Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
Pissing down here now but contractor managed to get silage ground fertilised thank goodness.
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
- Start date
Happy hillbily
Member
- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
- Location
- somerset
our much reduced few, out on a dry bank, still marking it though, milk gone up though, as has cell count, wonder why...................
as soon as we work a bit of ground, dries like hell. Had planned to aerate a lot, case of too wet, then too much grass, can't win.
as soon as we work a bit of ground, dries like hell. Had planned to aerate a lot, case of too wet, then too much grass, can't win.
Why haven’t you got a washline and jetters?
It’s the cheapest thing to set up on any parlour,just a pipe back to the wash trough and six jetters.
I imagine because what he’s got is simpler, works just as well & even cheaper because he’s already got it.
Milking by hand is simpler because you've no pipework to wash,even cheaper take the bucket to the cow.
- Location
- somerset
somewhere in the nettles, is an old steam chest, apparently you took all your clusters, and pipework, and presumably your 'buckets', and steam cleaned them. Was always told they came out as clean as clean can be, completely sterile.
No chemical used either, surely this must be the new way forward ? Ultra clean, with no chemicals.
all l can add, is thank goodness for chemicals.
the old cooler system, with an open container, milk running down a rippled 'thing', with cold water running through it, donated that to a museum several years ago, kept the last milking stool, cleaned up a treat !
No chemical used either, surely this must be the new way forward ? Ultra clean, with no chemicals.
all l can add, is thank goodness for chemicals.
the old cooler system, with an open container, milk running down a rippled 'thing', with cold water running through it, donated that to a museum several years ago, kept the last milking stool, cleaned up a treat !
I've one here,used as a chemical store now.
buffalo_soldier
Member
- Location
- cumbria
Haha same, mines a chem store also.
2.5 dry days this week. Forgot what that was like
Slurry and 2 years worth of fym gone out
Fert on
Ploughing started
And to cap it all off, an apology letter from RT. I'm off the naughty step
2.5 dry days this week. Forgot what that was like
Slurry and 2 years worth of fym gone out
Fert on
Ploughing started
And to cap it all off, an apology letter from RT. I'm off the naughty step
Frame thatHaha same, mines a chem store also.
2.5 dry days this week. Forgot what that was like
Slurry and 2 years worth of fym gone out
Fert on
Ploughing started
And to cap it all off, an apology letter from RT. I'm off the naughty step
More to life
Member
- Location
- Somerset
Post it
Most people email now
buffalo_soldier
Member
- Location
- cumbria
Yeah, twas an email. Heres a copy paste of the two relevant bits:
. When the report was received at the office, an IT incident occurred
I can only apologise for the undue stress this has caused you
. When the report was received at the office, an IT incident occurred
I can only apologise for the undue stress this has caused you
- Location
- East Lancashire
Take the cow to the supermarket and tell them to milk it their bloody selvesMilking by hand is simpler because you've no pipework to wash,even cheaper take the bucket to the cow.
Headless chicken
Member
- Location
- West Wales
That’s a seriously positive step forward and hopefully marks a changes in agencies attitudes towards dealing with people
- Location
- somerset
around us, it is virtually impossible to find decent labour, to many big employers, chasing too few people, plenty of nice clean jobs as well.
our p/t is leaving been here to long anyway, breakages are escalating.
conversation this morning.
'did you hit the gate up the road'
'no'
'are you sure'
'yes'
'the one by the cottages'
'well, l might have'
'its buckled in half, you must have known/seen it'
'no'
'did you try and open it, with the front tyres, on the tractor'
m....................................................................
'well you must know'
'yes l did try'
'will you pay for a new gate then ?'
'yes'
accidents happen, things get broken, fully accept that. My policy is dead simple, tell us asap, then we can only have a little moan. Don't tell us, and we find it, that really annoys me, especially when we go to use something, and its broke.
am l being to harsh ? Reckon his breakages, in the last month, have exceeded his wages ! Son has only put up with him, because there isn't anyone else. He just loses interest, and slows right down into snail gear, and got to the stage where we have to check things have been done.
its not rocket science, this time of year, its feeding, scraping and bedding up, bedding up has dropped off the list, he can't push a round bale over now. Simple tractor work, not to bad, anything else, no. But when we have been to mkt/sale, and come back, to no him, and cattle not fed, 'he felt bad'.
rant over.
our p/t is leaving
been here to long anyway, breakages are escalating.conversation this morning.
'did you hit the gate up the road'
'no'
'are you sure'
'yes'
'the one by the cottages'
'well, l might have'
'its buckled in half, you must have known/seen it'
'no'
'did you try and open it, with the front tyres, on the tractor'
m....................................................................
'well you must know'
'yes l did try'
'will you pay for a new gate then ?'
'yes'
accidents happen, things get broken, fully accept that. My policy is dead simple, tell us asap, then we can only have a little moan. Don't tell us, and we find it, that really annoys me, especially when we go to use something, and its broke.
am l being to harsh ? Reckon his breakages, in the last month, have exceeded his wages ! Son has only put up with him, because there isn't anyone else. He just loses interest, and slows right down into snail gear, and got to the stage where we have to check things have been done.
its not rocket science, this time of year, its feeding, scraping and bedding up, bedding up has dropped off the list, he can't push a round bale over now. Simple tractor work, not to bad, anything else, no. But when we have been to mkt/sale, and come back, to no him, and cattle not fed, 'he felt bad'.
rant over.
Martyn
Member
- Location
- South west
To wet to chop, help the lawn carbon footprint🫣
buffalo_soldier
Member
- Location
- cumbria
Dunno about that.
This has been ongoing for 8 months and includes 2 stop collection notices.
It's a fair old IT incident if you ask me.
- Location
- East Lancashire
People like that will never fully accept responsibility. There’s always an excuse, and it’s always bollox