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Big Dutchman slats are very good. I believe they’re approximately £20 new (that was a couple of years ago) so are probably more. I would try get them second hand.

Electricity

In Welsh it’s called ‘Eira call I nol y llall’ which roughly translates to ‘the sensible snow will come back to fetch the remaining’ works better in Welsh because it rhymes

No but I’d be very interested… we’re getting about a 15 litre bucket 2/3 full of feathers everyday (the fluffy type that rub off on the mats) it’s slowing our packer down while having feathers around the waste bucket as they drift

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Did you have the maschio socket? Last time we did it we had a snap on bar with a pipe on the end and they came off okay

This is the drawing we’ve got from a maschio dealer which matches our machine. As you can see for the centre tine holder there doesn’t appear to be a nut holding it in place like the others

We have a 2008 Maschio DMR 3m power Harrow and our centre tine holder has broken (the one directly under the gearbox). does anyone knowhow to remove this as there doesn’t seem to be any fittings underneath and on the diagram it doesn’t show any nut or retaining clip in the gearbox either. We...

Are you coming around to the idea? 😉

Thankyou, it was more luck than judgement but at the time feed was the lowest it had been for nearly a decade, and we felt it was a good deal, we fixed for 12 months at £225, and managed to fix for a further 6 months for £5 extra so the last 3-4 months we’ve been paying around £230. We are also...

What is the current feed spot price for a good laying hen ration delivered in 18t loads at the moment? we fixed nearly 18 months ago and are nearing the end of our futures contract. Currently paying around the £230 level for a peak lay mash, and not looking forward it ending to say the least.

I don’t think by limiting the feeds per day you are going to save on feed. The only way you will manage that is keeping the temperature in the shed warmer (downsides of this are increased red mite burden and potentially lower air quality especially in the winter)

Depends on you stocking density but twice a day is nowhere near enough if you are on a 16k or 32k site etc. As previous poster has said, you should be minimum 5 feeds per day, possibly up to 6. Every 3 hours is what I usually do

i like to keep things simple. We use Bioclean aqua at 100ppm via SEKO TPG603 electronic dosers and once a month or so I will flush the lines in the middle of the night at 3% to really clean them out. To make flushing them in the night automated, we have lubing auto flushers, and a £5 timer plug...

No, 90% of the time it breaks the chain in two, and doesn’t do any further damage. 10% of the time it will break, and then wraps itself around the sprocket until the shear pin finally gives in, by with point it’s a grinding job to open it up and then unwrap the chain and then weld it back up...