SOMETIMES PLANS JUST DON’T WORK OUT - AND MY BALE STACKING MISTAKE

[@judyhunt123]

I've just discovered your videos by watching the old house being cleared up. I have to say, your energy level and positive attitude is very inspiring to watch. You work SO hard! I get exhausted watching you from the comfort of my big chair. LOL I always wanted to live on a farm with animals. I've subscribed and signed up for notifications. Don't want to miss anything! Have a great day!

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Thanks Judy 👍

[@James_Smith715]

Great video Adrian, you got a great reception at the ploughing because your well liked for your pleasant honest character and your positive representation of Dairy Farming. Straight talker with no BS. The stuff you’ve done on other subjects like bullying and so on doesn’t go unnoticed chap. Now can we see more of that cottage soon please 😎

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Cheers lad 👍

[@leslieb.1907]

I love how you take it all in stride and still keep a sense of humor about it all!

[@Silvermoonhomestead]

I'm in the US, but if I ever met ya, I'd have to give you a hug. You just have such a welcoming personality that I feel like I've known ya for years. About the cattle getting out, you don't think the electric fence was off maybe?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Thank you With the eletric fence, no i’d never make a silly mistake like that………….🤔🫣🤫

[@jamesfarrelly7429]

Yours cows are in lovely order for the time of year

[@anitavisram8346]

Just love your accent. My daughter-in-law law has Irish Parents but as the children were raised in the UK they have lost the Irish accent but the parents have it and I love listening to them speak. ❤️

[@thomasreilly6362]

Adrian, it might be worth considering a telescopic gate in the yard from the pen to the shed. You can adjust the length without the hassle of redesigning the set up

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes that would work very well Thomas 👍

[@keithturney3667]

This man just takes everything in his stride and with a smile . 😁GHTYAY.

[@randybutler4772]

They go where they want. Thank you for sharing.🐄🐄

[@sallystanley4526]

Beautiful grass.

[@vjacck9686]

Adrian for the bales, stack the bottom course like your other bales on the ends. Then the second course place ontop like you have done. With the bottom course been on there ends the top corse won’t move like in the video

[@TadhgIrish]

Clas video. Lovely to see the daily chores and the calves rambling about through the fence 😂

[@paddy294]

Cracking video as always. Looking forward to seeing the update on the house. It’s a credit to you how well your cows look. Good job Adrian

[@donalfinn4205]

Mighty stuff indeed!☘️👍

[@douglasmorton6121]

It was probably the 🦊 bag that scared the heifers and calves. 😎 Thanks for the entertaining video Adrian! Stay Safe!!!

[@gerardmcnamara9997]

Adrian fair play to u for staying calm when the cattle mixed in together, a large percentage of us would have interesting things to say when that happens.🤔🤔

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I said all that of camera 😉👍

[@Pamsterdam75]

Really enjoy your videos! Just wondering with the bales - you need to add paint and or grease to keep the birds off - do they not make bale bags from a material that is a deterrent for wildlife? Seems a lot of additional work for you to keep the bales pest free.

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

Happy Birthday for Sunday

[@gerardcudmore1556]

Another great video Always entertaining great to be able to laugh when things don't always go as planned.

[@padraiggeaney3167]

Brilliant video adrian sometimes net over the bales is a good job and few tyres bit of work but is a good job 👍

[@shaneprior]

Nice one Adrian, the fun side of Farming, when all the cattle, are mixed in with each other, and they will drive you to drink trying to get them separated, no bother to yea, keep at her Lad!

[@stevenbrown8249]

Adrian good video as always have you thought of putting rubber on the slopes outside parlour it’s good for cows feet turning and it not as slippy, I have put some down around my parlour and it’s a great job.

[@robertlynch976]

Try a few 7up bottles half filled with water with the wrappers removed and place them on the bales. Seems to work better in the battle against the crows

[@russtattersall2746]

Great video Adrian, brilliant drone work and even the music was spot on. You’re getting very slick at this video malarkey

[@cathaloscanaill8858]

The parlor exit/crush idea is a really good one would work very well especially when you’re TB testing they could be tested as they come out of the parlor and speed the job up. Great video as well, really enjoyed it 👍🏻.

[@olivercollins9744]

I've been using red grease on bales with 3 years. I put red on bales last year I didn't use yet. No crow damage. You must stock up on red grease in April, when baling starts it's hard got. Best of luck. videos, relevant content.

