Cable ties tied on and sticking up they can't land on them. We used do it for years on fishing boats to stop the gulls from shitting all over the deck.
You reap what you sow Adrian. You run a good honest channel and a right good tidy farm, you deserve all the help & toys that come your way. Funny how the harder you work the luckier you get 🤔😂👍
Here another we thing it’s only small but see when u put off the block instead if closin tbe grab to push it around use the next block you bring in it just means u don’t hav to open an close
Was about to say exactly the same thing, push the previous block around with the next. Saves time, saves wear on the tines and cutting edge off of the floor and damage to the concrete if you don’t just get the angle right!
That mchale bale splitter is ent really a splitter. there options for one for the front loader which split the bale and hang on to the plastic and net you don't have to cut plastic or net you just separate
Well Adrian, you gave me great pleasure during the year watching your videos. Channel has done brilliant because you are putting up great content. Hope you and the family had a great Christmas and all the best for 2021
I like how you don't take the calves away from mom right away. I know why the bigger farms do ....it's just nice to see a mom get a chance to enjoy her little one for a bit before it has to go.
We put the lick bucket into an old bucket, two screws into the timber through the old bucket and put the lick bucket into the old bucket. Drill a 5 mm hole into those pins at the barrier and use a bit of bull wire to secure them.
We put lick buckets sitting in an old tyre and then tie it with rope or bull wire to barrier. Handy if ya don't have made up rings and lighter than blocks.
JFC bin for the bale plastic is fierce handy especially if your using plastic instead of net wrap inside the cover...saves a lot of time going back tidying up plastic & the plastic is clean to be recycled...
Another great vid. Great gesture from galway. But more importantly, Farmer Phil has called you out on the bale challenge. Best wishes for you and yours in 2021.
Great video. Great meal bin them. Didn’t know about them til now. Put a full length pin from top to bottom on barrier. We done it. Great job. To heavy for cattle to lift.
Nice that you keep the old corrugated concrete wall! The old man mightn't have your high spec finish but it was honest labour and great use of limited resources.
Another tremendous video as always and always love tuning in watching how your getting on with the farming Adrian😃👍 . Hope yourself and all the family had a fabulous Christmas
Adrian, what i do with the meal at the feed barrier is i get a 12 inch black corrie pipe and cut in half, leave the pipe down at the feed barrier and put the meal in it, they lick the dishes clean no waste or throwing out meal . Also it stops the meal going down through the silage and then the cattle nosing the silage out searching for bits of meal.
Been watching this channel since lockdown started, didn't get much time to watch videos before that, but I must say I'm really enjoying watching the older vids as much as the new ones 👍keep it up👍
Thanks for Posting some great vids throughout the year Adrian. I hope you enjoy making em as much as I do watching em. Always good to see what you guys are upto across the Irish sea!!! let's hope for a better 2021, a prosperous one, and most importantly a SAFE one. Happy new year to you and your family from us in North Wales.
Small tip for cutting blocks of silage out of the pit. Cut a full block then skip very slightly less then full block and cut a full block again. Now go back and cut the middle block out or leave it and skip a slightly less the full block again. It leaves you putting the exact same amount of pressure on each ram of the sheargrab every time. When you cut the smaller blocks out the only pressure exerted on the rams is equally along the front teeth. It leaves it that one ram is not biting full force into the pit face where the other ram is really a passenger in the process.
Adrian you could use the back tyre you taking off the quad. Same diameter as the bucket, bolt it to the timber under the barrier. Metal ring might get damaged and go out of shape but the tyre won't get damaged
Happy Christmas and a happier new year to you Adrian and the whole family. Just a suggestion regarding the silage wrap on the other farm, when I worked for my friend on his dairy farm I used to put the wrap into an old ton bag,and the mesh into a separate one. I'd keep it packed down,I had them fixed to the side purlins on the shed which meant the bags were open. It left it very easy for loading them when it was time to remove the plastic for recycling. Just an idea. 🖒
Small time saving method for putting in the silage blocks is leave off the first block go get the second one and push de first one in with the grab when the second one is in it. Saves opening and closing the grab
Great video ,can’t wait to see what you do with the meal feeding ,trying to feed meal/nuts and silage at the same time without trough’s is a pain and brings the four legged and the flying rats!
