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Jdunn55 · Mar 14, 2024

Rossymons said:
If you think she's bulling then crack on. If you're not sure I'd mark it down as heat and go again in 3 weeks. Shes milking well so no harm in letting her go.

Definitely on so ai'd her to sexed cogent 3 star oh Rock red

Also ai'd first l this beauty to conventional Bradash trailblazer, calved 40 days ago with a cracking heifer by inch jake, just waiting for her genomics back

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sidjon · Mar 14, 2024

vantage said:
I don’t think the parlour in the picture will be representative of what you’ll get!
Check very carefully what you’ll get, I got caught out when I first bought my parlour, the pulsation used to freeze up in cold weather, changed it to some second hand pulsation, an extra cost not needed.

Was that a delaval? Our pulsation is cheap but a frost stops it and will freeze during milking if below minus 5

, am trying for a Read slide for next one

vantage · Mar 14, 2024

sidjon said:
Was that a delaval? Our pulsation is cheap but a frost stops it and will freeze during milking if below minus 5, am trying for a Read slide for next one

Yes, Delaval. Think it was called Pulseboy, we changed to a Pacer unit off another parlour, didn't have any trouble with frost then, the odd relay went initially but performed well for years until we extended and upgraded the parlour.
Read supposed to be very good I know, does Peter Joules still sell them here?

Cowski · Mar 14, 2024

sidjon said:
Was that a delaval? Our pulsation is cheap but a frost stops it and will freeze during milking if below minus 5, am trying for a Read slide for next one

Try rolling the pulsator line by 15 degrees, stops moisture sitting on top of the diaphragm. Seem to remember this sorted the issue after messing around injecting antifreeze into them and all sorts. Or change pulsators

sidjon · Mar 14, 2024

Cowski said:
Try rolling the pulsator line by 15 degrees, stops moisture sitting on top of the diaphragm. Seem to remember this sorted the issue after messing around injecting antifreeze into them and all sorts. Or change pulsators

Ours were not put in straight to start with by mistake

, I just put a hairdryer in the secondary air line which works most of the time.

Mr Mackay · Mar 14, 2024

Princess Pooper said:
Surprising in a study of small-scale dairy farms to find herd size options such as 250- 500 and 500+!

Sandy321 said:
Hello, I am a final year BSc (Hons) Agriculture with Animal Science student at Harper Adam’s University. The purpose of my study for my dissertation is to seek information about how Johne’s disease impacts small-scale dairy farms in the UK.
If you are a dairy farmer/farm worker in the UK please could you spare a 5-10 minutes to complete my questionnaire.
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/harper-adams/johne-s
Thank you in advance

Just bumping this up !!! I have to admit this young lady is a family member ,and I promised I would gee all you lads up , to participate , that haven't already!!!

Go on ,it doesnt take long and Johnes is an interesting and important , Elephant in the room , for all of us with Dairy

Cheers

GEMS · Mar 14, 2024

Martyn said:
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you get what you pay for .........70k !! you may be under whelmed !

Beef farmer · Mar 15, 2024

3 dry feeds left. Tuesday needs to be better

lazy farmer · Mar 15, 2024

So far so good

DairyNerd · Mar 16, 2024

Five calves yesterday out of total of 67, two more this morning and one starting. Over 10% of the herd calved in 36 hours, quite an improvement on the first two years, should have the bulk calved by magic day this year. Hoping that the weather improves, milkers out full time as no other option really but so little DM in the grass and graze outs not great. Me and them could both do with some sun.

som farmer · Mar 16, 2024

DairyNerd said:
Five calves yesterday out of total of 67, two more this morning and one starting. Over 10% of the herd calved in 36 hours, quite an improvement on the first two years, should have the bulk calved by magic day this year. Hoping that the weather improves, milkers out full time as no other option really but so little DM in the grass and graze outs not great. Me and them could both do with some sun.

l think we could all do with some sun

sidjon · Mar 16, 2024

DairyNerd said:
Five calves yesterday out of total of 67, two more this morning and one starting. Over 10% of the herd calved in 36 hours, quite an improvement on the first two years, should have the bulk calved by magic day this year. Hoping that the weather improves, milkers out full time as no other option really but so little DM in the grass and graze outs not great. Me and them could both do with some sun.

Calving outside hasn't been pretty here, but only lost 1 calf, after a schmallenberg issue early on, which thankfully seems to have disappeared, it's been a year of on and lots of off grazing

Beef farmer · Mar 16, 2024

sidjon said:
Calving outside hasn't been pretty here, but only lost 1 calf, after a schmallenberg issue early on, which thankfully seems to have disappeared, it's been a year of on and lots of off grazing

Calve everything outside?

sidjon · Mar 16, 2024

Yeah, only have a 30x 50 shed to calve in If it snows, as have a massive Ecoli issue inside, neighbours calve 300 out wintered spring calvers outdoors too, just can be a bit labour intensive at times and chances of building anything on this farm isn't going to happen, hence the looking for different options currently

Beef farmer · Mar 16, 2024

DairyNerd said:
Five calves yesterday out of total of 67, two more this morning and one starting. Over 10% of the herd calved in 36 hours, quite an improvement on the first two years, should have the bulk calved by magic day this year. Hoping that the weather improves, milkers out full time as no other option really but so little DM in the grass and graze outs not great. Me and them could both do with some sun.

You'll be able to chuck some volume of grub at them now with your new feeders.

In the pit · Mar 16, 2024

Grassman247 said:
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Trying to keep up with @Beef farmer on the money spending front. As soon as weather drys up it’s go time. Just got to get wash down hoses on and it’s good to go

Have you goa a swingarm for the acr

crashbox · Mar 16, 2024

DairyNerd said:
Five calves yesterday out of total of 67, two more this morning and one starting. Over 10% of the herd calved in 36 hours, quite an improvement on the first two years, should have the bulk calved by magic day this year. Hoping that the weather improves, milkers out full time as no other option really but so little DM in the grass and graze outs not great. Me and them could both do with some sun.

Good job.

We have also just started the Spring block.

Why do you start in Mid March, and not earlier?

Dead Rabbits · Mar 16, 2024

sidjon said:
Yeah, only have a 30x 50 shed to calve in If it snows, as have a massive Ecoli issue inside, neighbours calve 300 out wintered spring calvers outdoors too, just can be a bit labour intensive at times and chances of building anything on this farm isn't going to happen, hence the looking for different options currently

Sounds like fun

vantage · Mar 16, 2024

crashbox said:
Good job.

We have also just started the Spring block.

Why do you start in Mid March, and not earlier?

‘cause it’s oop North, be the middle of winter!
Summer calving looks ever so tempting with the biblical amount of rain we’re having here.

buffalo_soldier · Mar 16, 2024

lazy farmer said:
So far so goodView attachment 1170024

How do you rate them pellets feeders?

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