Mixing calf milk easier, quicker, better
- Thread starter crashbox
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- Location
- Northumberland
Had this for just over 2 years and makes the job alot easier. We also feed in pens of 5 with teat feeders and the shuttle pumps in the desired quantity.
dairydurham
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Does it need a big power supply ?
- Location
- nottingham
Plastering bucket and wisk in cheap cordless , cheap and cheerful
- Location
- Northumberland
On a new supply you would need a 32amp single phase plug. (big blue one) not sure what the 3 phase one requires. If you were putting hot water in and not using the built in heater you would get away with a 16amp plug.
- Location
- Ruthin
I have a wydale trolley and heatwave so could be different to how your feeding?
Ihave a hanging digital weigh scales,measure the powder out in a small bucket. Tip my powder in as the water is filling and put my submersible pump into the wydale which mixes quite rapid and then bring to my desired total liters.
connect up to my heatwave machine and jobs done!
Obviously it will wash itself but how do you wash the 5 teat feeders? Hot water in shuttle.
- Location
- Northumberland
Probally not as often as we should is the answer! but put a bit of water in after the milk and let the calves drink it.
Bit the same here. Got my name down on a H&L taxi, what made you go for the shuttle?
- Location
- Northumberland
Volac Urban
Aye was it cost or features, never looked at the volac basically because I was moving off the auto feeder. What a difference being back to pens of two and 5 health wise.
You mean pens seem to have better health than automatic calf feeder?
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
Why not feed fresh milk?
Can't see how someone can buy milk from a farmer, shift it, process it, bag it and sell it back to the farmer but still make a profit. It must be an inferior product
Can't see how someone can buy milk from a farmer, shift it, process it, bag it and sell it back to the farmer but still make a profit. It must be an inferior product
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
DISEASE RISK
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
So the milk is fit to sell into the food chain but not to feed to calves?
Obviously, you wouldn't use milk from cows know to have a health problem.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Johnes been found in milk on the the supermarket shelves, that's why milk processors are trying to get farmers to sort it
Know of a farmer who had a cow/cows with Tb mastitis and pooled milk to feed to calves and had a whole years worth of calves taken
You never know when disease will strike
Know of a farmer who had a cow/cows with Tb mastitis and pooled milk to feed to calves and had a whole years worth of calves taken
You never know when disease will strike
- Location
- cornwall
We’ve always fed pooled whole milk, no disease issues here
Horses for courses.