Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
Looking to possibly get one under the grant scheme, any to avoid or are they all much the same? any that come with a weigh scale too - would be interesting data to see?
Yes, but I would buy second hand, I am busy enough in the spring, I can't afford a calf rearer plus labour is in short supply anyway, with the help of a machine it might mean the calves are fed better than they would if I'm messing around at 10 in the evening not being able to tell my arse from my elbow!Would you buy one without the grant?
Fair enough.Yes, but I would buy second hand, I am busy enough in the spring, I can't afford a calf rearer plus labour is in short supply anyway, with the help of a machine it might mean the calves are fed better than they would if I'm messing around at 10 in the evening not being able to tell my arse from my elbow!
Plus I like the data information side of things they could provide
You attach the teats on the gate and feed adlib?I’ll be sticking with my blue barrel, couple of peach teats and a few bits of pipe. Spend the cost of a calf feeder on powder View attachment 998594
That’s not a picture for social media jeezI’ll be sticking with my blue barrel, couple of peach teats and a few bits of pipe. Spend the cost of a calf feeder on powder View attachment 998594
No, teats on side off barrel and sit barrel next to gate. Roughly 100 litres of water and a bag of powder, whisk up. Usually 2 buckets from the parlour wash boiler (80-90deg) couple buckets of cold. Powder in, whisk up, top up with cold water.You attach the teats on the gate and feed adlib?
Why?That’s not a picture for social media jeez
Be quicker if you explain why it’s best practiceWhy?
Clean, well looking calfs. Job doneBe quicker if you explain why it’s best practice
Job done.Clean, well looking calfs. Job done
We have a holm & laue auto feeder. Just finished our 6th year on it. Works very well for us and suits our system. You still need to be popping in the shed to check the alarm list a few times a day (they might have updated this by now with an app or something). Cleanliness also important as always. One thing I would say is you wouldn’t want calves of all sorts of ages in one pen. So our heifer calves are born in a 6 week block so they’re all similar age in each pen (20 per pen).Looking to possibly get one under the grant scheme, any to avoid or are they all much the same? any that come with a weigh scale too - would be interesting data to see?