Recent content by charleyman39

Thinking this is the best way now. It's annoying because I've a batch of them and they're all served in the past fortnight. But I suppose it's better safe than sorry

Thought I'd ask here for suggestions. Had a bull break in with a heifer this morning, he was in with her about 15 minutes but she was standing for service at that exact time. He served her at least once that I saw with my own eyes. She's a belgian blue and he's a rather large charolais. I'm torn...

I knew there was a reason I took a shine to him

That's exactly what's worrying me. Every heifer is costing me a hundred or two

Has anyone ever had a bull who throws 75% heifers before? This is his second crop of calves. Last year I had 12 bull calves and 29 heifers. So far this year, 2 bull calves and 16 heifers. In his first year I was happy enough to put it down to chance and maybe the fact he's a young bull so...

I'd have thought this also. The machine would be over 10 years and I'm guessing that as it's a hire machine it's seen some fairly bad abuse over the years.

It was inspected before driven, the bucket looked just like any other bucket, no signs of previous repair etc. It cracked whilst pulling on a stone, not exactly something that an inspection will foretell.

Hired out a 9 tonne machine this weekend to dig some footings for a shed. Came with 3 buckets, stuck the 3 foot digging bucket on and hit a big stone and bloody thing cracked along the top edge. Question is, am I liable to pay for this repair? No paperwork was signed prior to hire, and other...

Let's say hypothetically a beef farmer was to sell all stock and start again from scratch, how would you go about it? What breed of cow would you keep? Pure bred? What bull would you use? When would you aim to calve? Why would you do it like this? Honestly thinking about it myself as I've a...

I'd say it's a lot to do with modern media creating wayward morales among both women and men in todays society. Women are freer than they've ever been in history, and whilst that may be a good thing in some ways, it certainly has drawbacks when it comes to keeping a family together.

This is what I'm afraid of. I'm planning to go get a trailer load tomorrow for immediate feeding to see what they're actually like. Assured they are dry but hard to tell until you get into a few.

In Northern Ireland. I'd figured that was probably the best option alright. I don't have a set of soft hands but with what I'd be saving it would almost cover the cost of one. Farmer financial logic I know

Have been offered a large amount of bales from just down the road, on the basis that they're taken away within a few weeks. Won't need them all this year so some would have to sit until next winter comes. Would it be possible to move them without damaging them? Have used older bales previously...

Does anyone know is it still possible to make a new application to they YFS in NI? Or how much longer the scheme is likely to run for? TIA

Anyone have any experience with an abbey 350 agitator? Being offered galv one at handy money S/H as my redrock is rotted to nothing at this stage. Is it worth a shot at a cheap price or waste of time?