Rags
- Thread starter Bald Rick
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Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Don’t you have a brush
Got taken out as it was making the problem far worse for some reason despite running two sorts of chemicals. Thought we were removing the variable (men) but bactos went up over 100 - 300.
Once back on clothes, dropped to anything between 30-60.
Gap between wiper & cupper no difference.
All very odd
- Location
- North West
Just get ours from GEA dealer. People buy all sorts of different cloths online but I prefer the ones we use.
Probably made by agroserve.
Probably made by agroserve.
- Location
- Scotland
Using microfibre cloths here, soaked in warm water with a little iodine teat spray mixed in. On ebay 50 for about £10
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Dairy farm I work at uses Boumatic cloths and Shepherd Agri sponge cloths.
Think the sponge cloths have a slight edge in terms of getting teats clean, as the Boumatic soon loose their 'softness'. But the sponge cloths are a pain to use as they ball up and stick together. They take twice as long to use as the Boumatic cloths, which fall into your hand nicely. All the cloths go into a washing machine on a 60° cycle after each milking.
Think the sponge cloths have a slight edge in terms of getting teats clean, as the Boumatic soon loose their 'softness'. But the sponge cloths are a pain to use as they ball up and stick together. They take twice as long to use as the Boumatic cloths, which fall into your hand nicely. All the cloths go into a washing machine on a 60° cycle after each milking.
celtis man
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Just use tea towels [emoji16] go to your local market and do a deal with some one that deals and soak them In some thing suitable.
I still use a bucket and cloth bactoscan of 10 av.
Plenty of clean water!
I still use a bucket and cloth bactoscan of 10 av.
Plenty of clean water!
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Before spending out on gadgets, cloths, paper towel, wipes etc etc, might it pay to investigate why they have become necessary
I would be disappointed if I needed to fully wipe more than a few per milking
I would be disappointed if I needed to fully wipe more than a few per milking
Been investigating until the cows .. er .. come home.
Also remember that we are a housed herd and we’ve found that it’s necessary to wipe most/all cows
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Would totally agree with this. We dry wipe a few and occasionally use the post spray on a dirty cow. I would be investigating why cows needed cleaning every milking.
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Though it does seem to go against the spring calving principal, we wipe every cow, every milking because most are too dirty. At the moment thy are plastered in mud and even through the summer when they are on 12 hour breaks they just love to lie in their own sh!t.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Jerseys are strange animals!
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
I really don't think the short legs help
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
interesting point @Bald Rick are the sheds as clean as they were when the robots were in? Thinking as opposed to a steady flow of traffic you now have influxes so maybe more sh!t on the slats?
Well I suppose they are walking more and standing in a collecting yard which they weren’t before plus numbers have doubled since switch to rotary
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
scraping the collecting yard often enough? Have you had someone out with a swab machine to try to locate if the bacteria is on the bed or the teats?
also have you cluster flush on the rotary? Assume the robots would’ve done? Are you still correct on bed numbers and feed fence space? Thinking being more competition for food or space so more splashing possibility.
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
I have the housed herd hat, and t shirt, for both holsteins and Jerseys
We changed brisket board and neck rail, which made huge difference
Bedded on sawdust, offered paper towel to some, wiped a few, only really washed bullers or fallers
Cells were circa 100, bacto circa 20, mastitis under 2%
If they were ever a bit dirty, it was always lack of sawdust, always
Yes collecting yard is scraped x2 ie after each milking
Yes we swab tested beds and now dust every cubicle daily with Nadins hydramax
Yes we tested teats and use GEA udder clothes which are washed in 90 deg then wetted with dermaclean
No don’t have a flush system
Yes we are running at around 105% but are about to shuffle sheds around to reduce that to 95%
But splashing is a possible as one of the sheds only has half its floor slatted although the solid floor gets scraped x2 and at some point will install autos or maybe look at one of those robots that can do both ....
BUT I only wanted info on best place to source rags
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Yes collecting yard is scraped x2 ie after each milking
Yes we swab tested beds and now dust every cubicle daily with Nadins hydramax
Yes we tested teats and use GEA udder clothes which are washed in 90 deg then wetted with dermaclean
No don’t have a flush system
Yes we are running at around 105% but are about to shuffle sheds around to reduce that to 95%
But splashing is a possible as one of the sheds only has half its floor slatted although the solid floor gets scraped x2 and at some point will install autos or maybe look at one of those robots that can do both ....
BUT I only wanted info on best place to source rags
No1 White Clothing Rags - 10Kg Box - Mixed Clothing and Material - [MW-WC10KGBAG] - (HP)
TSSC Product No1 White Clothing Rags - 10Kg Box - Mixed Clothing and Material - [MW-WC10KGBAG] - (HP)
- Location
- North West
Can you post some pictures and draw some dimensions please?