Cow brushes and tail paint

Farmer Keith

Member

Location

North Cumbria

• Nov 16, 2017

• #1

Hi all,

I’m looking at installing a rotating cow brush in the yard. We use tail paint for heat detection and was wondering does this make a brush a no go? I was hoping there’d be a vertical brush on the market but most seem to be horizontal or pendualum types. Does anyone have any experience with paint and brushes?

 

Beef farmer

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

North cornish coast. It's always windy here

• Nov 16, 2017

• #2

It's a no no.

 

pappuller

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

M6 Hard shoulder

• Nov 16, 2017

• #3

We have two swinging brushes from dairy spares, they have stops in them to stop them riding over the cow, they were recommended by genus, they are pretty good and dont rub much chalk off, we are on rms

 

Farmer Keith

Member

Location

North Cumbria

• Nov 16, 2017

• #4

pappuller said:

We have two swinging brushes from dairy spares, they have stops in them to stop them riding over the cow, they were recommended by genus, they are pretty good and dont rub much chalk off, we are on rms

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Awesome, will look at these for sure, I block calve so am only using AI for 6 weeks then bulls in so could in theory take it down/block if off for them 6 weeks, there’s a huge difference in price between them, been quoted from £975-£1950 today! Can you buy direct from dairy spares do you know?

 

pappuller

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Livestock Farmer

Location

M6 Hard shoulder

• Nov 16, 2017

• #5

Farmer Keith said:

Awesome, will look at these for sure, I block calve so am only using AI for 6 weeks then bulls in so could in theory take it down/block if off for them 6 weeks, there’s a huge difference in price between them, been quoted from £975-£1950 today! Can you buy direct from dairy spares do you know?

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We did, I think the block is part of the frame.

 

Rossymons

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Location

Cornwall

• Nov 16, 2017

• #6

If you can turn it off for you breeding period then go for it.

I heard a tale of farm owner installing a cattle brush not long after putting kamars on. Off he went on holiday to return to a very proud herdsman who had served everything... EVERYTHING

 

Davy

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Location

North NI

• Nov 16, 2017

• #7

Mates dad use to keep switching it on whilst on RMS causing a bit of confusion. My mate ended up cutting the plug off it in a rage one day!

 

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WestNI

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Livestock Farmer

• Nov 19, 2020

• #8

pappuller said:

We have two swinging brushes from dairy spares, they have stops in them to stop them riding over the cow, they were recommended by genus, they are pretty good and dont rub much chalk off, we are on rms

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Been a while since you posted this but would you have any photos of the brush or a video of it running and not rubbing off the tail paint?
Cheers

 

Chips

Member

Location

Shropshire

• Nov 19, 2020

• #9

I have had a cowcare Gimbal brush for 12 months now , no issue with RMS at all , in fact the genus rep now sells their version to RMS farms because it worked so well here . You just have to make sure the height is right , if it does get uo on to the topline of their back it just rolls itself off without scrubbing paint

 

pappuller

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

M6 Hard shoulder

• Nov 19, 2020

• #10

You can see the stops to prevent the brush running too high.

 

Farmer Keith

Member

Location

North Cumbria

• Nov 19, 2020

• #11

I just take the brush head off and turn it off while I’m serving to AI, I’ve obviously improved since 2017 as I put the bulls in at 4 weeks now, mines a Storth brush and has no stops as above so would run up onto their backs.

 

DairyGrazing

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Mixed Farmer

Location

North West

• Nov 20, 2020

• #12

pappuller said:

You can see the stops to prevent the brush running too high.View attachment 922015

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Brilliant I thought you meant the non powered ones with a big spring. Would it be okay outside or are the electrics exposed?

P.S. robots to milk, rms serving the cows...how good is your golf game...


Living the dream

 

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WestNI

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Livestock Farmer

• Nov 20, 2020

• #13

pappuller said:

You can see the stops to prevent the brush running too high.View attachment 922015

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Ah I see what you mean. Still no issues with the brush and RMS 3 years later?
Any chance you could send a video so I could work on convincing the old man?

 

pappuller

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

M6 Hard shoulder

• Nov 20, 2020

• #14

WestNI said:

Ah I see what you mean. Still no issues with the brush and RMS 3 years later?
Any chance you could send a video so I could work on convincing the old man?

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yes brushes still working fine, you will get the odd persistant offender who manages to rub the chalk but not many, as has been said brush height also plays a big part. I like the look of the Fairfield supplies vertical wall mounted roller brush.