Today at work

[milkloss]

Sometimes you get those bad days huh?

this morning first thing was confronted with this........ is a thumbnail as its gory!!!

yes, a 5 day calf with its eyeball hanging out. In a smooth walled pen with its mum, she loves him, can’t explain it. Never had it happen before.
Then the straw blower seems to have a tight bed chain on one side. Seems a slightly out of shape slat was digging into the rail underneath the bed

Edit: why are my pictures sideways all of a sudden? Using iPhone

 

[davidroberts30]

Sometimes you get those bad days huh?

this morning first thing was confronted with this........ is a thumbnail as its gory!!!
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yes, a 5 day calf with its eyeball hanging out. In a smooth walled pen with its mum, she loves him, can’t explain it. Never had it happen before.
Then the straw blower seems to have a tight bed chain on one side. Seems a slightly out of shape slat was digging into the rail underneath the bed
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Edit: why are my pictures sideways all of a sudden? Using iPhone

Turn your phone before uploading them..

 

[Hesstondriver]

Sometimes you get those bad days huh?

this morning first thing was confronted with this........ is a thumbnail as its gory!!!
View attachment 923609
yes, a 5 day calf with its eyeball hanging out. In a smooth walled pen with its mum, she loves him, can’t explain it. Never had it happen before.
Then the straw blower seems to have a tight bed chain on one side. Seems a slightly out of shape slat was digging into the rail underneath the bed
View attachment 923610
Edit: why are my pictures sideways all of a sudden? Using iPhone

What’s the prognosis for the calf ?

 

[sulky]

I should put this in New Toy Day but it looks a bit pitiful compared to the other shiny stuff in that thread.

This is the 2020 machinery investment then - pigs not so briiliant at the moment....

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better than most new cars at least you got a proper spare wheel or is it a winter tyre

 

[snarling bee]

 

[jorgenbg]

Firewood we need.

 

[milkloss]

What’s the prognosis for the calf ?

Should be good. There's more to the story really.

started with the cow. Calved late Monday in the field, fresh night so left them outside and got them in Tuesday... really good runner of a calf, decent sized cow that would make sure you weren't too close to her calf. Put them in a yard with another 6 or so late calvers, bit of a scrap between them but nothing out of the ordinary and she's quite a lump anyway so can handle herself. Come wednesday the student saw her 'having a fit' in the morning, didn't see it myself but we had one in the summer that had fits and died within the week due to a brain tumour or some such.

Anyhow she got up and looked hollow gutted and had this odd twitch on the right side of her face even made her ear move up and down with a strange regularity...... for this reason she is now called Tick Tock. Ended up tubing her with Yeast, molasses and propianol (sp) out of a bottle to get her guts going, did all this with the vet. Doesn't look much better this morning but she is eating and feeding calf.

Next morning the calf had its eyeball hanging out...... same vet couldn't believe it. Tied the connecting tissue and sliced it off, I guess he's (maybe her, never looked tbh) young enough to roll with it.

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

What’s the prognosis for the calf ?

He shall henceforth be known as Cyclops.

 

[davidroberts30]

He shall henceforth be known as Cyclops.

nelson

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

nelson

Milkloss is going to chop a front leg off as well?

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Gate man called today
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Didn't really need any but he only calls once a year so I had six 15' ones

 

[rob h]

I should put this in New Toy Day but it looks a bit pitiful compared to the other shiny stuff in that thread.

This is the 2020 machinery investment then - pigs not so briiliant at the moment....

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When we had pigs a new barrow was out of the question old ones were welded up and patched with bits of scrap.now we have no pigs I can afford a new one but don't have much use for them

 

[Fendt516profi]

Gate man called today
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Didn't really need any but he only calls once a year so I had six 15' ones

What sort of £ are they?

 

[ColinV6]

Both tractors clean for a change, pointless task at this time of year but I can’t stand them dirty.

Full clean inside my T7 also

 

[Hfd Cattle]

What sort of £ are they?

80 quid with hinges . Had to endure the usual bullcrap about "anyone else they would be 96 but because you buy every year I can do them to you for 80 " ....don't tell your neighbour !!! Etc etc

 

[Fendt516profi]

80 quid with hinges . Had to endure the usual bullcrap about "anyone else they would be 96 but because you buy every year I can do them to you for 80 " ....don't tell your neighbour !!! Etc etc

Good job I'm not your neighbour then

 

[CPF]

Been asked to look at the drainage in this field ,several attempts have been made over the years to get it dry my turn now . Might have it done by the end of week.View attachment 923281View attachment 923284View attachment 923282

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Up date.
Job not finished, the field keeps giving us water,
Put six outlets into ditch so far, so today I put a 2 gallon bucket Under one of the outlets , Which I videoed (which I cannot download on to the Forum ) It took 18 seconds to fill .
so the outlet moving
6 .66 gallons per minute
399.6 gallons per hr
Over 24 hrs = 9590.4 gallons
Or 43,597.95 litres

 

[Bullring]

80 quid with hinges . Had to endure the usual bullcrap about "anyone else they would be 96 but because you buy every year I can do them to you for 80 " ....don't tell your neighbour !!! Etc etc

I can get 15ft Ritchie gates for about 80-85.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Any idea about price for 12ft

 

[Steevo]

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Up date.
Job not finished, the field keeps giving us water,
Put six outlets into ditch so far, so today I put a 2 gallon bucket Under one of the outlets , Which I videoed (which I cannot download on to the Forum ) It took 18 seconds to fill .
so the outlet moving
6 .66 gallons per minute
399.6 gallons per hr
Over 24 hrs = 9590.4 gallons
Or 43,597.95 litres View attachment 923715

Sounds like excellent work you’re doing.

Be interesting to see how that compares to rainfall