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Anybody gonna use these this year?
They look pretty useful.
Anybody know the price?
Anybody gonna use these this year?
They look pretty useful.
Anybody know the price?
kiwi kit are selling something similar, but don't know anyone who will use them again.Is anyone selling them over here?
There was some discussion about them on the NZ farming or NZ dairy farmers FB page back in kiwi spring and no one who'd tried them seemed overly enthusiastic about them. It seemed rather a lot either didn't go off or they fell off.
Ouch. So if that's what you are relying on to detect heats it will probably lower your 6 week incalf rate. Also it's hard to determine false positives if all you have is a flashing light to go on.5-10% losses is what they say. Heard from a few farms it was closer to 25%.
I agree. If the same person is doing it then it's more consistent. What I see FlashMate doing is pushing people's % on to the next level, but don't drop tail paint. The two together can apparently return far better results and less missed heats. They're growing massively in NZ and Oz so must be doing something right.
First. Tell me this. How is it going to work any better than kmars and paint.What's your view based on though? If that combo is that good, why is the national average 6 WICR only 65%? I always keep an open mind.
That doesn't answer the question. All you need to do is be able to see it in the dairy. If someone can't see a bright red kmar and rubbed paint while milking this isn't going to help.Technology moves on I'm not the manufacturer, that's for them to answer. One simple thing is that they can be spotted in the dark at 300 metres, so even a simple thing like that means less heats missed. They're new in the U.K. So time will tell how good they are.
Perhaps if you're in the top 5% doing 85% you won't need these?
They have a chip in the unit that is based around algorithms to be more accurate on heat detection alerts.
They won't solve fertility issues, you're spot on.
If they move a farm from 65% to 78% and add £25k to the bottom line then they are worth trialling. That's all I'm saying. The proof is in the pudding. Sticking to something that isn't returning the required performance, what ever system it is can't be the future. It's a no brainer to try some in my view.