worst farm jobs

CloughCasey1 · 04-04-2015 8:23pm #1

Mine has to be cleaning calf shed . Not the sucks as they are cleaned regurarly but the shed when they are runners and can go from field to shed while getting stronger. Smell on ya for days after. Rubbing old spice onto your hands doesn't even mask it!! Cleaning out the straw shed from the big cattle is a breeze compared to it.

Feckthis · 04-04-2015 8:29pm

cleaning out sheds and fixing machinery are the worst jobs

Miname · 04-04-2015 8:38pm

Skulling cattle.

promises · 04-04-2015 8:42pm

Picking Stones!!! Hate it!!!

gerico · 04-04-2015 8:44pm

Getting dozey calves to suckle

High bike · 04-04-2015 8:46pm

Trying to make bales while watching the weather for the next shower

Paudee · 04-04-2015 9:05pm

Nothing worse than bottle feeding a calf that's slow to suck. Every single vertebra on fire.

_Brian · 04-04-2015 9:22pm

Cutting bulls sacks.
Was done here years ago and it's just a brutal carry on.

Seeing the dog running off with the bulls knackers

Reggie. · 04-04-2015 9:23pm

_Brian wrote: »

Cutting bulls sacks.
Was done here years ago and it's just a brutal carry on.

Seeing the dog running off with the bulls knackers

There's an image

Sam Kade · 04-04-2015 9:23pm

Paudee wrote: »

Nothing worse than bottle feeding a calf that's slow to suck. Every single vertebra on fire.

Get a stomach tube give the calf 3 feeds leave the calf hungry for a day he'll suck the following day.

Grueller · 04-04-2015 9:26pm

Covering the silage pit or even worse, uncovering the silage pit. All that stagnant water.

Paudee · 04-04-2015 9:27pm

Sam Kade wrote: »

Get a stomach tube give the calf 3 feeds leave the calf hungry for a day he'll suck the following day.

For some reason it's always 2nd or 3rd day after being tubed that you'll get one that just refuses despite having sucked. They'll generally come back next morning when hungry but you'd always feel bad walking away too quick.

Although to be honest I just hate bottle feeding calves.

Count Mondego · 04-04-2015 9:33pm

Was actually thinking of starting this thread last Wednesday. I was rolling a 5 acre field and nearly died of boredom. Terrible slow monotonous job. Hate castrating bulls too.

Edit: Daggin sheep has to be up there.

Reggie. · 04-04-2015 9:36pm

Count Mondego wrote: »

Was actually thinking of starting this thread last Wednesday. I was rolling a 5 acre field and nearly died of boredom. Terrible slow monotonous job. Hate castrating bulls too.

Edit: Daggin sheep has to be up there.

That's where the 30 ft roller comes in

fanadman1 · 04-04-2015 9:39pm

Pairing sheeps feet
anybody with a long back will know that it really burns after a while ha
also that smeel that can only be foot rot

Limestone Cowboy · 04-04-2015 9:46pm

Machinery work. Used to love it when I was younger but spent a few years working for a contractor and now I hate having to sit into the tractor even for a minute. Much prefer working with stock.

rangler1 · 04-04-2015 9:47pm

fanadman1 wrote: »

Pairing sheeps feet
anybody with a long back will know that it really burns after a while ha
also that smeel that can only be foot rot

The advice now is if they're not lame leave them alone no matter how bad they look, (routine foot pairing is a no no) but if they're lame give them a long acting antibiotic....the foot sorts itself when the infection is cured

Blackgrass · 04-04-2015 9:50pm

Reggie. wrote: »

That's where the 30 ft roller comes in

Just don't forget howwide it is and catch an esb pole at 4 in the morning

Anything to d with wet mouldy rotted grain, and cleaning stores in general

Reggie. · 04-04-2015 9:57pm

Blackgrass wrote: »

Just don't forget howwide it is and catch an esb pole at 4 in the morning
Anything to d with wet mouldy rotted grain, and cleaning stores in general

Or powerwashing a combine

Milked out · 04-04-2015 10:03pm

Blackgrass wrote: »

Just don't forget howwide it is and catch an esb pole at 4 in the morning
Anything to d with wet mouldy rotted grain, and cleaning stores in general

