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MartinM

MartinM

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Mr Mackay said:
Great advice Martin , but our vet recommended a high % iodine pre dip and barrier post dip ! She felt it much better than lactic acid or Chlororhex dips ,when we had a cell count and mastitis problem (cells near 200 ,despite milk recording data help ,and this is despite us 6 months into using a Clusterflush - in our new to us parlour !
We also started using Bolshaws lime on the beds regularly ,and every time a cubicle has leaked milk on the bed mattress ! This along with nice dry pitch pine sawdust .
Cows are really clean too and although I worried about the lime drying the teats and wrecking the skin ,the quality Iodine dip seems to keep teats lovely and soft .
We also had a dynamic test on the new parlour ,which said the 65 35 pulsation A& B , was too sharp , so until we had that corrected in our SCR meters , we lowered our vacuum ,and we are typically are nearer 100 cells now , and have changed pulsation to 60 40 for gentler milking ,and upped the vac to 44 from 42 .
Not suggesting you have a machine problem ,but having had very helpful advice from our local Gea agent ,and the vet , culling the real culprits we seemed to have turned a corner !!

Good luck
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It is very much farm specific but generally, the order of chemical teat dips follow
iodine,chlorhexadine,lactic acid then chlorine dioxide . When you get on top of your mastitis problem and it settles down move back down the scale. Unfortunately a lot of people stick with the top spec dips because it works but you then have nowhere to go when the problem returns and the bugs have gotten immune to the chemical.
in your case you altered quite a bit so the iodine might well have been enough. I don’t think @Happy hillbily has said what dip is being used so maybe already a way up the scale?
 
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som farmer

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somerset
DairyNerd said:
I know a couple of farms considering it as EA have been round and cubicle shed to parlour area and collecting yard is an issue. They are considering it possibly easier to stick a robot in the cubicle/feed shed than to mess around covering yards especially as the parlours in question are getting on.
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mates son works for them, flat out.

job to find people that want to work the hours required, call out, and weekend cover is the main problem.

any ex dairy farmer, would probably be received with open arms, especially if a bit tech minded.
 
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Wesley

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som farmer said:
mates son works for them, flat out.

job to find people that want to work the hours required, call out, and weekend cover is the main problem.

any ex dairy farmer, would probably be received with open arms, especially if a bit tech minded.
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The hours they can do when its their turn to be the on call engineer is an eye opener. You’d certainly want a decent amount of money to do it. It’s one of three that cover our area. The shift is Monday to Monday. Must be a relief to hand the keys to that particular van to the next person.
 
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som farmer

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Wesley said:
The hours they can do when its their turn to be the on call engineer is an eye opener. You’d certainly want a decent amount of money to do it. It’s one of three that cover our area. The shift is Monday to Monday. Must be a relief to hand the keys to that particular van to the next person.
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l drive through Castle Cary regularly, there's a lely van that seems to be always parked up !

but plenty of hours work if you want it, and it is very well paid !

and plenty of robots ordered.
 
Bald Rick

Bald Rick

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Anglesey
Day out with son to the bandit country of Audlem, Cheshire to look at one of these in operation ...

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Quite impressed when it got going.
 
Happy hillbily

Happy hillbily

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Uwchaled, North Wales
MartinM said:
It is very much farm specific but generally, the order of chemical teat dips follow
iodine,chlorhexadine,lactic acid then chlorine dioxide . When you get on top of your mastitis problem and it settles down move back down the scale. Unfortunately a lot of people stick with the top spec dips because it works but you then have nowhere to go when the problem returns and the bugs have gotten immune to the chemical.
in your case you altered quite a bit so the iodine might well have been enough. I don’t think @Happy hillbily has said what dip is being used so maybe already a way up the scale?
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Still on iodine teat dip.
Took a cow out of the tank on the 13th . Test results today down to 330 down from the 950 the other day. I've sod all milk in the tank ATM which is not helping at all and a fair few that are starting to go stale and will need drying off soon. Hopefully when they go out (soon) and things will improve.
Im going to have to change the drying off protocol here, and milk record more often. From the figures I've had from the last two recordings over 80% of the cows will need ab tubes at drying off.
 
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vantage

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Pembs
Bald Rick said:
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Although their arm has moved on a lot as it does teat prep & stimulation with infrared mastitis detection in the pipeline
Basically it removes one person from the parlour and, in theory, provides for a more consistent prep.
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Local farm with a new rotary has a Delaval one that is supposed to do similar.
Edit , just noticed yours is for prep, nothing there to show they do, perhaps that’s an experimental one?
 
Bald Rick

Bald Rick

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Anglesey
vantage said:
Local farm with a new rotary has a Delaval one that is supposed to do similar.
Edit , just noticed yours is for prep, nothing there to show they do, perhaps that’s an experimental one?
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Peacock website a bit meh. One we saw today was brushing and cleaning teats with each stall about 11 seconds (we are on 9 for a human). Plus there was another for post spraying. Both seemed accurate although perhaps a bit too much movement from the first bot
Have video of it in operation but would be too big for uploading directly
 
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vantage

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Bald Rick said:
Peacock website a bit meh. One we saw today was brushing and cleaning teats with each stall about 11 seconds (we are on 9 for a human). Plus there was another for post spraying. Both seemed accurate although perhaps a bit too much movement from the first bot
Have video of it in operation but would be too big for uploading directly
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