Regarding to the nuts problem, pour it in as close as possible to the headfeed and don't go near them as they may lift their heads which will cause them to lose the nuts. With the silage wrap problem, 1 bale in 30 bales, cut a circle out of the face of it, peel back the plastic without cutting into the sides, takes a bit longer but it works perfectly as a bag to keep the plastic in and you only have to do it every 30bales or so, can do the same with the netting also. Also with the shear grab, drop the block, go out and pick up the next block and push it in with the full grab saves a bit of time
Hi just another comment on pushing in the silage block. Put in the first block but push it in with the next block in the shear grab then drop second block push it in with the third means less time opening and closing the grab in the shed. Last block you have to use the empty grab. Really hope you are well and had a good safe Christmas.
I'm not a farmer adrian, I'd love to be, but I really enjoy your channel your very informative you only use the best, and everything is done really well by you. Great work lad keep it up hope you had a great Christmas and hope the new year is good to you.
I’m a beef farmer and feed nuts to the cattle daily , bfore u feed the animals put out silage but keep the silage out from the barriers when they are eating the nuts then it won’t be going out to far away from them
I tend to do it after they have eaten all the silage in front of them, then they don't go digging and pushing all the silage away out of reach, I pour it right in against the concrete so that the bits farthest away from the concrete would only be 6in infront of it, don't go near them when they're eating as they will lift up their heads is the main thing I find that causes them to lose the nuts into the centre of the passageway
@@edmondfinucane5506 that's what I normally do, let them eat the ration while I'm pulling back the plastic on the pit or take all the plastic off the bales
See on the barriers the wee pins cable tie the two. Chain links the one closest the pin and the one closes the hinge that'll stop them from licking it up and when u need to open barriers just cut 1 have a photo if u need it
Awsome video & merry Christmas and happy new year 🥳 to you and your family i will be 59 on Thursday coming. Keep the family safe 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴👩🌾👩🌾😷😷🚜🚜
Hi Adrian , happy new year to u and ur family, i had a problem similar to you with feeding meal at the feed barrier what i did was get a 12 inch black corrie pipe , cut it down both sides and divided the pipe in half, leave it down at feed barrier and put meal in it when feeding, i find it stops them nosing the meal out and also stops the problem of meal falling down through silage and then they shove silage out searching for meal , it works for me , take care.
Hi Adrian, Sean in Wexford. Really enjoy your channel. You're a great ambassador to rural Ireland. Keep up great work. Ps ordered jefferson 160 welder late tue nite from Clarkes . Like santa arrived Christmas eve !
Happy Christmas Adrian and best of luck in 2021. I subscribed in 2020 and was not disappointed. You’re a credit to the Irish farming community. Keep up the good work lad!👍🏻
Great video young man. Have you seen the Hay Team TV, Tom Pemberton, George Saunders and Anthony Farming doing the "Bale Unwrapping Challenge"? The fastest time is 38seconds if I recall correctly? Basically, take three round bales, stand them on end, place your knife on the top and then time how long it takes to cut and strip the three bales of their wrap! All the best for 2021!
Hi Adrian hope you had a great xmas love the vids your great at your job!! Can’t wait to see you take on the bale challenge after farmer Phil nominated you🤙🤙😀all the best from all of us in north Kerry
Cable ties tied on and sticking up they can't land on them. We used do it for years on fishing boats to stop the gulls from shitting all over the deck.
Speak very well mate really enjoyed that and i’m a sheep man! Cammy.
Well done Adrian. You are fast becoming the top farming youtube channel. Congrats and keep up the good work in 2021.
Cheers mate 😊👍
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Hallo sir and madam
You reap what you sow Adrian. You run a good honest channel and a right good tidy farm, you deserve all the help & toys that come your way. Funny how the harder you work the luckier you get 🤔😂👍
Thanks mate,
Saw this last year. Good to see it again. Thank you for sharing.🐄🐄🐄
Well done Adian on great videos in 2020 my 2year old nephew is glued to you now also 👍🏻
That’s cool lad, thanks for watching and have a great 2021 👍
I think that's the first time I've seen you use the shear grab, works a treat.
