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[Blue.]

Why do the yanks get this as an option on wesfalia parlours?

 

[Blue.]

www.gea-farmtechnologies.com/Images/PN7755-1000-082_USC_IllumiCurb_0913_lr_tcm90-112477.pdf

 

[holywell farmer]

Shutting cows out last night
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Following cows home again now
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nice looking herd

 

[Friesianfan]

I'm not interested at the moment I'm afraid, we're just taking our bulls (all jersey) out and now just have to try and keep them out of the cows in somewhere else until 1st of May next year.

My herd is all spring calving jerseys but longer term I have grand plans to have a smaller autumn calving herd. This herd would essentially be a flying herd made up of all F1 crosses bred from the jersey herd and not calving until they are 29/30 months. I have 1 BF cross in the herd at the moment and some days I think I would quite like a while herd of them
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If this plan ever comes together then then autumn F1 herd would probably all come from natural service bulls, probably BF, and would all be put to a blue bull each year with calves sold at a couple of weeks old so I would be looking for a regular supply of good Friesian bulls.

Can you tell us anymore about your herd? Production? System? Inputs? From the photos of your cows it looks quite a hard farm

How far the wrong side of the Tamar are you?

Hello cows and grass, sorry for the delay in reply, this is a hard farm! Wet, cold acid soil and exposed. The tenants before me had Holsteins,fed them on tmr and let the cows out to lie down on the grass! My cows are out as early as poss in feb or early march and calve mainly October till Christmas, strip grazing kale or fodder beet till end nov. Heifers average around 5000 and cows 7000@ 4.3 bf and 3.5 protein. Scc average 80, replacement rate 6-8%!

 

[Tullyvernon]

Why do the yanks get this as an option on wesfalia parlours?


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Looks a good idea, shouldn't be tooooo hard to retro fit if you wanted it enough.....

 

[Scholsey]

First time with a wagon, 3rd cut on top of 1st and 2nd, is rolled well just stacked higher than would like but going to be struggling for pit space so it's got to go in there!

 

[Tullyvernon]

Good clamp of stuff! Whos the wagon outfit?

 

[Scholsey]

Sheeted and tyred but hard to get tyres to sit on a steep face! Hence the muck, 52 load from 54 acres is that normal for a wagon?!? Third cut 7 weeks after 2nd

 

[Tullyvernon]

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Sheeted and tyred but hard to get tyres to sit on a steep face! Hence the muck, 52 load from 54 acres is that normal for a wagon?!? Third cut 7 weeks after 2nd

Sounds about right, they say roughly a load per acre, so you wouldn't far off.

How long did it take?

 

[Scholsey]

Sounds about right, they say roughly a load per acre, so you wouldn't far off.

How long did it take?

9 hours, fields relatively close, longest haul back was 5 mins along tracks

 

[Tullyvernon]

9 hours, fields relatively close, longest haul back was 5 mins along tracks

Thats good going there!

 

[jimmer]

from this

to this , waiting for a slow cow on each side

oh the joys of doubled up parlours

 

[Blue.]

from this View attachment 64203

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to this , waiting for a slow cow on each side

oh the joys of doubled up parlours

The jetters on de-laval are shite

Give me swing down jetters any day.

 

[jimmer]

anyone else have a theory as to why some cows dont lose their chilver/nature

 

[jimmer]

The jetters on de-laval are shite

Give me swing down jetters any day.

mine do fold up but have got used to going around them so dont bother

when i built my own abreast i drilled four holes in a piece of stainless and put short candle jetters through the holes ,then mounted the plate above the stall work upside down meaning the units washed in the same position as they were used for milking , all neat and tidy and worked a treat

 

[jimmer]

heifer that calved with two blind quarters

still gives a drop though

 

[multi power]

The jetters on de-laval are shite

Give me swing down jetters any day.

the ones here fold down, think they are even worse than jimmers

 

[jimmer]

the ones here fold down, think they are even worse than jimmers

it wasnt till the first milking that i realised i was using westfalia claws and shells on delaval jetters , luckily they fit just the same

 

[multi power]

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anyone else have a theory as to why some cows dont lose their chilver/nature

dont know bt udder comfort from kiwikit works well on them

 

[multi power]

it wasnt till the first milking that i realised i was using westfalia claws and shells on delaval jetters , luckily they fit just the same

i was just thinking your clusters look odd, how old is that parlour? de laval here was new around 2000 i think, harmoany clusters, i hate them but they are very good for the cows, very good milk flow from them