No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Ard_MC

Albert Johnson wrote: »

Putting sheep through the ring is a recipe for hardship imo and I don't see any reason why fat or store sheep can't be sold in the pens. If there was a weighbridge set up at the intake then there's no reason why they couldn't remain in the one pen for the duration. Putting them through the ring and re-penning them after sale is very labour intensive plus sheep will get mixed and go missing from the bunches. I work in marts that sell everything through the ring and it's very hectic with sheep moving through the yard and you'd want a small army of staff to make it work.

Perhaps a case could be made for putting breeding rams or hoggets through the ring to allow a better look at them but I don't see the point in doing it with fat sheep or stores.

All marts in Donegal the sheep go through the ring. Boys selling 2 and 3 sheep at a time..no wonder they go all night!

Albert Johnson

Ard_MC wrote: »

All marts in Donegal the sheep go through the ring. Boys selling 2 and 3 sheep at a time..no wonder they go all night!

It's much the same locally a lot of marts put everything through the ring and it takes the whole day to sell a yard of sheep. You'll see lad's landing with 5 sheep and putting them through as 5 single lot's. The biggest joke being that the 5 of them usually all go back to the 1 pen because the same man bought them all.

I don't mind lad's splitting bundles where there's a reason eg fats from stores, ewe lamb's for breeding ect but store lamb's or cull sheep will usually sell better in bunches once their roughly similar type stock.

Hard Knocks

Albert Johnson wrote: »

Putting sheep through the ring is a recipe for hardship imo and I don't see any reason why fat or store sheep can't be sold in the pens. If there was a weighbridge set up at the intake then there's no reason why they couldn't remain in the one pen for the duration. Putting them through the ring and re-penning them after sale is very labour intensive plus sheep will get mixed and go missing from the bunches. I work in marts that sell everything through the ring and it's very hectic with sheep moving through the yard and you'd want a small army of staff to make it work.

Perhaps a case could be made for putting breeding rams or hoggets through the ring to allow a better look at them but I don't see the point in doing it with fat sheep or stores.

Hard enough moving sheep without people in the walkways

Albert Johnson

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Hard enough moving sheep without people in the walkways

The moving of them is hard work but trying to keep track of them is very difficult especially if there not marked as there bought. When it's over you go to load a bundle and there's only 19 when there should be 20. Did he escape out of the first pen, get mixed going to or from the ring or did he slip into the pen either side of this one? It's a horrendous balls of a setup imo and I don't see why it's even attempted as there's easier ways of working.

As before all fat and store sheep should be weighed coming off the trailer and into pens where they remain until there sold and it's time to go again. Breeding sheep could be put through the ring but should be clearly numbered or marked to prevent mix ups.

Hard Knocks

Albert Johnson wrote: »

The moving of them is hard work but trying to keep track of them is very difficult especially if there not marked as there bought. When it's over you go to load a bundle and there's only 19 when there should be 20. Did he escape out of the first pen, get mixed going to or from the ring or did he slip into the pen either side of this one? It's a horrendous balls of a setup imo and I don't see why it's even attempted as there's easier ways of working.

As before all fat and store sheep should be weighed coming off the trailer and into pens where they remain until there sold and it's time to go again. Breeding sheep could be put through the ring but should be clearly numbered or marked to prevent mix ups.

With EID and all the latest it shouldn’t be to hard to put weights to lots
Should little lambs be moved either

ruwithme

Good to see cootehill mart, going to reopen

https://www.donedeal.ie/farmservices-for-sale/cootehill-livestock-mart/27243328

Found a great site called Radio Garden, like Google Earth but every green dot is a radio station you can listen in to :pac:

Doing a US tour at the moment, Jesus, pick-up trucks, hosses, cowboys and harmonicas

Reggie.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Found a great site called Radio Garden, like Google Earth but every green dot is a radio station you can listen in to :pac:

Doing a US tour at the moment, Jesus, pick-up trucks, hosses, cowboys and harmonicas

That's class. Will be messing with that today

carrollsno1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Found a great site called Radio Garden, like Google Earth but every green dot is a radio station you can listen in to :pac:

Doing a US tour at the moment, Jesus, pick-up trucks, hosses, cowboys and harmonicas

I like to tune into the stations in places ive been before just to see whats happening out there now and again. Smooth 95.3 isnt a bad one for the old school tunes as well.

Base price

Going back to the comments about dogs attacking sheep and how RTE six one news don't show pictures. There was another attack over the weekend, this one in Louth. I think these pics are acceptable to be shown on the six one news.
https://twitter.com/IFAmedia/status/1361000997280239617?s=20

Say my name

I think the point being made before Base was it would be acceptable to all farmers that it be shown on RTE news but that dead pet dogs shot by farmers attacking farm animals would never be shown nowadays. Every farmer would hope it so but that's RTE nowadays.
Now if there was a French teenager bating an Irish calf seven bells, it'd be front line footage.

Hope to be proven wrong on this. But ...
Experience tells me there's a definite agenda in the station about where they'd like to steer the country and how they see themselves.