[@ilovetractors40]

Happy birthday Adrian

[@breakfast917]

When we were kids it was easy to steal from farms.They used to leave gear all over the place. One summer we rode three horses bareback out our of a farmer's field. The abbatoir was about a mile away where they were turned into glue and dog food. The guy gave us £30 each for the horses which was quite a lot of money for a kid in those days.

[@roomullan3050]

Love this, your very nice, very entertaining

[@cdemo1186]

Great video Adrian, can't beat the young stock for a bit of excitement. That parlour exit makes perfect sense to me to be honest. Slows them down nicely coming out,that's the right job. 👍

[@michaelmchugh6011]

Adrian it is time to invest into a timeless PVC fence system like Greg Judy has! Once you install it you won't have any problems with it because PVC does not rot!

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

Party in the pasture! They sure make things interesting. Glad you had a great reception on the weekend. Your followers really like you. 👍👍😁

[@weddison]

I would plant a yew hedge be green all year and no messy leaves in the autumn

[@stetaylor2630]

Cattle always misbehave what you want to be getting on with uther jobs great video as always 👌🏻

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada great videos thanks for sharing

[@frederickbowdler8169]

Enjoyed the video thanks.

[@jimmy.....9446]

Great video Adrian. Nice tip with diverting the electric fence.

[@georgemorrison6689]

Things are never easy Adrian but all is well that ends well, was the young yin working the drone for you, looked good, grass has kind off got away from you in that one paddock, why not move the big post over to where your small gate is an do away with the small spacer bar because that looks like it would almost be enough to catch your secured gate looks like a 10ft gate and a 12ft would just about do, any way every one has different ideas, great video as usual, good luck to you and the family

[@IFarmWeFarm]

No was on the drone myself this time, ya I think I get what you mean on the gates. It’s not a bad idea in fact 👍

[@massey7616]

Great video Adrian, didn't go to ploughing this year, all would make way to ya to say "HELLO" shows how may house's n farm yards see ya. We all have days when stock aren't where they should be tho it's usually when your just ready to go away and tight for time.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

That’s always the time 🙈

[@tangofoxtrot4603]

Painting clear white circles with a dot in the middle looks like an eye to the crows, or an X with dots either side. Patch them with black tape. Keep up the great work.

[@franreynolds8506]

Great video you're honest and sound that's why you got the following ps don't put grease on the bales it can break down the plastic if your keeping bales for long periods.

[@johnmcintyre800]

And try 2 different coulour wraps

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Ya I might try different coloured wrap next year if I can get it, the fusion baker with cross lap them Thanks Fran 👍

[@tc6573]

Firstly, every farmer stackes bales differently. I do the 1st row upright, then the next 2 on there sides. If wetter silage maybe only 2 row. Don't like doing 2 / 3 rows of bales on there side as sometimes they don't keep as well or the bottom gets squished. Bales are kepted on fine stone. On rougher areas I put plastic down 1st.

[@olan6600]

Will you do a video on running the milking machine, set up and wash routine and maintenance. Great content as usual.

[@sandymcghee3328]

Good video Adrian 👍👍👍👍

[@barbarakeane7046]

Hi Adrian, we love your videos , here in Galway, it's our thing to watch Sunday morning with the kids 😊. My husband Mike knows well not to watch a video without me 🤣 .keep up the good work .regards the lallys

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Thanks Barbara 👍

[@briandowdall6495]

The add on at the end was A -typical of a farmers day Adrian. Cattle break out all the time be it greener grass or a fox or what ever startles them. Your stock stayed calm or so it seemed and were content. Question for ya, the windmills/wind turbines I saw while local and are in the background of the videos - where/what does the power generated supply and are solar panels atop shed roofs a thing yet? Could they power the power washers or lighting?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

We can see 4 different wind turbine farms from our place, there powering into the national grid, I would know much else about them lad. Most solar panels in our parts would be to generate water only. But there are people and companies starting to broaden there use.

[@craigdoig9486]

Great content again

[@cillianh5841]

just an idea if you are still thinking of putting up the crush on the far wall of the collecting yard which is the cubicle shed wall is that if you had the head locking barrier before the channel to turn left down towards the cubicle shed that if you had two small gates the size of the channel that closed in to make the crush longer and an opening into the main yard, silage pit yard area then that way cows could go straight out to grass after they are milked and get that 2 hrs extra on grass each day, some of them anyway not all of course would get the hr

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes I had thought of that one before, just never got around to doing it. Can’t wait to get that new crush in for a start and then possibly we could do just what you said Cillian 👍

[@Jp-eo7jl]

Once your feeding meal beside your bales the holes will still occur no matter what paint is on them Happened me a lot with puttin a calf creep feeder too close to my bales

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes I agree with you on that one, thankfully that yellow tape seems to have scared them off. Hopefully next year we’ll stack them all above and have non there beside the meal.