All the best for 21 Adrian and you're family.
Very happy i gave you that bit of advice with feeding the cattle 👍 , merry christmas to you all
Here another we thing it’s only small but see when u put off the block instead if closin tbe grab to push it around use the next block you bring in it just means u don’t hav to open an close
Was about to say exactly the same thing, push the previous block around with the next. Saves time, saves wear on the tines and cutting edge off of the floor and damage to the concrete if you don’t just get the angle right!
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That mchale bale splitter is ent really a splitter. there options for one for the front loader which split the bale and hang on to the plastic and net you don't have to cut plastic or net you just separate
Don't think the case would be big enough to lift that big of a grab plus a bale
Well Adrian, you gave me great pleasure during the year watching your videos. Channel has done brilliant because you are putting up great content. Hope you and the family had a great Christmas and all the best for 2021
Thanks for the support mate, have a great one 😊👍
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Have a Tipsy new year!!
Good stuff Adrian ,very informative and diverse pieces of video that are well edited and narrated with good craic .
We got a blue barrel cut it in half and bolted them together for a feeder and work perfectly
Not a farmer but love to see how tidy an outfit you run
Thanks for video enjoy them throughout the year
Happy Christmas and new year enjoyed all videos during the year an old car tyre is handy for the lick bucket
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I like how you don't take the calves away from mom right away. I know why the bigger farms do ....it's just nice to see a mom get a chance to enjoy her little one for a bit before it has to go.
We put the lick bucket into an old bucket, two screws into the timber through the old bucket and put the lick bucket into the old bucket. Drill a 5 mm hole into those pins at the barrier and use a bit of bull wire to secure them.
We put lick buckets sitting in an old tyre and then tie it with rope or bull wire to barrier. Handy if ya don't have made up rings and lighter than blocks.
I think the new machine is a slurry tanker with a dribble bar great video as always keep up the good work
JFC bin for the bale plastic is fierce handy especially if your using plastic instead of net wrap inside the cover...saves a lot of time going back tidying up plastic & the plastic is clean to be recycled...
Another great vid. Great gesture from galway. But more importantly, Farmer Phil has called you out on the bale challenge. Best wishes for you and yours in 2021.
Gr8 video Adrian shear grab cuts lovely blocks of silage
Happy new year Adrian to you and your family. You’re doing a fantastic job!
Great video. Great meal bin them. Didn’t know about them til now. Put a full length pin from top to bottom on barrier. We done it. Great job. To heavy for cattle to lift.
Brilliant ... 😀
Nice that you keep the old corrugated concrete wall! The old man mightn't have your high spec finish but it was honest labour and great use of limited resources.
Glad the tip worked out Adrian! Happy Xmas
Happy Christmas to ye all from Limerick Ireland
those mchale bale choppers are a fantastic machine. we've been using it all xmas to feed out the selection boxes and biscuits
Another tremendous video as always and always love tuning in watching how your getting on with the farming Adrian😃👍 . Hope yourself and all the family had a fabulous Christmas
Adrian, what i do with the meal at the feed barrier is i get a 12 inch black corrie pipe and cut in half, leave the pipe down at the feed barrier and put the meal in it, they lick the dishes clean no waste or throwing out meal . Also it stops the meal going down through the silage and then the cattle nosing the silage out searching for bits of meal.
Them hero 8 batteries would break your heart. Also you can be sharpening up your knife😉
I’ll get the file out 👍
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Been watching this channel since lockdown started, didn't get much time to watch videos before that, but I must say I'm really enjoying watching the older vids as much as the new ones 👍keep it up👍
Cheers mate
Thanks for Posting some great vids throughout the year Adrian. I hope you enjoy making em as much as I do watching em. Always good to see what you guys are upto across the Irish sea!!! let's hope for a better 2021, a prosperous one, and most importantly a SAFE one. Happy new year to you and your family from us in North Wales.
