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Does anyone block calf on robots or are we all AYR calvers.
What are the essentials tips for block calving on robots.
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Grazed grass? Or cut n carried?Seasonal calving. 30 heifers in April whilst lots dry then 75 cows 8th May too end of August. Full tank by 10th of July in plan and plenty posy of positive seasonal litres in second half of the year but still making use of milk from grass.
Cut and carried. I’d never get intake else.Grazed grass? Or cut n carried?
with you increasing cow nos have you still got enough feed space for them to all eat grass at the same time ?Cut and carried. I’d never get intake else.
with you increasing cow nos have you still got enough feed space for them to all eat grass at the same time ?
Our issue was only having enough barrier for 1/2 cows where we can put grass. So we make sure we push up regularly and plenty of tmr in the troughsI’ve space for 80 to feed at once. I also feed 120% of daily requirements and give any spare to other stock, usually a bucket to drys and bucket to bullers. Dont want too see cows without food.
Putting ring feeder out with a bale of nice seeds coarser haylage in loafing area this year to try and help bfat.
Does anyone block calf on robots or are we all AYR calvers.
What are the essentials tips for block calving on robots.
@kill
We're they refurbished machines? Sid's are Delaval VMS but his were refurbished and that's my intentions also.Which of you guys are on delaval vms? Neighbour had second hand ones in for about 18 months and has some real problems to the point they are for sale on TG site I think. It all sounds software related to me but no one in support wanting to say that I assume as I think he would be due some money back as cows have gone stale with so many problems/miss milking.
We're they refurbished machines? Sid's are Delaval VMS but his were refurbished and that's my intentions also.
Is it too late for him to refurbish them fully? Probably worth talking to a Delaval area rep as mine is brilliant and is installing 2 himselfI think this may be the problem. I think they had been in two places before his and sat for a year unused. They are still running XP which I assume means they haven’t been refurbished!? I don’t milk but have read up a fair bit about them and think his problems really should be solvable. He went robots due to health and I think he has embraced them. But the problems he gets are really the robots failing to do what they should. Quite sad situation.
Does anyone block calf on robots or are we all AYR calvers.
What are the essentials tips for block calving on robots.
@kill
Which of you guys are on delaval vms? Neighbour had second hand ones in for about 18 months and has some real problems to the point they are for sale on TG site I think. It all sounds software related to me but no one in support wanting to say that I assume as I think he would be due some money back as cows have gone stale with so many problems/miss milking.
Very wiseunwilling to consider any thing other than free access
thought provoking... any reasoning would be most welcomeVery wise
Because it works exceptionaly well. No need to clutter the shed up with hurdles, one way gates etc.& have cows in a holding pen when they could be feeding or resting in a cubiclethought provoking... any reasoning would be most welcome
Hello everyone, looking at putting robots in and just wondering if anyone had any feed back from the GEA monobox v's the de laval robot? We are AYR milking Holstein's... looking at utilising 2 robots for the higher yielding cattle. Any one had experience of mixing conventional milking and robot milking?
Looked at the usual three but not been impressed by Lely, specifically around their attitude. They have the attitude that they will automatically get the business and unwilling to consider any thing other than free access. (Plus they are a lot more expensive)