[@kieranmcgroary5426]

Well Adrian, how u , you have great way of farming very good no stress on cattle great land, winter coming , that's the way life goes 😉, chat soon love ur videos, kieran from Laghey donegal town

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Adrian 👌

[@archiearmour5949]

Your heifers are looking well.

[@jamesjohnston1007]

Great video Adrian place looking well 👌

[@michaelcreedon1994]

Grease never worked for me just made a mess for patching.think the crows did more damage trying to get it off their feet 🙈

[@davidmcgrath7464]

I was there what stand were you on

[@michaelminers2612]

Completely agree with the gate by the parlour,a cow down on concrete is a horrible sight, I always say a cow slipping down is your fault, she's not designed to be on concrete so it's our responsibility to keep them safe 👍

[@rorymckay3409]

Is the 54 sore on deisel? Great video

[@IFarmWeFarm]

No very economical Rory, they 4 cylinders tend to be ok. All depends on the work it’s at too

[@johnjordan4647]

Nice bit of ragwort at start of the video Adrian. With the black silage wrap and having to paint it to keep birds from attacking it ,would the problem be solved by using a different coloured wrap

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Don’t know John, might try mixing colours next year to see if it helps

[@davidmcgrath7464]

Will you be there next year

[@louispower2853]

Brilliant video as always

[@hazelbluff]

Was it on account of you demonstrating how you can disconnect the current to the various circuits but then forgot to reconnect that the mix up with the calves & heifers occurred at the end of the video--something like I would have done absentmindedly?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

No I’d never make a mistake like that 🫣😉

[@ilovetractors40]

Great to see the Wednesday video

[@johnmyles1497]

Nice to get that on a Wednesday

[@daniohara9963]

What ya mean grass to strong for them? Wi seed heads n all? Na softer leafy stuff?

[@jannik9621]

cool video,👍👍 why do you paint the Silage balls ?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

It helps to deter birds, didn’t work so well this time but normally it’s great

[@davidheap5338]

Funky Farmer would be envious of all that graaaassssss!

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Ya thankfully these parts escaped the worst of it.

[@tommitchell1826]

a lot off dairy boys around me are feeding silage last month hate to say it could be long winter

[@paulburke6699]

18:53 if you don’t laugh you’ll cry 😂

[@gerardkeohane740]

Just a little idea to keep the birds away from the bales. Get 4 sticks. 1 per corner Connect all 4 with light rope Attach 2 biscuit tins back to back. Shiny face out. Run the rope in between each one Cable tie top and bottom Then you have a shiny double sided reflective bird scarer

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Now that’s an interesting one 👌 cheers for the tip Gérard

[@gerardkeohane740]

@@IFarmWeFarm no worries at all

[@jascollinscork]

Great video as always honest to the core 👏🏻👏🏻😍 just one question Adrian what and why are there dead branches hanging in the shed are all about..... I assume it's some traditional reasons ????

[@IFarmWeFarm]

That’s Holly Jay, back last year a few people told me to hang branches of holly in our shed to help cure ringworm on our cattle. As the Holly dies a bacteria grows on it which acts like an anti fungal to ringworm. It’s a very common thing Cheers lad 👍

[@jascollinscork]

@@IFarmWeFarm sound thanks!! I remember years ago my Da threw a dead bird or fox in our old septic tank to start bugs to break down the business in there before the soak away..... but thats Cork for ya 😂

[@joshuamckernon2978]

We use white plastic wrap in the states

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Very hard to get in my part of the world but no impossible so I might try some next year

[@smalldairyfarmer]

Enjoyed do you find polytape better than wire for fencing

[@IFarmWeFarm]

On the gapes yes but the wire is a better carrier and more durable for sure

[@nthnmcclure3020]

I'm glad you haven't had any cows fall on that ramp coming out of the parlour Adrian, and it does look like it would have been very steep with a ramp coming straight out. One thing to keep in mind though is that with the cows having to turn in such a tight space like that it will increase the damage done to their hooves. You'll be running more of a risk of developing white line disease due to the turning. Hopefully that isn't an issue for you either though with the hardy hooves on your frieisens.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Thankfully in all honesty we have next to no feet problems, our hoof man hasn’t been with us in over a year and I haven’t touched any myself. Finger crossed ot stays that way 🤞🤞

[@claetuswoodroofe1854]

You need silanet from Rhino products probably available in your local co op they don’t sell directly I think. It will keep the birds off your bales . Use a few tyres to create a space between the net on the bales

[@fergusflanagan8017]

Great video as usual.For you pen gate look up telescopic farm gates woud wook well for you .

