Hairpinning ?

[britt]

One of the great things about farming are the unexpected things that make you smile.
This one made me chuckle, so I had to share it.
We spread the muck from our turkeys thinly on the rape stubble, it was then raked across the tramlines and eventually drilled with the Bigdisc.
As the rape vuluteers died back and the wheat emerged, amongst the standing rape stubble were turkey feathers which had been "planted" by the drill and stood in the rows of wheat like flags. Unfortunately they don't deter b*#~+^ slugs.

 

[shakerator]

U think that crop will grow away ok from the slugs?

 

[SilliamWhale]

U think that crop will grow away ok from the slugs?

I reckon it will be fine.

 

[britt]

That is the worst part of the field, that's why it got the muck. It will be a bit thin but worth keeping. Will get some early N should be OK.
It's the part field refered to in another thread that was sprayed off pre sowing.

 

[rob1]

One of the great things about farming are the unexpected things that make you smile.
This one made me chuckle, so I had to share it.
We spread the muck from our turkeys thinly on the rape stubble, it was then raked across the tramlines and eventually drilled with the Bigdisc.
As the rape vuluteers died back and the wheat emerged, amongst the standing rape stubble were turkey feathers which had been "planted" by the drill and stood in the rows of wheat like flags. Unfortunately they don't deter b*#~+^ slugs.View attachment 85644 View attachment 85650

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When do you expect the turkey to be ready? probably a bit late for this xmas

 

[britt]

Apparently you can't grow turkeys from feathers, you have to plant eggs, but I reckon they will be too big to get through the drill. I suppose boiling them first would stop them from breaking. I have also realised that turkeys only come in spring varieties.
Is there no limit to my incompetence .
Don't answer that question !

 

[shakerator]

That is the worst part of the field, that's why it got the muck. It will be a bit thin but worth keeping. Will get some early N should be OK.
It's the part field refered to in another thread that was sprayed off pre sowing.

Probably be best yielding bit . Nice bit of growth reg and less disease thanks to our mollusc mates

Always been interested on interactions between slug grazing, aphids , root vs shoot development and disease. I would imagine in some seasons there may be net gains. Plus in DD your letting the crop residue break down aerobically rather than go pink and horrible underground

 

[clbarclay]

Intreaging, all the featers we end up with get incinerated because they took too long to break down in a muck heap. Are all the feathers spread with the muck and do they break down any quicker in no till fields?

 

[Fuzzy]

Apparently you can't grow turkeys from feathers, you have to plant eggs, but I reckon they will be too big to get through the drill. I suppose boiling them first would stop them from breaking. I have also realised that turkeys only come in spring varieties.
Is there no limit to my incompetence .
Don't answer that question !

Presumably a cover crop @Clive of sage, parsley and onions would provide a ready stuffed bird as well

 

[britt]

Intreaging, all the featers we end up with get incinerated because they took too long to break down in a muck heap. Are all the feathers spread with the muck and do they break down any quicker in no till fields?

It was just a few flight feathers that ended up in the muck heap. We have always mintilled it into the surface before.

 

[clbarclay]

Fair enough, I did wounder what ha/per bird ratio needed to getthem that sparcly spread.

Years ago we had the flighter throwing the big feathers into a cattle yard so had a lot to deal with that would plough under one year and back up the next.