Fleckvieh - OAD milking

[Baling Hay]

Has anyone got experience of milking Fleckvieh on a once a day milking routine?

Thoughts?

Thanks

 

[In the pit]

Jersey or jersey cross are what you want
Flekvieh will probaly get fat

 

[lazy farmer]

And even lazier.

 

[jondear]

Probably revert back to a true simy.

 

[Jdunn55]

Jersey or jersey cross are what you want
Flekvieh will probaly get fat

Jerseys are the ones to beat on a oad system, @Manney is giving them a good run for their money tho

 

[Stinker]

Milked some montys, vikingvreds and holsteins once a day from calving a fews years back. Montys wiped the floor with everything else but I don't know how they would compare to jerseys etc

 

[Whitey !]

Has anyone got experience of milking Fleckvieh on a once a day milking routine?

Thoughts?

Thanks

Got to ask why once a day ?

 

[Baling Hay]

Got to ask why once a day ?

Being done alongside a job

 

[Whitey !]

Being done alongside a job

 

[Martyn]

I read an American research article a while ago on OAD milking and believe it or not there was very little between breeds, basically if you started with 100 cows of any breed something like 60-70 with thrive on OAD, 10-20 just over produce or dry them selves of and rest are natural culls. The research was carried out with lots of numbers, sorry I can't find the link.

 

[Green Grass]

First year oad here. Milking liquorice all sorts. Only breed I wouldn't use would be NR (braut) just don't milk out cleanly. Shame lovely looking beasts.
Monty and fleck crosses doing fine job. Haven't got experience of pure though.

 

[Martyn]

First year oad here. Milking liquorice all sorts. Only breed I wouldn't use would be NR (braut) just don't milk out cleanly. Shame lovely looking beasts.
Monty and fleck crosses doing fine job. Haven't got experience of pure though.

Where are you in Cornwall? Pm if prefer, we are OAD near Callington, autumn block.

 

[farmer JD]

Fleckvieh with a good persistency score on the bull proofs should be of use

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Where are you in Cornwall? Pm if prefer, we are OAD near Callington, autumn block.

Are you staying OAD through winter this year as well?

 

[farmer JD]

Do you find OAD cows get more mastitis than TAD cows ?

 

[Martyn]

Are you staying OAD through winter this year as well?

Yes right through.

 

[Baling Hay]

Yes right through.

What are they being fed?

 

[easy farming]

Do you find OAD cows get more mastitis than TAD cows ?

This year we are sub ten cases per 100 cows. Last few years around 15.
What have we done differently? Dunno.
Probably culled more heavily because of drought but that could not explain it all.
Next season we might be over 20 cases just to get the average back to where it usually is.

 

[easy farming]

Yes right through.

Much trouble with milk leakage? I would (rightly or wrongly) assume low concentrate use?

 

[farmer JD]

This year we are sub ten cases per 100 cows. Last few years around 15.
What have we done differently? Dunno.
Probably culled more heavily because of drought but that could not explain it all.
Next season we might be over 20 cases just to get the average back to where it usually is.

Ok in your opinion if you were too milk TAD would the mastitis rates be similar? Btw what yield are you doing thanks