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes that would work a treat, easy to make as well just like the separation gates in our sheds 👍

[@jimgannon1917]

Grease,your only man 👨

[@JohntyNich]

Depending on the deal it would cause if they pushed through but big bale string between the gates would probably send them the right way. Only suggest because you work your cows quietly and unless one is carrying on bulling and even then…

[@eamoncadden7721]

SHOW US MORE WORK CLEARING AROUND THE BUNAGLOW PLEASE.

[@ruairistaunton9902]

What would u recomend for topping the fields and a few fields with rushes

[@IFarmWeFarm]

With rushes your nearly better to try and get rid of them, spraying and sorting the drainage. A mower like mine would cut them easily but if there thick then a mulcher might be better

[@roryfitzsimmons6701]

Great video I love ur videos I love milking cows

[@johnhyde8892]

I would watch the stone don't go through the bales. I did get a silage net, and find them brilliant.

[@mrvanahead]

Roundbales on the round side always get soggy like that. On the topside like that other "stack" is better for my ocd 😅. With your grab it's also possible to do ehm 2 high, but it's tricky. I prefer a sidesqueeze any day, can grab rounds, and squares or 1600liter wheelie bins 😅.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

The wheelie bin! 🤣

[@mrvanahead]

@@IFarmWeFarm i'll see if i have a pic of it, ifso i'll send you it on insta 😊

[@oconnellsfarm811]

Grease we use with 6 years no bird attack since nets are pain to put up had one gave it away need army to put it up

[@Farminguru]

What kind of nuts are you feeding to the calf’s and bulling heifers

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Bulling heifers aren’t on anything others than grass, but we’re on a lakeland store nut over the winter last. Calves are on a Paul and Vincent Calf nut

[@bernardcasey1500]

Bales to near where your feeding meal to the calves thats could be a reason for the crows great video as always 👍

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes definitely so 👍

[@bernardcasey1500]

Like ya said we all make mistakes and we lern from like I was once told every day is a school day

[@ryanmcmahon4946]

When are you going at the hedge cutting

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I’m behind this year on that one, putting the trimmer on the 76 this weekend now that the slurry is finished

[@NoName-NNISOTBS]

Do you have sheep that could come up behind the cows? They would eat things the cows don't like.

[@paulmccabe9117]

Be ta holy god… would ya look at that, a midweek video 🥳.. You must of got a babysitter which allowed ya to get to the ploughing.. (it was a wet one on the Thursday) You’ve got a few great wee Camogie players there too as well as great help around the place..

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Ya they love the camogie in fairness, got a child minder that day and thankfully the rain eased off. Good owl days crack

[@bigg4299]

Bleter plastic bag lol very good chum

[@bigg4299]

Sorry meant belter *

[@thetessellater9163]

To quote Joe Seels; "The job's a good 'un."

[@anthonyodonovan7266]

Its the meal bin I think if you feed outside the gate they will wait on the bale and hole it.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes the calf trouts would be the cause there for sure Anthony

[@astra1653]

Every creature eventually hits that super fun rebellious stage. Apparently, even cows. What was in that grass, lol...? Either that, or the ladies just wanted to have an absolute rager last night! 🥳🎉

[@brianroyle2533]

Its a traffic calming chicane !!! 6 mins in

[@Irk66]

Just thinking what about the lawnmower.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Which lawnmower?

[@Irk66]

The robot 🤖 u were going to do a review on it . Or did I miss it 🤔

[@anthony342]

superb vid

[@markallen6961]

Work smarter not harder.👍

[@ChazzyB]

Great vid as always 👍 how many cows do you have?

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Around 50 usually

[@George_Ren]

They should have been good enough and invited you to the party 🎉

[@kevingovier5090]

Another entertaining and interesting video Adrian,,good to see the safety gate outside parlour,you could make and weld a small one to reach the other gate, and when not needed it could fold back against the safety gate, just a thought.. the heifers and calfs getting out, they might of got frightened from that plastic bag///fox on the hill, wind may of picked it up 😂🍻

[@anitamorales1506]

💜💜💜

[@shanemcguire5885]

Does any1 know a place that designs sheep pins and dipping boxs sheep races

[@gerrybrown]

Least they will keep you fit!