clean

Bullocks · 21-09-2019 6:50am

Mac Taylor wrote: »

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Tagging cows today with a relative before the vet came for his herd test. He's putting the tags on the tagger and I tell him to make sure he doesnt mix them up. Hands it to me and I tag away. Sure enough, two different tags. No way in hell could I pull them apart. Had to snip it off. He had to order the 2 tags again. He'll check them right in future.

Measure twice......cut once comes to mind:D:D

Or as a lad at work said one day " I cut it twice and it was still too short ! "

kollegeknight · 21-09-2019 7:23am

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Tagging cows today with a relative before the vet came for his herd test. He's putting the tags on the tagger and I tell him to make sure he doesnt mix them up. Hands it to me and I tag away. Sure enough, two different tags. No way in hell could I pull them apart. Had to snip it off. He had to order the 2 tags again. He'll check them right in future.

Happened one time tagging calves- brother decided he knew everything and took control just fired out tags and they were all over the gaff. Took me a fair few months as had to order a set for some calves. The beef genomics would have picked it up as wrong. Lucky I’ve only a few cows.

kollegeknight · 21-09-2019 7:28am

Scanned the cattle yesterday. 12/15 in calf. Three 5 stars not in calf- one is old and she had mastitis so understandable. Rexkon the other two wouldn’t be showing yet. For the beam scheme I’ve to drop to 12 cows.

_Brian · 21-09-2019 7:42am

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Ah ya didn’t make the boardsies list unfortunately, Brian! One did though!

Jez, not even a plate licker invitation 😂

Reggie. · 21-09-2019 7:43am

_Brian wrote: »

Jez, not even a plate licker invitation ðŸ˜‚

Just gate crash the wedding brian

Hard Knocks · 21-09-2019 7:47am

kollegeknight wrote: »

Scanned the cattle yesterday. 12/15 in calf. Three 5 stars not in calf- one is old and she had mastitis so understandable. Rexkon the other two wouldn’t be showing yet. For the beam scheme I’ve to drop to 12 cows.

But how are you for the GDGP requirement
Trying to comply with all requirements is going to be hard for some farmers

longgonesilver · 21-09-2019 1:33pm

No messing around at the gate here

https://m.imgur.com/t/unexpected/zHooqQz

kollegeknight · 21-09-2019 9:17pm

Hard Knocks wrote: »

But how are you for the GDGP requirement
Trying to comply with all requirements is going to be hard for some farmers

I should be just ok, all depends on genotyping- I need 7 and I have 7, loosing 3 and I should have 5 more coming on board between heifer calves and two speckle parks I bought off a dairy herd.

It’s a balls of a scheme. A lot of my cows dropped for genotyping a few years back and are back up to 4/5 now but not eligible for the scheme.

Hard Knocks · 22-09-2019 3:00am

kollegeknight wrote: »

I should be just ok, all depends on genotyping- I need 7 and I have 7, loosing 3 and I should have 5 more coming on board between heifer calves and two speckle parks I bought off a dairy herd.

It’s a balls of a scheme. A lot of my cows dropped for genotyping a few years back and are back up to 4/5 now but not eligible for the scheme.

Lots saying the 4/5 stars aren’t delivering and would be first dropped for BEAM but is 50% reference number to be 4/5star next year

kollegeknight · 22-09-2019 7:16am

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Lots saying the 4/5 stars aren’t delivering and would be first dropped for BEAM but is 50% reference number to be 4/5star next year

Yes 50% genotyped 4/5 star over 16months on oct 31st next year.

So bgdp could dictate the reduction of what for beam.

The scheme definitely wasn’t worth the grant

josephsoap · 22-09-2019 7:55am

kollegeknight wrote: »

Scanned the cattle yesterday. 12/15 in calf. Three 5 stars not in calf- one is old and she had mastitis so understandable. Rexkon the other two wouldn’t be showing yet. For the beam scheme I’ve to drop to 12 cows.

Do you use A.I or bull to get the cows incalf ?

kollegeknight · 22-09-2019 8:45am

josephsoap wrote: »

Do you use A.I or bull to get the cows incalf ?

This year 100% stock bull. The 3 that are not in calf had issues.

1 lost a quarter to mastitis this year and she calved late also.

1 had twins in June and held onto her cleaning, had to get the vet to clean her out.

1 is a first time calver and calved in July. She might not be showing yet.

The rest have gained a few weeks. Last year in the heat, some lost months.

I had to coil a few last year and the year before and AIed exactly but the heifer calves came from the bull and the bull calves held from AI bulls.

whelan2 · 22-09-2019 8:58am

I sent samples for genotyping at the end of June, surely I should have results by now?

kollegeknight · 22-09-2019 8:59am

whelan2 wrote: »

I sent samples for genotyping at the end of June, surely I should have results by now?

I sent mine in June and all I got was sire verification so far.

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