Teat sealing heifers.

[lazy farmer]

It took 3 and 1/4 man hours to seal 25 heifers this afternoon.
1 at a time through the crush lifting a leg for safety. So roughly that’s 8 an hour. Apart from the time taken it went really well.
Is there a quicker way that’s safe and produces good results
Thanks lazy.
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[Sid]

It took 3 and 1/4 man hours to seal 25 heifers this afternoon.
1 at a time through the crush lifting a leg for safety. So roughly that’s 8 an hour. Apart from the time taken it went really well.
Is there a quicker way that’s safe and produces good results
Thanks lazy.
I

Why seal them ?

 

[Rossymons]

Is there a quicker way that’s safe and produces good results

Yeah, don't do it.

 

[More to life]

Feed them more straw when springing

 

[bigw]

We have stopped sealing cows and cant say i notice any difference with mastitis levels, bugger sealing heifers!

 

[Barmyfarmer]

Didn't even know sealing heifers was a thing

 

[Rossymons]

We have stopped sealing cows and cant say i notice any difference with mastitis levels, bugger sealing heifers!

So do you treat them with anything at all or just stop milking them?

 

[Dairyfarmerswife]

We've done it in a parlour before, small disused fullwood parlour and squeeze plenty of them in, I think we had 8 in a six aside. Someone clips tails and someone follows behind sealing. They kick less than you would think. Probably did about 80 in a day. Loading them into the parlour takes a bit of time

That said, haven't done it in the last two years, the first year due to the OH being ill with food poisoning and last year conscious decision not to as we got away with the first year! Aiming to keep them clean as possible now although this year they are loose housed not on cubicles so we will see

 

[s line]

Its a Twitter thing at the moment ,teat sealing heifers.

 

[lazy farmer]

Its a Twitter thing at the moment ,teat sealing heifers.

Been doing it five yrs

 

[s line]

Been doing it five yrs

Yes,its appeared on my time line alot this last few months

 

[Devon lad]

Did it for a few years then Stopped increased Hygeine and bedding and don’t think I’ve noticed any difference

 

[lazy farmer]

We have increased bed tidying this yr and have kept them separately from
The main herd for longer. . noticed much easier to seal today. No blind quarters or hard quarters.

 

[Rossymons]

We have increased bed tidying this yr and have kept them separately from
The main herd for longer. . noticed much easier to seal today. No blind quarters or hard quarters.

What are you trying to improve on?

 

[lazy farmer]

What are you trying to improve on?

We get around 6% with issues at calving and it seems to be hard to cure with on going cell count issues and lost quarters. It’s quite a lot of our antibiotic usage.it was worse before we started sealing. If I’m totally honest our cubicle management in January could be better as we just aren’t there. this yr of course there’s not a lot else to do. So in theory it’s much better time will.

 

[bigw]

So do you treat them with anything at all or just stop milking them?

Started milking OAD for the last few weeks of lactation and take the yields down first. High cc will get ab, concerned about how long sealant can be stripped from cows and the effect on cheese making

 

[lazy farmer]

Started milking OAD for the last few weeks of lactation and take the yields down first. High cc will get ab, concerned about how long sealant can be stripped from cows and the effect on cheese making

Our cheese maker has a sieve especially for teat sealant.

 

[Rossymons]

We get around 6% with issues at calving and it seems to be hard to cure with on going cell count issues and lost quarters. It’s quite a lot of our antibiotic usage.it was worse before we started sealing. If I’m totally honest our cubicle management in January could be better as we just aren’t there. this yr of course there’s not a lot else to do. So in theory it’s much better time will.

Fair enough, best of luck!

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Did it once, my top tip is to use the kiwi locum from the vets on his day off.

 

[Lackey]

We do ours through the parlour, just run them in as with milking and most of them just stand quietly. Wouldn't say it takes more than 45 minutes, an hour max, to do 20 of them