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Happy Christmas and happy new year. Hope you keep the videos coming for 2021.
Merry Christmas to you and the family and a happy new year
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Small tip for cutting blocks of silage out of the pit. Cut a full block then skip very slightly less then full block and cut a full block again. Now go back and cut the middle block out or leave it and skip a slightly less the full block again. It leaves you putting the exact same amount of pressure on each ram of the sheargrab every time. When you cut the smaller blocks out the only pressure exerted on the rams is equally along the front teeth. It leaves it that one ram is not biting full force into the pit face where the other ram is really a passenger in the process.
I have really enjoyed your videos during the year Happy Christmas and New year to you and yours
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Adrian you could use the back tyre you taking off the quad. Same diameter as the bucket, bolt it to the timber under the barrier. Metal ring might get damaged and go out of shape but the tyre won't get damaged
Great video adrian
Happy Christmas, sprinkle the meal/nuts on the silage. They will get every grain.
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Happy Christmas and a happier new year to you Adrian and the whole family.
Just a suggestion regarding the silage wrap on the other farm, when I worked for my friend on his dairy farm I used to put the wrap into an old ton bag,and the mesh into a separate one. I'd keep it packed down,I had them fixed to the side purlins on the shed which meant the bags were open. It left it very easy for loading them when it was time to remove the plastic for recycling. Just an idea. 🖒
Small time saving method for putting in the silage blocks is leave off the first block go get the second one and push de first one in with the grab when the second one is in it. Saves opening and closing the grab
Another great video best of luck for 2021 👍
Great video ,can’t wait to see what you do with the meal feeding ,trying to feed meal/nuts and silage at the same time without trough’s is a pain and brings the four legged and the flying rats!
run real strong fishing line above the feeding barriers, they will hit it when flying and not come back
Great videos love all the farming videos keep up the great work 👍
Great video, can't believe I have only just subscribed. You have a very nice tidy unit there.
A great upload. You make a mighty job of the different camera angles it really adds to a great video, keep up the good work now 👌👌👌
Happy Christmas
Well done on all the videos thru the year hope you and urs had a great xmas
I hope you had a great xmas and I really enjoy watching your vids and keep up with the great work
Got a good laugh of it the writing on the bin😂😂👌
Happy Christmas an ever happy new year
Class video again. Have a good new year. Keep safe .🚜🐴👌
Regarding to the nuts problem, pour it in as close as possible to the headfeed and don't go near them as they may lift their heads which will cause them to lose the nuts. With the silage wrap problem, 1 bale in 30 bales, cut a circle out of the face of it, peel back the plastic without cutting into the sides, takes a bit longer but it works perfectly as a bag to keep the plastic in and you only have to do it every 30bales or so, can do the same with the netting also. Also with the shear grab, drop the block, go out and pick up the next block and push it in with the full grab saves a bit of time
Hi just another comment on pushing in the silage block. Put in the first block but push it in with the next block in the shear grab then drop second block push it in with the third means less time opening and closing the grab in the shed. Last block you have to use the empty grab. Really hope you are well and had a good safe Christmas.
Yes makes good sense that 👌👍
You are very welcome. I used it especially with the tractor and loader. Hope it helps
Great video always intresting
Great video as always hope you had a great Christmas 🎅
I'm not a farmer adrian, I'd love to be, but I really enjoy your channel your very informative you only use the best, and everything is done really well by you. Great work lad keep it up hope you had a great Christmas and hope the new year is good to you.
I’m a beef farmer and feed nuts to the cattle daily , bfore u feed the animals put out silage but keep the silage out from the barriers when they are eating the nuts then it won’t be going out to far away from them
I tend to do it after they have eaten all the silage in front of them, then they don't go digging and pushing all the silage away out of reach, I pour it right in against the concrete so that the bits farthest away from the concrete would only be 6in infront of it, don't go near them when they're eating as they will lift up their heads is the main thing I find that causes them to lose the nuts into the centre of the passageway
@@jerryodriscoll3691 or give them the nuts whilst you're getting the bales ready
@@edmondfinucane5506 that's what I normally do, let them eat the ration while I'm pulling back the plastic on the pit or take all the plastic off the bales
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See on the barriers the wee pins cable tie the two. Chain links the one closest the pin and the one closes the hinge that'll stop them from licking it up and when u need to open barriers just cut 1 have a photo if u need it
Excellent as ever
Awsome video & merry Christmas and happy new year 🥳 to you and your family i will be 59 on Thursday coming. Keep the family safe 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴👩🌾👩🌾😷😷🚜🚜
Great video Adrian, happy Christmas and happy new year
The little trailer has had a new axle, new wheels, all new steel....sounds a bit like Trigger's broom!!
