Flat barn milking parlour Vs Herringbone milking parlour.

[allan_park]

Hello fellow Dairy person,

I am having trouble with deciding what kinds of design to go to, I am building my new diary barn with initial capacity of 60 cows and will be extended to 120 cows. I have heard flat barn parlour is economic with comparison to elevated parlour like Herringbone parlour what do fellow dairy master suggest me, how much economic difference does Herringbone make ?
Also, I am open to ideas that does increase the efficiency and other factors.


Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

 

[lazy farmer]

Do you mean an abreast parlour ? Otherwise please let me know what a flat barn parlour is ? I haven’t come across that term before.

 

[dinderleat]

Tie stall is flat barn I think,

 

[betweenthelines]

This is a joke, right?

 

[Drago]

This is a joke, right?

this is an international farming farming forum you know! I expect the OP is probably genuine.

 

[betweenthelines]

Herringbone, Abreast Tandem parlours are international as well!

Having spent my teens and twenties having to kneel down to attach clusters, I (and my knees) can't believe anyone would voluntarily do so now-are they also going to make and pick up 5000 small bales of hay, and wheelbarrow out all the sh!t in winter?

As for the ethics of keeping cows tied in a stall all the time!

 

[Tonka]

Barns is very much a European term used for milking premises - scandinavian, I think?

 

[thewalrus]

Should just bite the bullet and stick a robot in

 

[Tarw Coch]

Should just bite the bullet and stick a robot in

They work for some but I can think of quite a few that were out of milk within 5 years of putting robots in.

 

[Tarw Coch]

I don’t fully understand the OP’s question but I’m sure the answer is herringbone.

 

[mixed breed]

Obviously international, but am I right in thinking barn stalling/milking cows became a no no here in the UK with the introduction of auditing? I remember quite a few who milked in a cow house having problems with farm assurance hence a lot of them got out of milk.

 

[allan_park]

I wasn't joking this is flat barn milking parlour.. and to grammar police for barn I meant- dairy freestall housing, happy ?

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Hello fellow Dairy person,

I am having trouble with deciding what kinds of design to go to, I am building my new diary barn with initial capacity of 60 cows and will be extended to 120 cows. I have heard flat barn parlour is economic with comparison to elevated parlour like Herringbone parlour what do fellow dairy master suggest me, how much economic difference does Herringbone make ?
Also, I am open to ideas that does increase the efficiency and other factors.


Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

Build a twelve bail herringbone, 100mm loopline for the milk line and Reid slide pulsators (2+2), and all stainless steel on the vacuum side too.

 

[bigw]

Dont put in a flat barn! Put a herringbone in. What country are you from @allan_park

 

[Surface Tension]

Would call a flat barn milking parlour a byre up here, (also called a shippen in some places I think). My dad used to milk in one until 40 years ago, most of them either levelled and built over or converted into holiday accomodation.

 

[allan_park]

Build a twelve bail herringbone, 100mm loopline for the milk line and Reid slide pulsators (2+2), and all stainless steel on the vacuum side too.

I was thinking of 8 on both sides, I guess you too meant 12x2 total of 24 milking stalls can you elaborate why you recommend 12 ?

Dont put in a flat barn! Put a herringbone in. What country are you from @allan_park

From Georgia mate.

 

[Tarw Coch]

For herringbone I’d go as long as you can possibly afford, one row of units and swing side to side, I wouldn’t even consider your other option, most cows were milked like that here forty plus years ago, most were replaced with herringbones,

 

[dinderleat]

I was thinking of 8 on both sides, I guess you too meant 12x2 total of 24 milking stalls can you elaborate why you recommend 12 ?



From Georgia mate.

Make your pit big enough to get a 20/40 in atleast you can expand when ever you need to 8/16 will be fine for 60 cows but a 12/24 would be a dream only take hr twice a day to milk

 

[FonterraFarmer]

I was thinking of 8 on both sides, I guess you too meant 12x2 total of 24 milking stalls can you elaborate why you recommend 12 ?



From Georgia mate.

No, not double up12 a side herringbone for 60 cows would be sweet as, 5 rows ,job done.
Our previous shed ended up as a 12 a side milking 240 cows...

 

[allan_park]

Our previous shed ended up as a 12 a side milking 240 cows...

12 a side will take you 5 hours to make 240 cows.. am I missing something ?