Was sent down to clean out a tunnel containing the conveyor underneath 3 3k tonne bins with a wheelbarrow and shovel as a young fella in a summer job once, the maintenance lads wouldn't go down there otherwise that was a fun week had to spray to thing then as well all for 4 pound an hour. Hadn't been done for a few years before that

Cattlepen · 04-04-2015 10:04pm

Pulling a rotten lamb. The most evil smell in the world

Milked out · 04-04-2015 10:06pm

Pulling ragwort, picking stones covering silage pit

fanadman1 · 04-04-2015 10:11pm

rangler1 wrote: »

The advice now is if they're not lame leave them alone no matter how bad they look, (routine foot pairing is a no no) but if they're lame give them a long acting antibiotic....the foot sorts itself when the infection is cured

I know but i tried the antibiotic on its own but i think myself that u still need to pair mabey its only a notion to me but it works for me ha problem is when it is 200 store lambs on marginal/wet land it still works out at alot

f140 · 04-04-2015 10:16pm

covering the silage pit is a job I actually don't mind. I get a few friends to help roll out the plastic but once that's done I politely ask them to fook off as I am very picky to have it 100%. have virtually no waste that way. if they were helping me putting on the tyres I would be conscious that they wouldn't be half doing it.

Blackgrass · 04-04-2015 10:25pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Or powerwashing a combine

We'd only ever wash outside covers pre harvest, have a road compressor which is bee's knees for cleaning down combine/stores. Spend a day blowing all dust/grain/chaff off on a windy day.

Blackgrass · 04-04-2015 10:28pm

Milked out wrote: »

Was sent down to clean out a tunnel containing the conveyor underneath 3 3k tonne bins with a wheelbarrow and shovel as a young fella in a summer job once, the maintenance lads wouldn't go down there otherwise that was a fun week had to spray to thing then as well all for 4 pound an hour. Hadn't been done for a few years before that

:eek:
On your own in a confined area with mouldy grain!!!
Should have beaten who ever was in charge with that shovel!, even worse than slurry gases!

tomwaterford · 04-04-2015 10:31pm

Cattlepen wrote: »

Pulling a rotten lamb. The most evil smell in the world

One of the few things that actually made me vomit before

flutered · 04-04-2015 10:38pm

rangler1 wrote: »

The advice now is if they're not lame leave them alone no matter how bad they look, (routine foot pairing is a no no) but if they're lame give them a long acting antibiotic....the foot sorts itself when the infection is cured

when we had the sheep it was a case of pulling a thorn like object from between the toes, the smell was like rotten eggs, that was all that was needed, they were fine after that

the_blue_oval · 05-04-2015 1:02am

Grueller wrote: »

Covering the silage pit or even worse, uncovering the silage pit. All that stagnant water.

dont mind covering, but uncovering i hate... rather be picking stones

larrymiller · 05-04-2015 1:19am

Counting all the money I make......

Takes hours

joejobrien · 05-04-2015 7:34am

Getting up for milking on Sunday morning after the night before with only 2 hours sleep and the kids hopping mad around the house, topped off with a sore head!!!.............like now

Sam Kade · 05-04-2015 8:00am

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Machinery work. Used to love it when I was younger but spent a few years working for a contractor and now I hate having to sit into the tractor even for a minute. Much prefer working with stock.

It's the type of job that looks great when you see someone else doing it but not as great when you are in the driving seat. I don't mind tractor work though, I spent a bit of time in a quarry driving a loader now that's one boring job a day seemed like a week.

Zr105 · 05-04-2015 9:41am

Cutting rope, wire, twine, half bale of silage, net wrap, silage wrap, etc off the bottom of the agitator for the third time....

Sam Kade · 05-04-2015 10:56am

Zr105 wrote: »

Cutting rope, wire, twine, half bale of silage, net wrap, silage wrap, etc off the bottom of the agitator for the third time....

You must be a contractor, some fellas would throw anything in the slurry pit especially when they know they won't be agitating it themselves.

Blackgrass · 05-04-2015 11:11am

Zr105 wrote: »

Cutting rope, wire, twine, half bale of silage, net wrap, silage wrap, etc off the bottom of the agitator for the third time....

Contractors around here charge full cost of machine per hour to remove stuff from eg. beaters on muckspreader loss of earning time and all that.

Dawggone · 05-04-2015 11:17am

Blackgrass wrote: »

Contractors around here charge full cost of machine per hour to remove stuff from eg. beaters on muckspreader loss of earning time and all that.

And rightly so.

