Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

I'm going to sound like the typical old grouch but I totally agree ifmd go as far as to say very very few want to work especially any form of manual labour even lads who were willing to do a bit are now balking at it

Exactly I can’t get over the amount of what I’d call youngish farmers in their 40s in my area who have children all up on 10 years of age who never go outside the door, was always out with my father from 5 or 6 and always given some small job and told where not to stand. The older you got the more responsibility you were given. Did an awful lot of work there over the years never asked to be paid for it, had my own jobs at weekends during college to keep me going during the week and my parents helped out with fees and accomodation for the few years I suppose I got my pay back in lieu there in their eyes😅

Being out on the farm working from a young age does you know harm and develops a work ethic even if it does turn you off farming it’ll drive you to another job to make sure you don’t end up farming lol.

An awful lot of children are far too precious these days to do an ounce of work that has a lot to do with why children are gone so soft and lazy there can’t be any danger or adversity for them these days…

Rant over.

This time of year is different. Farmyard only out the back door. Will check out what's happening and see if someone needs to be here.

very harsh comments about children being precious.... children (and i know from my previous job) are a product of the environment they grow up in.. families are alot smaller now.. where once the mother might have had 6 or 7 kids to rear/mind.. in most families thats now down to 2... so those 2 get alot more attention are watched more by their parents and cant get upto the same mischief as before... the difference in boys where there is 3/4 boys in a family and just 1 boy in a family is huge... the 3/4boys are a bit madder.. boy on his own-spoilt.. i think the youth of today are fantastic people as good as any young people that we ever had in this country... its the adults are the problem........

funnily enough i know of a family locally with 2 kids... girl about 18.. good girl.. boy around 16.. apparently very quiet... anyways he never ever went out onto farm while his father was farming.... never... farm has been leased out and the new man has started milking there in last few weeks... young lad as part of school had to give a week working somewhere on work experience.... yep you guessed correctly he helping the new man on the farm...... milking calving etc...

I can’t agree with the youth of today being the best we’ve had in this country even if I’m young myself. It’s not long I’m gone from college and the sense of entitlement from a lot of young people due to being spoilt and facing no adversity it astounding.

Take your guy that never went out on the farm, even if you had no interest at all once or twice you’d appreciate the work your parent/parents too to provide you with everything you have. If you hate it still fair enough try figure out what you want for yourself and go after it.

Preciousness has crept into a lot of aspects of younger people these days…kids getting participation medals for everything in sport for example and no scores being kept etc you have to learn to win and lose in life you can’t always be winning and not facing adversity how are people supposed to grow otherwise.

Yes preciousness has crept in... who's fault is that??? its not the kids fault... its the people giving them the medals...

You had a nice cushy number 9.00 to 4.00 with state pension lined up, 3 months holidays a year, yet you came home to farm, now covered in shite 24 / 7.

I would imagine it was the "spoilt entitled" kids that converted you.

I did he is notorious for it constantly at it week in week out beggars belief how man United see him as a role model for the squad let alone their fan base. Leaders are meant to lead not carry on the way he does.

I'd often look into gardens on the way over and back the road in the tractor or digger. Real expensive swing sets and toys never played on. Nice manicured lawns. Our garden is in shite from football.

Ah yeah, that makes sense. You couldn't walk through them too much this time of year, within reason...

I think social media is a cess pit on top of that the fakeness of Instagram is mind boggling.

I have watched the series on them, some setup but I can't see how it makes money..also seems a lot of labour given the level of automation..I know they have other business which I'm sure may be subsidizing the farm to a degree.

The lad speaking is very positive but to be fair he is a good speaker.

Can't give out because I give them the phone too often. I don't bring my two to the farm because I couldn't manage them on my own.one would go one way and the other would fly off the other way. Used to frighten the life outta me. I'll bring them to set up paddocks in the evening.when they go into secondary school I hope to utilise them more!

As told to me by a mother in law, the daughter in law goes to her creche and and asks to speak to the owner and explains to the owner that that the staff will have to find a different word instead of the word " NO " . She told them tat the word NO is not used in their home. Mother in law was then reminded of same . This is 100% true

Imagine him playing with Roy Keane in the team, the kicking wouldn’t be from the opposition. We have two teenage girls who since they could walk they have being out doors on farms, use to milk for a neighbour a couple of times a week and one would come to feed the calves in turn and he would help us watching cows for calving when we were in work, when lambing starts they were involved. Kids nowadays are very clever and see danger quicker than adults and won’t take risks, our kids spend more time in conversation with adult men since they we’re young that with other girls due to nature of farming. They are not into make up etc and enjoy life. The biggest problem is posh mummy who don’t want the kids outside getting dirty on the farm. No Xbox here.