Just wondered, they seem popular in usa and canada, i know the market, and number of cattle is alot more there, but on the larger UK dairy farms, which now we have more and more, these cow tanks seem the best way of treating a downer cow, if you save just a few, the price and convience of having one soon pays off.
Anyone on here recently used a floating cow tank,
- Thread starter bluebell
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- North Norfolk
borderterribles
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- South Shropshire
Interesting idea. Does anyone else wonder why they swapped cows, halfway through? I hope that they didn't drown the first one!
Would have been good to see the cow walk out the tank, didn't show anymore than a cow floats.
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Looks a good idea
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- cornwall
There were 14 carriages on that train before they cut away from it!
What a palaver!
jimmer
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- East Devon
Just use a ratchet strap
I suppose the answer is to have thermostatically controlled immersion heaters to keep the water at a constant 35 degs plus a method of filtering poo and maybe a belly band or some other way to dunk and lift
Wonder if a fibreglass sheep dip could be modified ?
They sold a clip on heater for colder climates,finding 2000litres at body heat was hard work in the 1st place.
Wonder if it would be economic just to keep it warm .. then ratchet up as needed?
Just pump the hot tub into it.
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- Aberdeenshire
There used to be a vet / tech firm in Surrey that had 2. Main issue was they are a ball ache to set up and clean between farms when hiring out. Most cows that don’t respond to calcium or hiplifters generally need fallen stock.
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- Northumberland
Was there not issues with mastitis after being lifted in the floating tank?
We've found that if you have to lift a cow more than 3 or 4 times with the hip lifters she's not going to get up.
Heard too many stories of exactly that happening.
I know I no not a lot about dairy cows but there don't seem a lot of room in there for lunging so making it harder for the cow to get up on its front legs!? And i don't know how you would let a cow drown surely if it didn't look like it was going to work you would turn the pump tap off and if anything bad happened open the doors!? Would hip lifters and a strap on front be a easier way of getting a cow in there as well and extra insurance if the cow was to slip. Have dealt with a few downed beef cows.