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multi power · Jul 25, 2014

Princess Pooper said:
We had that happen a couple of years ago, shot up every 10 days or so then straight down again, turned out one of the relief drivers was taking it from the gunky tap for home consumption instead of using a dipper and getting it out of the top of the tank.

we used to get quite a few high ones here, but change of haulier now n hardly ever a high one now

Flossie · Jul 26, 2014

I caught the polski driver (a few years ago) putting milk from 1 tank in 2 pots. What about the other tank? I asked him............ aah, milk is milk!!

jade35 · Jul 26, 2014

Was told by engineer from Venture that he has a farmer who knows the seals in the milk pump are going when he starts to get the odd high bactoscan readings

Savile · Jul 26, 2014

We've found that on very hot days our bactoscan/ scc goes through the roof. Milk is taken at 8.10 in the morn and left until mid afternoon in a yard 20 miles down the road awaiting taking to the dairy!!

Savile · Jul 26, 2014

A bit of rotational strip grazing with my right hand man !!!

Princess Pooper · Jul 26, 2014

Savile said:
We've found that on very hot days our bactoscan/ scc goes through the roof. Milk is taken at 8.10 in the morn and left until mid afternoon in a yard 20 miles down the road awaiting taking to the dairy!!

Bulk milk, samples or both? No wonder the Chinese put a ban on until they see proof of chilling temps between farm and dairy!

jerseycowsman · Jul 27, 2014

borderterribles said:
Very nice! What is she by? Looks" Ferdon" type , What Jerseys looked like before they decided to ~~spoil~~ Holstein-ize our lovely breed!

Unfortunately we had to modernise the breed to get taken seriously. This has worked well now as jerseys are now 3% of the cow population instead of 1.5% back in the '90's. But the Ferdon type genetics are still available in New Zealand if that floats your boat.

Cows 'n grass · Jul 27, 2014

jerseycowsman said:
Unfortunately we had to modernise the breed to get taken seriously. This has worked well now as jerseys are now 3% of the cow population instead of 1.5% back in the '90's. But the Ferdon type genetics are still available in New Zealand if that floats your boat.

Would yours be mostly Danish and American bred?

I was having a few doubts about the breed about 5 years back, purely because I couldn't get a proper solids contract so I put a few cows to b&w and also used a couple of higher yielding but lower solids jersey bulls from Derrick (Louis and blueprint). They would definitely be putting more milk in the tank than my herd average but I do worry they wont last. I'm mostly using high fertility danish and ambreed bulls at the moment.

jimmer · Jul 28, 2014

Cows 'n grass said:
Its an outdoor one with a real crappy sample tap on that doesn't wash

newholland said:

Interesting - we have gone from hand scrubbed ice bank tanks to an outdoor silo with baco scan issues - I wonder if it is the same company? - have you had the silo recently? Does yours have a made in Herefordshire sticker? maybe a PM if it does?

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Monty said:

Does anyone else get occasional really high bactoscans? This months samples;
Cell count___Bactoscan
179________9
126________12
130________11
128________9024

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properly.

our silo is a crown (nz made)
i phoned the original installers to ask some advice and they said it was taken out due to cleaning issues , we put new sample taps on with plastic seals rather than rubber so they dont contaminate the thimble full needed for testing, changed the wash cycles and put a restrictor in the breather pipe wash line as it was taking too much water away from recirculating .

165.....58
190......17
219.....29
187.....30
181.....27

the thing i have found is that i dont open the hatch and look in often enough , nor does the tanker driver have to so neither he nor i see if there is a problem before i get a real scare

Tullyvernon · Jul 28, 2014

Monty said:
Does anyone else get occasional really high bactoscans? This months samples;
Cell count___Bactoscan
179________9
126________12
130________11
128________9024

Don't get me started on the subject.......

multi power · Jul 28, 2014

jimmer said:
our silo is a crown (nz made)
i phoned the original installers to ask some advice and they said it was taken out due to cleaning issues , we put new sample taps on with plastic seals rather than rubber so they dont contaminate the thimble full needed for testing, changed the wash cycles and put a restrictor in the breather pipe wash line as it was taking too much water away from recirculating .

165.....58
190......17
219.....29
187.....30
181.....27

the thing i have found is that i dont open the hatch and look in often enough , nor does the tanker driver have to so neither he nor i see if there is a problem before i get a real scare View attachment 59626

when i worked in nz n had a similar silo the door seal came off every day for washing

jerseycowsman · Jul 30, 2014

Cows 'n grass said:
Would yours be mostly Danish and American bred?

I was having a few doubts about the breed about 5 years back, purely because I couldn't get a proper solids contract so I put a few cows to b&w and also used a couple of higher yielding but lower solids jersey bulls from Derrick (Louis and blueprint). They would definitely be putting more milk in the tank than my herd average but I do worry they wont last. I'm mostly using high fertility danish and ambreed bulls at the moment.

We use about a dozen different bulls of varying genetic traits every year. We are trying to balance production with walking up to 3 miles per day. We use mainly US and Canadian bulls with a smattering of Danish and New Zealand as we are doubtful about the type of these animals. Plus the kiwi ones tend to dry themselves off once they get in calf

Monty · Aug 1, 2014

Note to self. Turn the compressor on at the START of milking.

Monty · Aug 1, 2014

Wasted a good 20 mins at the start of milking tonight moving this heifer off the yard with hip clamps after she slipped down and couldn't get up.
Unfortunately she appears to have contracted Holsteins disease. such a shame to happen to an apparently healthy heifer.

Holsteins Disease (Latin-Lankyshittycowsyndrome)

Definition;
Irreversible condition that affects dairy cows.

Symptoms;
Excessively long seemingly wooden legs,
Walks round like a cat with smartie tubes on the legs,
General lethargy and unwillingness to walk across yards and into milking parlours.

Other severe symptoms;
Swollen front left knee,
Skeletal appearance,
Loss of appetite,
Loss of milk yield.

Cows 'n grass · Aug 1, 2014

Monty said:
Note to self. Turn the compressor on at the START of milking.
View attachment 60499

...........and get a better plate cooler!

Friesianfan · Aug 4, 2014

some british Friesian bulls

rc mx110 · Aug 4, 2014

Friesianfan said:
View attachment 61055 View attachment 61056some british Friesian bullsView attachment 61055 View attachment 61056

Big like

Friesianfan · Aug 4, 2014

rc mx110 said:
Big like

All for sale!

rc mx110 · Aug 4, 2014

Friesianfan said:
All for sale!

If I didn't have far too many hfr coming up and loads in calf to fr. I'd ask for the bottom price

on the (top pic) 2 on the left

jimmer · Aug 4, 2014

rc mx110 said:
If I didn't have far too many hfr coming up and loads in calf to fr. I'd ask for the bottom price on the (top pic) 2 on the left

that will be the middle one then

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