What do you do when you're absolutely exhausted?

[Rob91]

Working every day from 6am until 8pm is taking a toll on me now, I feel exhausted all the time.

 

[M-J-G]

Why are you having to do 14hr days all the time?

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

Why are you having to do 14hr days all the time?

I was thinking the same, he could start at 5am and finish at 11pm do an 18 hour day.

 

[frederick]

Working every day from 6am until 8pm is taking a toll on me now, I feel exhausted all the time.

It's important not to let it get on top of you.
For any advice to be helpful you need to give us more info.
Are you working on your own. Are you short on labour. Is milking consuming the majority of the day?

 

[vantage]

I was thinking the same, he could start at 5am and finish at 11pm do an 18 hour day.

No, the real heroes work 25/8!

 

[Green Grass]

Delegate anything you can. Be thankful to the people that are helping you. Put a plan in place to get back the work life balance, with a date for it to happen by.

 

[pappuller]

I was thinking the same, he could start at 5am and finish at 11pm do an 18 hour day.

You are naughty

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

No, the real heroes work 25/8!

To be fair he's making me feel guilty, I normally fetch my lad out at about 7am (just after l've started milking) he complains at 10.30pm when we're still milking and says he's tired, he does this 7 days a week, I thought there was something wrong with him, but perhaps it's me.

 

[Boydvalley]

I had a look at your previous posts. Your situation sounds terrible. I’m guessing your feeling trapped. Please get in touch with one of the farming charities so you have someone to talk to that will understand your situation. Others on here will know where to point you to better than me. You are young, you don’t have to accept the situation but families can be tricky.
Don’t let it get you down

 

[Boydvalley]

Anybody know what the farming equivalent of the Samaritans is that this chap could contact. If you could put it on here hopefully he will read it.

 

[roscoe erf]

sleep

 

[Sid]

Working every day from 6am until 8pm is taking a toll on me now, I feel exhausted all the time.

Anybody know what the farming equivalent of the Samaritans is that this chap could contact. If you could put it on here hopefully he will read it.

Farming Community Network - Farming Community Network

fcn.org.uk

Mental Health

We all need a bit of help sometimes

thefarmingforum.co.uk

 

[Cowmansam]

Take a break before you burn out

 

[Kentishfarmer]

Anybody know what the farming equivalent of the Samaritans is that this chap could contact. If you could put it on here hopefully he will read it.

FCN Farming community Network?
RABI?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Anybody know what the farming equivalent of the Samaritans is that this chap could contact. If you could put it on here hopefully he will read it.

two in Wales

Tir Dewi

www.tirdewi.co.uk

The DPJ Foundation | Mental Health Support Services

The DPJ Foundation was set up in July 2016 in Pembrokeshire, supporting those in the agricultural sector with mental health services.

www.thedpjfoundation.co.uk

I think they are only in Wales, but I am sure there must be something similar in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Eire

 

[Rob91]

We only milk 100 cows, but we're organic and me and my brother have been picking dock roots out of plough ground for ages.
We do all the work ourselves and now we're trying to set up a milk vending machine sideline which will be even more work

 

[coomoo]

We only milk 100 cows, but we're organic and me and my brother have been picking dock roots out of plough ground for ages.
We do all the work ourselves and now we're trying to set up a milk vending machine sideline which will be even more work

Prioritise milking the cows is the most important job in the day make sure that’s done then sort the rest. At those numbers and not a one man band am milking pm milking alternative weeks would that work?

 

[milkloss]

Yes, get the milking done along with other non optional stuff and take a break. you're not going to manage those hours for very long and it'll get harder as you age and family expands. Plan for working less or else you won't have a choice in the matter.

 

[Rob91]

Prioritise milking the cows is the most important job in the day make sure that’s done then sort the rest. At those numbers and not a one man band am milking pm milking alternative weeks would that work?

We all do the milking for some strange reason. Takes a few of us to cross the cows over a road and there's the calves to do at the same time. Me and my brother could cope on our own milking but my dad's useless really

 

[coomoo]

We all do the milking for some strange reason. Takes a few of us to cross the cows over a road and there's the calves to do at the same time. Me and my brother could cope on our own milking but my dad's useless really

Milking routine’s are what happens aren’t they there’s a comfort from the repetition. If fathers there use him. Get some road cones and bungee cord to cover the crossing person bringing cows out can watch. You and your brother alternate with one being involved in milking other not however that suits the two of yous. Mental fatigue definitely worse than physical I find.