Figerty · 05-04-2015 11:46am

Worst day I had years ago was when one of my neighbours made trams of hay for the last time.. He decided to bale the hay of the trams near the shed. Muggins here got the job of stacking them in the on a day about 30 degrees heat. heat near the galvanise was unbelievable. Fecking bales were twice the weight of normal bales.

Nearly died of the heat and the weight. Never again. Got £20 for the day.

KatyMac · 05-04-2015 11:53am

larrymiller wrote: »

Counting all the money I make......

Takes hours

Them 1c coins are the very divil alright

KatyMac · 05-04-2015 11:58am

My pet hate is moving cattle, loading them 2 or 3 at a time into trailer and making several journeys. I look back with longing to the days we could drive them all on the road with me on a bike stopping any open gaps on the way. The older cows knew the way and once put on way they kept going.

orm0nd · 05-04-2015 12:50pm

Cattlepen wrote: »

Pulling a rotten lamb. The most evil smell in the world

+1000,
especially when it comes away in pieces

KatyMac wrote: »

Them 1c coins are the very divil alright

beat me to it

joejobrien · 05-04-2015 12:54pm

Blackgrass wrote: »

Contractors around here charge full cost of machine per hour to remove stuff from eg. beaters on muckspreader loss of earning time and all that.

Proper order too

Reggie. · 05-04-2015 2:26pm

Zr105 wrote: »

Cutting rope, wire, twine, half bale of silage, net wrap, silage wrap, etc off the bottom of the agitator for the third time....

Had that this year with hay in the tank. must have blocked every 10 mins in me

CowMeister · 05-04-2015 8:06pm

Taking cleanings from a cow that has held onto it for about 2 weeks. My God the smell would knock you out.

yellow50HX · 05-04-2015 8:21pm

Spending hours bringing a calf only for it to be still born and then have the cow die too.

Willfarman · 05-04-2015 8:29pm

Definately another vote here on the pulling a rotten lamb. I lost my dinner before in this process..

Kovu · 05-04-2015 8:52pm

CowMeister wrote: »

Taking cleanings from a cow that has held onto it for about 2 weeks. My God the smell would knock you out.

Injecting a cow a few days ago after she held one afterbirth from twins, managed to smack me across the face with her manky tail.
Sore eyes after it!

Base price · 05-04-2015 9:31pm

Every spring as a teenager, having to dung out the deep litter poultry house belonging to my mother.
As mentioned before, taking a putrid lamb limb by limb and having to rummage around to make sure you got every bit whilst your nose stuck up the ewes ass and trying not to vomit at the same time.
I always got that job cause I have small hands :mad:

Muckit · 05-04-2015 10:58pm

Rodding the line to the septic tank, then watching as an avalanche of sanitary pads, wads of toilet roll and sh1t spews out the manhole......

And nobody did it of course. They just got down there themselves!!

Hmmmmmm....chocolatey easter eggs!!

gazahayes · 05-04-2015 11:17pm

Muckit wrote: »

Rodding the line to the septic tank, then watching as an avalanche of sanitary pads, wads of toilet roll and sh1t spews out the manhole......

And nobody did it of course. They just got down there themselves!!

Hmmmmmm....chocolatey easter eggs!!

Yeah terrible job alright can't eat sweetcorn because of that job!

Bullocks · 05-04-2015 11:35pm

Muckit wrote: »

Rodding the line to the septic tank, then watching as an avalanche of sanitary pads, wads of toilet roll and sh1t spews out the manhole......

And nobody did it of course. They just got down there themselves!!

Hmmmmmm....chocolatey easter eggs!!

I get a few of those jobs every month . There must really be a tampon/wet wipe fairy that throws them down the toilet because nobody living in any house ever seems to have thrown them in

Base price · 06-04-2015 12:02am

Muckit wrote: »

Rodding the line to the septic tank, then watching as an avalanche of sanitary pads, wads of toilet roll and sh1t spews out the manhole......

And nobody did it of course. They just got down there themselves!!

Hmmmmmm....chocolatey easter eggs!!

gazahayes wrote: »

Yeah terrible job alright can't eat sweetcorn because of that job!

Bullocks wrote: »

I get a few of those jobs every month . There must really be a tampon/wet wipe fairy that throws them down the toilet because nobody living in any house ever seems to have thrown them in

Jeez lads ye ain't seen nothing yet.

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