Water John

Deleted User wrote: »

Found a great site called Radio Garden, like Google Earth but every green dot is a radio station you can listen in to :pac:

Doing a US tour at the moment, Jesus, pick-up trucks, hosses, cowboys and harmonicas

SIL texted me about that yesterday. He's busy reliving his NZ experiences since he can't visit there again.

Base price

I nearly forgot that tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday. I just made up a pancake mix to leave in the fridge overnight for tomorrow morning.

whelan2

Was a Robin singing on the wall of the shed at 6.30AM. Nice to hear a bird singing in the morning, sign that spring is here, I hope

Dinzee Conlee

whelan2 wrote: »

Was a Robin singing on the wall of the shed at 6.30AM. Nice to hear a bird singing in the morning, sign that spring is here, I hope

Real lift in temperatures here the past few days, gives the days a bit of a Spring feel - now, still rain and places are soaked. But, there is that feeling that we're not far away...
Or, maybe its just me, but I don't care, its a nice feeling...

kollegeknight

Rightly or wrongly, I signed up for the extension of the beef genomics scheme.
I’m selling The two speckle parks that had sections last year as I did t put them in calf. I’ll be one animal short for the scheme. Not much advertised locally yet. Am caught as I’ve no trailer to collect from Mart etc. My driver used stay at mart all day and was handy to give a call as he would always have space. When he comes to collect the SP cows, I’ll ask him to keep an eye out.

There are two that buy and sell locally but are always up to tricks. I see my neighbour that deals with them gets caught out a lot.

Patience is key.

Odelay

Baseprice - if your son is bringing tools into Scotland he needs to declare them to Customs before he goes, or he may be hit with penalties on his way back with them. This applies to the likes of electricians carpenters etc. Not sure if your lad needs tools in his line of work.

whelan2

My mam was out for a walk this morning and met a woman with a dog lead in her hand. She asked my mam did she see a dog around. My mam asked what breed it was, she said a rottweiler .... my mam went home fairly lively.

NcdJd

Base price wrote: »

I nearly forgot that tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday. I just made up a pancake mix to leave in the fridge overnight for tomorrow morning.

The oul pancakes are a bit of a disaster here but I'm cracking on with them anyway. If I can get one round one out of it I'll be happy enough ha

NcdJd

Tractor pancake.

Lime Tree Farm

NcdJd wrote: »

Tractor pancake.

Still hot, buttered, sprinkled castor sugar, squeeze lemon juice
and "you wouldn't call the king your uncle".

Jb1989

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Still hot, buttered, sprinkled castor sugar, squeeze lemon juice
and "you wouldn't call the king your uncle".

Think castor oil would suit that tractor better. Sugar and diesel don't mix.

kollegeknight

My attempt at decorating. OH did the cooking.

GNWoodd

Say my name wrote: »

I think the point being made before Base was it would be acceptable to all farmers that it be shown on RTE news but that dead pet dogs shot by farmers attacking farm animals would never be shown nowadays. Every farmer would hope it so but that's RTE nowadays.
Now if there was a French teenager bating an Irish calf seven bells, it'd be front line footage.

Hope to be proven wrong on this. But ...
Experience tells me there's a definite agenda in the station about where they'd like to steer the country and how they see themselves.

There is an agenda afoot in this country that would sicken you .
We are being conditioned to accept a multi cultured , no morality , no religion society.
RTE is just doing the governments bidding .

Base price

Odelay wrote: »

Baseprice - if your son is bringing tools into Scotland he needs to declare them to Customs before he goes, or he may be hit with penalties on his way back with them. This applies to the likes of electricians carpenters etc. Not sure if your lad needs tools in his line of work.

Thanks Odelay, he doesn't really have work tools other than specialist clothing/footwear for going on research ships.

Albert Johnson

I see Tullow mart is the latest to put there spin on the Jerusalema challenge. Fair play to them it's something different and it took a bit of organising. Maybe the trend will continue and we'll see other marts rising to the challenge. I'm getting a good laugh out of imagining some of the lads I work with and there reactions to the idea if it were proposed.

carrollsno1

kollegeknight wrote: »

My attempt at decorating. OH did the cooking.

An enamel mug?

kollegeknight

carrollsno1 wrote: »

An enamel mug?

No ceramic. My sister posted it home from London she picked it up in tkmax. It is the nicest mug to drink out of. I have searched everywhere and cannot get another.

GNWoodd

GNWoodd wrote: »

There is an agenda afoot in this country that would sicken you .
We are being conditioned to accept a multi cultured , no morality , no religion society.
RTE is just doing the governments bidding .

One thing that fairly sickens me is the ad, that's what it is, about who you get your information from, as if RTE etc. are pure as the driven snow.

Water John

Deleted User wrote: »

One thing that fairly sickens me is the ad, that's what it is, about who you get your information from, as if RTE etc. are pure as the driven snow.

Twitter is only place to get your info, nowadays.