🤣🤣 Classic
Six new heads and ten new handles😂
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Good stuff Adrian, happy Christmas to you & yours!
And to yours Shane , many returns lad 👍
Hi Adrian , happy new year to u and ur family, i had a problem similar to you with feeding meal at the feed barrier what i did was get a 12 inch black corrie pipe , cut it down both sides and divided the pipe in half, leave it down at feed barrier and put meal in it when feeding, i find it stops them nosing the meal out and also stops the problem of meal falling down through silage and then they shove silage out searching for meal , it works for me , take care.
Happy new year
You are very good, I hope to learn a lot from you
Top video as usual Adrian I have one of the JFC bins for the bale rap best thing ever highly recommend it .Happy new year to you and your family
They always lamb or calf when you don't them too and great vid are you taking part in the bale of
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Happy Christmas lad great content again 👌
Hope you had a good Christmas !!!
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Hi Adrian, Sean in Wexford. Really enjoy your channel. You're a great ambassador to rural Ireland. Keep up great work. Ps ordered jefferson 160 welder late tue nite from Clarkes . Like santa arrived Christmas eve !
Thanks Dee, you’ll love that welder 👍
Brilliant channel great stuff.👌👌
Great video enjoy the next few days of 2020
Happy Christmas Adrian and best of luck in 2021. I subscribed in 2020 and was not disappointed. You’re a credit to the Irish farming community. Keep up the good work lad!👍🏻
Cheers lad
Good vid keep up the good work
I'm wondering if the new machine is a log spliter they make a nice range of spliters.
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great vid mate .love how the choc lab follows you
They both never leave me, great company
Great video young man.
Have you seen the Hay Team TV, Tom Pemberton, George Saunders and Anthony Farming doing the "Bale Unwrapping Challenge"? The fastest time is 38seconds if I recall correctly?
Basically, take three round bales, stand them on end, place your knife on the top and then time how long it takes to cut and strip the three bales of their wrap!
All the best for 2021!
Yes seen that, think you have to be nominated to do it though. Have a great one mate 🙂
You could buy a mower so you could cut your own silage and a bunch rake for the front load in the case
So you could do it yourself
Uv great cows they are in mighty shape. Credit to ya
Good silage this year thankfully 👍
You said a few months ago you wanted a bigger slurry tanker possibly a hi-spec.a half ton meal bag is perfect for wrap plastic and netting separately
Happy Christmas from cavan
Good man Adrian , happy Xmas 👍
Hi Adrian, cable ties are a quick fix to stop the heifers licking the pins out.
Very good video well done from Castleblayney monaghan👌👍👍
we still use that techniqe of galanised sheet and cement
We have two of them jfc tidywrap bins would recommend them there a great job
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Great video lad 🤙🏻
Happy Xmas Adrian! Your doing a great job. 👍👍
Put grease on the top of the barriers in 2 inch streams
Air gun! Dirty lil buggers 😂 brilliant video. Merry Christmas all 💪🏴
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Great work Adrian
Good luck with the bale cut off challenge farmer Phil gonna take some beating 😬
Cheers mate, I love a good challenge 💪👍
Happy Christmas... heifer calfs forever ♥
Hi Adrian hope you had a great xmas love the vids your great at your job!! Can’t wait to see you take on the bale challenge after farmer Phil nominated you🤙🤙😀all the best from all of us in north Kerry
Those pieces of trees would make a great table or clock backing!!
Yes they certainly would
Great video 👌🏻👍🏻Happy Christmas
Cheers Colm 👍