Fleckvieh OAD

[Yorkshiregrazer28]

Just wondered whether anyone knows of any fleckviehs being milked OAD and if it’s possible?
With the thread about bull calves I thought they could be a good all round dairy cow.

 

[Headless chicken]

Just wondered whether anyone knows of any fleckviehs being milked OAD and if it’s possible?
With the thread about bull calves I thought they could be a good all round dairy cow.

you’d have to be very careful on your breeding with them. Some pures would be lazy at the best of times. Once a day could take you half a day to fetch the bugas into the parlour.

 

[kill]

you’d have to be very careful on your breeding with them. Some pures would be lazy at the best of times. Once a day could take you half a day to fetch the bugas into the parlour.

With my robots I have one Fleckvieh x that will happily milk 5 times a day and will happily walk in from grazing from anywhere and we absolutely love her and she's so intelligent and just milks and milks. Have bought more similar as well impressed and rest are freshly calved but are showing signs of being just as good. To milk Flecks OAD would seam so wrong to me but each to their own I guess but surely losing potential.

 

[Headless chicken]

With my robots I have one Fleckvieh x that will happily milk 5 times a day and will happily walk in from grazing from anywhere and we absolutely love her and she's so intelligent and just milks and milks. Have bought more similar as well impressed and rest are freshly calved but are showing signs of being just as good. To milk Flecks OAD would seam so wrong to me but each to their own I guess but surely losing potential.

agreed the x’s are phenomenal. The pures can be hit and miss.

 

[thorpe]

dont care much for heifers or cows but send me your 18th bullocks

 

[Stinker]

Just wondered whether anyone knows of any fleckviehs being milked OAD and if it’s possible?
With the thread about bull calves I thought they could be a good all round dairy cow.

We milked a group of 60 cows of various breeds once a day a couple of years ago as an experiment. Although we had no fleckvieh cows we did have about 7 monty crosses. These were great once a day cows compared to the rest. They seemed to hold yield the best and had good constituents. I would imagine fleckvieh will be the same.

 

[surprisefarmer]

With my robots I have one Fleckvieh x that will happily milk 5 times a day and will happily walk in from grazing from anywhere and we absolutely love her and she's so intelligent and just milks and milks. Have bought more similar as well impressed and rest are freshly calved but are showing signs of being just as good. To milk Flecks OAD would seam so wrong to me but each to their own I guess but surely losing potential.

What are you crossing them with, a high yielding Holstein? I bought 2 3rd lactation Fleckviehs already in calf and they where doing great on the robot system. Both have recently had Belgium Blue calfs and are flying now having went on to the robots fresh, was thinking of putting sexed Holstein straws in them?

 

[kill]

What are you crossing them with, a high yielding Holstein? I bought 2 3rd lactation Fleckviehs already in calf and they where doing great on the robot system. Both have recently had Belgium Blue calfs and are flying now having went on to the robots fresh, was thinking of putting sexed Holstein straws in them?

All flecks have been bought as incalf heifers and are first cross BF and simply love them in our organic robot system and are putting most of our cows to shame .

 

[The Agrarian]

What are you crossing them with, a high yielding Holstein? I bought 2 3rd lactation Fleckviehs already in calf and they where doing great on the robot system. Both have recently had Belgium Blue calfs and are flying now having went on to the robots fresh, was thinking of putting sexed Holstein straws in them?

You said you bought two fleckviehs.

Pure or Holstein cross?

If already 50% Holstein, I wouldn't spoil them by going back to Holstein. Go high milk montbeliarde or fleck or brown Swiss.

 

[surprisefarmer]

The 2 I have are pure Fleckvieh.

 

[The Agrarian]

What type are they? German or Austrian?

 

[surprisefarmer]

You have me there, I do not honestly Know. I didn't go looking for them, they just came about when i was buying Holsteins off a man, and i thought I would give the 2 Fleck's ago.

 

[The Agrarian]

Photos might help.

 

[kill]

3019 making her 10th visit today at 7pm but 6th visit without permission.

 

[surprisefarmer]

@kill please tell me your Delaval is brand new, if not it puts mine at 8 months old to shame, that is spotless. Is that a V300 by the way?

 

[kill]

@kill please tell me your Delaval is brand new, if not it puts mine at 8 months old to shame, that is spotless. Is that a V300 by the way?

Installed March. Foamed, Scrubbed and pressure washed clean once a week and volly washed twice every day. No it and it's twin are both late classic's as had a really keen deal on them as both installed were virtually the same money as one new Lely which only ever can milk one cow at a time .
Did you get any training with your vms?

 

[surprisefarmer]

What are using for foam, when things settle down here I would like to get my 2 cleaned up. I have a classic and a V300.

Limited to be honest, but got the basics I suppose. Some guy kept emailing me about doing online Del Pro training but I never bothered. Do you need help with something?

 

[Sid]

Do you need help with something?

He just phones me, whatsapps me, asks me to call in.
Blokes a PIA

 

[Zoofarmer]

agreed the x’s are phenomenal. The pures can be hit and miss.

Are all your pures imported?! I have half’s, 3/4’s etc that are all great. Some of my pures are a tad disappointing. But I am starting to wonder, are we being sold shite? No to put to fine a point in it, and apologies for the language. But I am really starting to wonder.

 

[More to life]

He just phones me, whatsapps me, asks me to call in.
Blokes a PIA

Are you forgetting yourself Sidney