Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

[exmoor dave]

Roy, totally agree on Macdonalds as a big buyer of beef from the countries that's it's operating in
(In the UK I believe the wording is British & Irish, so the waters are abit muddied) and rightly should be applauded.

KFC on the right track but not there yet. But they do at least give a explanation.

"All our Original Recipe Chicken on the Bone is sourced from British and Irish farms and delivered fresh to our restaurants.

In fact, our chicken comes from the same farms and the same barns that supply the big supermarkets. Because we can’t source enough of the size and cut of chicken that we need from the UK, we also source some from other countries in Europe, Brazil and Thailand, but all our suppliers have to meet the same high welfare standards."

 

[Yale]

Bit of a lucky escape this morning Shifting chopper cows and bull calves and several large bulls to a different paddock when one big bàstard decided he didn't like the look of me. I didn't clear the drain in the corner of the paddock ( yet somehow managed to not get 2 gumboots full of water) and went ass up after clambering out. Copped his big fat head fare in my bum. I dont know why he didn't keep going and trample me completely . Made it to the water trough where we had a bit of a Mexican stand off. Needless to say hes booked a one way ticket to the AbsView attachment 718504 picture taken through rails in yards. This prìck stands at least 6 foot tall. ( taller than me) . I'm feeling it now

You were very lucky.

Cattle like that are just friggin dangerous.

Problem is if they catch you out,you get caught out big time.

I certainly know this as my wife has not recovered from an incident with a cow 4 years ago and we as a family live with chronic pain as her injury affects all of us.

Stay safe!

 

[fgc325j]

Bit of a lucky escape this morning Shifting chopper cows and bull calves and several large bulls to a different paddock when one big bàstard decided he didn't like the look of me. I didn't clear the drain in the corner of the paddock ( yet somehow managed to not get 2 gumboots full of water) and went ass up after clambering out. Copped his big fat head fare in my bum. I dont know why he didn't keep going and trample me completely . Made it to the water trough where we had a bit of a Mexican stand off. Needless to say hes booked a one way ticket to the AbsView attachment 718504 picture taken through rails in yards. This prìck stands at least 6 foot tall. ( taller than me) . I'm feeling it now

Jeeez! - your middle name must be lucky. I remember when i was 9-10 years old, over with my cousin at
their farm, and his Dad kept a large, bad tempered Friesian bull, in a pen. My uncle always said that
whenever he saw the bull pawing the floor of the pen "that the sod was trying to open a grave for someone".

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Unfortunately that's the third bull this year that has/will be going because they cant be trusted. The other 2 were only half this blokes size. Bout 6 years ago dad was nearly killed by one when he was taking net wrap off a bale whilst feeding heifers. He chased him round the bale till he got him , then came back for another go whilst he was still lying on the ground. He was extremely lucky.....spent several weeks in hospital. Again he was only halve the size of that pr*ck........And people wonder why I hate mongrel ass cows

 

[Deerefarmer]

Unfortunately that's the third bull this year that has/will be going because they cant be trusted. The other 2 were only half this blokes size. Bout 6 years ago dad was nearly killed by one when he was taking net wrap off a bale whilst feeding heifers. He chased him round the bale till he got him , then came back for another go whilst he was still lying on the ground. He was extremely lucky.....spent several weeks in hospital. Again he was only halve the size of that plonker........And people wonder why I hate mongrel ass cows

I won't say " I told you so" because that not very polite sounding
You were very very fortunate in being able to escape, I could tell in the picture he was a big one
I have to remind you I'm sat here typing this with my right hand that I'm lucky to have even tho 10 plus years later the elbow still hurts , just a dull ache never goes away
Cant trust those brutes

 

[texas pete]

Well, if subs go there may be quite a shakeup . . .

That's the irony though. Sub's as in "subsidising production" are already mainly gone and have been for some time. What we have now is just a payment based on land control. That you choose to prop up inefficiency with it, wasteful as it may be, is your choice....for now.

 

[texas pete]

If any of you actually care about the way the UK is going (& why would you really) then this blog sums up why we're desperate to leave. To really find out what an area is like talk to the local police and/or GP service (family doctors) as they see it "warts and all".

This blog describes the modern UK from a serving police officer perspective, far more eloquently than I can.

https://arrestingconversations.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/the-state-of-policing-september-2018/

Cheers mate, that made for really cheerful lunchtime reading.

 

[Steel]

In the early days of deer farming there were many people entering the scene who were successful business men who had bought a nice house with land and had been told by the so called consultants that deer farming was what they should be doing; no work, no inputs and loads of money. Anyway, needless to say, they soon discovered otherwise but some of their ideas on how to solve various problems were refreshing in their diversity and novelty. An outside viewpoint and a blank canvas approach can be very good at times.
I did have one chap though who asked me for a price to fence the farm for deer. I visited, walked the whole farm measuring up as I went, worked out the price on the spot and gave him the figure. Somewhat shocked at the sum he thought for a moment and asked "Tell me John, couldn't I just tether them?" Now that is thinking outside the box.

