- Location
- Northern Ireland
Plenty of meal in those dolls!
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
- Start date
- Location
- South West
Tomorrow morning there will be thousands!!!!!
Ducati899
Member
- Location
- north dorset
Mr Jones
Member
- Location
- Llancwmbwlchrhydyfoncenfach
Had one 3 weeks ago, no standing heat of any pregnant cows as of yet
- Location
- Northumberland
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- Location
- somerset
sent 2 jx to Frome, £571 & £514, nothing special at all, highly delighted, but would never have guessed £60 diff.
got badly stung on two jer last year, going direct, if they go to auction, that's the price, no argument.
Service wise, 53 out of 55, served, day 25, no repeats................yet
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Now you've done it, you're gonna have a sh!t day tomorrow, a farm full of starlings and a dozen repeats!
- Location
- somerset
yes, reckon might have jinxed it. But better to jinx that, rather than the120 cows to calve between now, and end march.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
snow on Tuesday delayed turnout a bit but catching a few hours this morning
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
Happy hillbily
Member
- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Wanting to upgrade the pulsation system on the parlour, currently running 1master pulsator on a single pulse for the 6 units.
Dairy engineer is recommending changing to twin pulse and seperate pulsators.
I'm still using the probe and socket pipeline fittings, but they only work for single pulse pulsation.
I would really like to keep the pipework as a milk line setup , as the clusters are taken to the dairy for washing, and in this weather, are kept overnight in the dairy to prevent freezing.
Is there anything available, as the socket and prong for twin pulse pulsation, or anyone any ideas how it could be done.
I know I could put jetters in the parlour, but it works as it does atm, and it's nearly 100ft to put a wash line in from the end of the parlour to the dairy in a u shape.
Dairy engineer is recommending changing to twin pulse and seperate pulsators.
I'm still using the probe and socket pipeline fittings, but they only work for single pulse pulsation.
I would really like to keep the pipework as a milk line setup , as the clusters are taken to the dairy for washing, and in this weather, are kept overnight in the dairy to prevent freezing.
Is there anything available, as the socket and prong for twin pulse pulsation, or anyone any ideas how it could be done.
I know I could put jetters in the parlour, but it works as it does atm, and it's nearly 100ft to put a wash line in from the end of the parlour to the dairy in a u shape.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Are you having problems ? If not why change?
Have a look for some alfa laval , delaval duo vacs, we used to have them in our old parlour, hooked on to vac line and plugged in to vacuum and plug on to milk line. Self contained unit with their own pulsator. Worked well enough for 30 yrs, simple no electrics
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Found a load of gold today.
Princess Pooper
Member
- Location
- East Mids
Don't think we will be turning out yet...
Water pipes from the well froze in the cubicle house yesterday morning, had to revert to Severn Trent. Lines out of the milk pump frozen this morning (they do go outside the shed on the eastern end). Easterly wind is evil today, glad I haven't got to go out again tonight. Prince Pooper will go out again later to check for bullers and drain down again - an extra job for the last 4 nights but I think tonight will be the worse due to the wind.
Calf shed usually develops a few icicles when we have sunshine and hard frosts on snow.
Water pipes from the well froze in the cubicle house yesterday morning, had to revert to Severn Trent. Lines out of the milk pump frozen this morning (they do go outside the shed on the eastern end). Easterly wind is evil today, glad I haven't got to go out again tonight. Prince Pooper will go out again later to check for bullers and drain down again - an extra job for the last 4 nights but I think tonight will be the worse due to the wind.
Calf shed usually develops a few icicles when we have sunshine and hard frosts on snow.
- Location
- somerset
i follow a canadian dairy farm, -37 cent, yuk, think i would look at emigrating !
- Location
- South Molton
Worse bit was the walk to the barn.
Apart from that tractors and cars all plugged in.....blowing snow was fun!
Oh and getting the sledge to loosen the barn cleaner as it frozen to the ramp!
-25 at night
Spudley
Member
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I grew up in Canada. When I was 12, my dad took my younger brother to a hockey tournament in Chicago, and they were gone for a week. On about the third day, we had a cold snap and all the water to the barns froze and I had to carry water from the house to 25 suckler cows.
The following winter he put in frost free water bowls.
The following winter he put in frost free water bowls.
- Location
- Derbyshire
I have some fullwood pulseman twin pulsators and a commander box if of any use to you. Found them to be very reliable.