- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Have a look on the photos on their facebook page. I'm guessing they don't know how to describe the parlour as it's a swing over for a start and looks a fair length.
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
- Start date
- Location
- Northumberland
i thought that was your forte,
The tanks in our bottling shed are the "old style " daricool ones
Have a washer which rinses, sprays with dilute chemical then after a pause rinses , we alternate between an iodine & acid (called tankbrite ) chemical.
Occasionally need a extra brush use deosan dairytime or the Iodine
For the general cleaning of stainless in the bottling shed we use one of these guns with a product called Oxofoam (not to be confused with Oxyfoam )
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- Location
- Shropshire
Steam cleaner if you had one would probably be the most hygienic
Be foolish to cram them in too tight. Their worth 250 quid.
Made more from 200 calves this year than 600 last year!!
Milkcow365
Member
- Location
- Sw Scotland
They look great
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I used to try and build covers for the October/ November period but never really managed it and when I did it would turn wet and they’re trash half of it anyway
So what I did was starting on 15 October just feed them as normal but make up any short fall with silage, so if it got wet they had dry matter from them silage
No loss of milk but would gain on butterfat
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Syphons are the work of the devil.
Originally started out with a lot of shovel cuts through the banks. Then progressed to 6 inch clay pipes with plastic cups in them and when I took over irrigation duties full time I started upgrading to rubber flapped doors.
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Big dairy not far from here milks 2500 3 times a day through a 60 unit rotary. It only stops long enough to put a wash through between milkings.
Water Wheel
Member
Current routine.
Rinse tank thouroughly with power washer, spray on cold iodine tank cleaner with hand lance, leave for 5 mins, wash off well.
Perhaphs once a month use a strong alkali base spary ( circulation cleaner, off label! wear face shield! ) to remove any stain build up, never scrub.
Tanks are spotless , Thermodurics around 100 since turn out ( we don't talk about what they are when housed, which tells it's own story )
Bactoscans 10-20 in summer.
The power washer is about 100 psi so good mains pressure would replace.
The hand lance is just an old Knapsack lance with chemical feed by a venture meant for a steam cleaner,( looks similar to this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182771279806, but some corrode too easily) the supply is just teed off the power hose
Altenately is it 1200 in total with 600 youngstock/followers making 600 in milk ?
Dead Rabbits
Member
- Location
- 'Merica
Yes. Not uncommon.
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
I'm thinking something along those lines, currently grazing as fast as I can but will do a final fert application next week all being well
organicguy
Member
- Location
- North East of the south west
We were the greenest we have ever been in the middle of August, had 35 mm rain overnight and we have not grown anything since. 2 fields left to graze and then full winter ration.
I seem to remember someone saying "if you've got it you'll need it"
We have the most straw and forage ever, it's going to be a b***dy long winter if we use it all!
I seem to remember someone saying "if you've got it you'll need it"
We have the most straw and forage ever, it's going to be a b***dy long winter if we use it all!
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Is nice being able to watch the cows from the bedroom window, already decided that when I win the lottery and put my new unit up it's going on the highest point on thr farm so I can spend the evening watching them graze 
- Location
- somerset
now that is not joined up thinking, from our top fields, b-all between us, and the bristol channel, people say, what a lovely place to put a house, on a nice day, yes, mid-winter, not a chance. Had some tyres catch alight, on a quiet summers day, furthest 999 came from 24 miles away.Is nice being able to watch the cows from the bedroom window, already decided that when I win the lottery and put my new unit up it's going on the highest point on thr farm so I can spend the evening watching them graze
Will agree, watching cattle actively graze, is worth watching, you can see a few actually seek out, and graze, the chicory, some, at least, like it. Both chicory and plantain, seriously growing now, as grass eases back, just as required.
Hopefully the contents of the hole, will help it on it's way, just a few more loads tomorrow, and empty, and the last day of the nvz 'open' period.
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- Location
- southern riverina Australia
If I won the lottery I wouldn't be milking stinking bloody cows...Is nice being able to watch the cows from the bedroom window, already decided that when I win the lottery and put my new unit up it's going on the highest point on thr farm so I can spend the evening watching them graze
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
I do have some portable timers that use linear actuators to open and shut the stops (bay outlets) . Still takes time to set them up and move them though. And I dont have enough to handle a big watering like I am doing at the moment. New ones are around $2750 each and the sensor for the bottom of the bay is $2000. (If you want to use a sensor rather than guessing). Generally you need at least a team of 3 to effectively make the most of them. I also need at least 3 teams. So, to do an upgrade will cost me something like 42k....
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
I'll have to keep my eyes open for a washer.i thought that was your forte,
The tanks in our bottling shed are the "old style " daricool ones
Have a washer which rinses, sprays with dilute chemical then after a pause rinses , we alternate between an iodine & acid (called tankbrite ) chemical.
Occasionally need a extra brush use deosan dairytime or the Iodine
For the general cleaning of stainless in the bottling shed we use one of these guns with a product called Oxofoam (not to be confused with Oxyfoam )