Funny that scammers were in the deer industry. It was the same here, people involved with deer farming had a high % of con men. Many of them were involved with ostrich and emu farming first. I got big into deer with 1,200 does, and seemed to meet a lot of them. Sold deer to processors and did not get paid a couple of times.

 

[Steel]

Unfortunately that's the third bull this year that has/will be going because they cant be trusted. The other 2 were only half this blokes size. Bout 6 years ago dad was nearly killed by one when he was taking net wrap off a bale whilst feeding heifers. He chased him round the bale till he got him , then came back for another go whilst he was still lying on the ground. He was extremely lucky.....spent several weeks in hospital. Again he was only halve the size of that plonker........And people wonder why I hate mongrel ass cows

I have a quiet Friesian bull for you. Daughters pet calf, he loves a scratch. Not huge and a bit over a year old.

 

[Steel]

Prices were down a little yesterday, think our top was $185 and we averaged $175. Took the 50 smallest home as they only got to $135.

 

[Crofter64]

Bit of a lucky escape this morning Shifting chopper cows and bull calves and several large bulls to a different paddock when one big bàstard decided he didn't like the look of me. I didn't clear the drain in the corner of the paddock ( yet somehow managed to not get 2 gumboots full of water) and went ass up after clambering out. Copped his big fat head fare in my bum. I dont know why he didn't keep going and trample me completely . Made it to the water trough where we had a bit of a Mexican stand off. Needless to say hes booked a one way ticket to the AbsView attachment 718504 picture taken through rails in yards. This prìck stands at least 6 foot tall. ( taller than me) . I'm feeling it now

They always say: Never trust a bull, but we often try. Glad he’s only cranky and not vicious.

 

[jellybean]

You are right @Steel. The scammers are still at it today. Every time there is an upsurge in deer farming they crawl out from under their stones, rip a few people off then disappear til next time. Within the last few weeks a new entrant was sold some hinds that turned out to be diseased and they all need to be shot. I wont go into details in case it becomes a court case. The first question you need to ask is if the advisors are so s--t hot why are none of them farming deer themselves?
All people need to do is get a list of long established deer farmers and go round an talk to them. I bet nobody would charge you for a visit and you would have range of farm types from which to choose a system that would suit you.
Or you might just get told enough truth for you to decide it's not for you. Either way a cheap education.

 

[Crofter64]

I have a quiet Friesian bull for you. Daughters pet calf, he loves a scratch. Not huge and a bit over a year old.

They say the ones who like a scratch and are friendly are most dangerous ‘cause you trust them. Never trust a bull.

 

[Steel]

No money in deer here compared to lambs now. I only run hobbie numbers now, just 50 does and I selll breeding stock to hobbie farmers for higher than meat prices.

 

[Steel]

They say the ones who like a scratch and are friendly are most dangerous ‘cause you trust them. Never trust a bull.

I don’t turn my back on him. He does get playful when you are trying to get out of the paddock.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

They say the ones who like a scratch and are friendly are most dangerous ‘cause you trust them. Never trust a bull.

Been there got the t-shirt also what I have found is once you know they're not bluffing (like today) and turn and run, that's it it's over. You may as well book the truck for the next day. Because they have lost all fear of you and will go you any chance they get. Notice his stance in the picture? The bàstard was readying himself to go me even though there were rails between us. I've got a nice length of stainless steel pipe that he will cop across the nose before he goes on the truck

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Prices were down a little yesterday, think our top was $185 and we averaged $175. Took the 50 smallest home as they only got to $135.View attachment 718606

My neighbor has a habit of taking his for a day out. 2 trips to Wagga does affect the end profit though

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Worst bull we ever had was out of the quietest cow we ever had. Mum has pictures of us as kids sitting on her This bàstard threw the 2 wheeler 6 foot in the air one day whilst I was jumping over the gate ( dad asked me to get him out of the dry cows when I fed them and bring him home to put with milkers). Then he turned around and cleared a 5 foot high gate (not the same one I just did). He would go out of his way to try and get you when he was on his own. But in with the cows ,he would literally hide from you. The day he went to Finley market he had every single one of the saleyard workers jumping through rails. Agent said he was the wildest bull they had ever seen there ( We made sure they knew what to expect. Last thing we wanted was for him to kill someone).

 

[Samcowman]

If any of you actually care about the way the UK is going (& why would you really) then this blog sums up why we're desperate to leave. To really find out what an area is like talk to the local police and/or GP service (family doctors) as they see it "warts and all".

This blog describes the modern UK from a serving police officer perspective, far more eloquently than I can.

https://arrestingconversations.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/the-state-of-policing-september-2018/

Do you have a lot of problem with pikies round you had an ifor flat bed trailer nicked last week. The gates were locked at the front of the Farm onto the road so they went about a mile down the road to the back entrance of the Farm, cut the chain on the gate under the railway bridge drove through the Farm tracks and swiped the trailer. One of the guys had his power tools nicked the other week as well.

 

[ShooTa]

lots of things went walkies recently around here - not sure if it was a group on their way thruough off the ferry - or stolen to order going back towards russia... hard to tell nowadays.