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Not being funny, how do they get in? Do you not have gates at the back of the pit?Heifers still haven’t got the hang of it yet
Not being funny, how do they get in? Do you not have gates at the back of the pit?Heifers still haven’t got the hang of it yet
Just imagine if they looked like that twice per day.
No savings from a protein perspective, which is the largest cost to a dairy. Would not know your inclusion rate but if you over do it (too much energy not enough protein) you end up with fat cows with little milk.View attachment 980411View attachment 980412
Our organic maize looking ok to farmer who not grown it befor going into cow diet along side crimp barley, Red clover bales, what cake saving can I expect?
On 99% of setups rump rail is suspended from roof and is only fixed to the floor at the very front and the very backIn what way? They are there as I’ve got grids for the last part of the cow platform which allows the cow sh1t to go straight through onto the floor
wouldn't be someone like john M, who is excellent at concocting working hybrid parlours !Its a hybrid! Mainly fullwood working parts but it’s something myself and the parlour engineer have put together using second hand bits!
I presume you mean .038. You might expect to get a few dead cows in the next day or two otherwise.Ours are .38
our chicory is going mental, 1st year grazing it, but round 5, getting stronger, is tending to bolt now, but cows nibble the leaf's off. We have chucked a bit of seed, in with fert, that's all coming on, as well.Should be treated as a annual to get the most from it, we killed chicory with in 12 months from just grazing
we go up to an absolute max of 200gms/cow of urea, and make sure it's well mixed in tmr, happier with 150gm. When l went on my own, used to feed 100 gms, sprinkled on top of feed, with a 'pepper pot'.No savings from a protein perspective, which is the largest cost to a dairy. Would not know your inclusion rate but if you over do it (too much energy not enough protein) you end up with fat cows with little milk.
Not only can the cow kick you, she can also smash your hand into the post. The barn I grew up in was like that. Could only milk from the sideOn 99% of setups rump rail is suspended from roof and is only fixed to the floor at the very front and the very back
Looks very dangerous to milk in with a square bar dropping down between every cow
I’m with you. It’s only every other cow and if you milk between the back legs (which I do), it doesn’t really come into play. We milked through this parlour for 20 years previous to moth balling it and never had any injuries. I do have the bits to suspend the rail from another parlour I removed but ran out of time, I doubt it will ever get done now I’m milkingOn 99% of setups rump rail is suspended from roof and is only fixed to the floor at the very front and the very back
Looks very dangerous to milk in with a square bar dropping down between every cow
Depends how they stand, if you look at the picture you can see that’s not the case.Not only can the cow kick you, she can also smash your hand into the post. The barn I grew up in was like that. Could only milk from the side
The most important thing is that you like milking in it, or whoever it is that milks.Depends how they stand, if you look at the picture you can see that’s not the case.
Who designed this? To assess a new concrete yard on csf I've said I would do the same as you.....View attachment 980488
Filtration system for track run off to preemptively keep the power that be happy.
It only collects track run off and nothing else. Its interesting to see what has already dropped out in the settling ponds.
I was referring to the organic guy, he can’t use urea. I wouldn’t be brave enough to sprinkle that stuff on, it makes me nervous enough feeding it through a wagon at 100 grams which we slowly work up to.we go up to an absolute max of 200gms/cow of urea, and make sure it's well mixed in tmr, happier with 150gm. When l went on my own, used to feed 100 gms, sprinkled on top of feed, with a 'pepper pot'.
It is a very cost effective source of protien, esp when compared with soya ! And it works well with maize, we are growing red clover leys, will be interesting to see what the protien level of them, and how they will balance v maize.
Who designed this? To assess a new concrete yard on csf I've said I would do the same as you.....
No it’s Colin B, he installed the original parlour in 1986 as well!wouldn't be someone like john M, who is excellent at concocting working hybrid parlours !
Packing density is the hardest to get right I usually assume light rather than dense. Dry matter is easy to get with a scale and dryerAnyone have the calculations to work out how much silage I will have in a clamp. Want to order some sunshine in a bottle, but need to know how much. Have tried a few online silage clamp calculators but are getting wildly different numbers.
The clamp is 22m long, 10m wide and 2m high. And go with approx 30% dry matter, if that is ok for a late August 2nd cut ?