Teat sealing heifers.

[lazy farmer]

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

Bloody hell it takes me an hour to do 20 cows ! Let alone heifers.
im either too fussy. Too old or both !

 

[lazy farmer]

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

How do you know which ones aren’t quiet before they kick you ? And how do you deal with the non quiet ones ?

 

[Jamer]

How do you know which ones aren’t quiet before they kick you ? And how do you deal with the non quiet ones ?

I suspect there is crossed wires here between the maiden heifers you are referring to and milking animals?

 

[Lackey]

Erm... didn't read thread title properly It takes that long to seal the cows, including the ones that have only had one calving - so could still be referred to as heifers by some.
Do you seal heifers that haven't calved?
I'm not the one doing the sealing btw, I'm the tube passer (lackey by name...)

 

[farmer on a bike]

We use a squeeze crush, can do 20 an hour easy, even sit on a stool to do it. Just squeeze them up and open the door, quiet as you like. Decent squeeze crush is just a brilliant tool for keeping an animal quiet. We were having horrendous calving time mastitis in heifers, almost a third affected, in our autumn herd linked to serious wart issues. It was so depressing to see, and each year was getting worse than the last. Teat sealing 6 weeks pre calving has almost totally stopped the problem.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Erm... didn't read thread title properly It takes that long to seal the cows, including the ones that have only had one calving - so could still be referred to as heifers by some.
Do you seal heifers that haven't calved?
I'm not the one doing the sealing btw, I'm the tube passer (lackey by name...)

You have such a 'youthful' enthusiasm for the job ,i do just remember being like that many,many years ago

 

[Devon lad]

We use a squeeze crush, can do 20 an hour easy, even sit on a stool to do it. Just squeeze them up and open the door, quiet as you like. Decent squeeze crush is just a brilliant tool for keeping an animal quiet. We were having horrendous calving time mastitis in heifers, almost a third affected, in our autumn herd linked to serious wart issues. It was so depressing to see, and each year was getting worse than the last. Teat sealing 6 weeks pre calving has almost totally stopped the problem.

Do you do any pre calving teat spraying?
I try to run ours through the parlour 3 times a week to check and teat spray them

 

[farmer on a bike]

Do you do any pre calving teat spraying?
I try to run ours through the parlour 3 times a week to check and teat spray them

No, not now, we did try that but no benefit in our case and extra hassle

 

[Lackey]

You have such a 'youthful' enthusiasm for the job ,i do just remember being like that many,many years ago

I particularly like the 'youthful' - today I found out our teenage apprentice thought I was 60+
I always thought I looked ok for my age (a mere 45), shows what farming does to us. Good job I'm thick (and apparently aged and wrinkly) skinned

 

[Bury the Trash]

I particularly like the 'youthful' - today I found out our teenage apprentice thought I was 60+
I always thought I looked ok for my age (a mere 45), shows what farming does to us. Good job I'm thick (and apparently aged and wrinkly) skinned

the best i can think of at short notice is 'like a fine wine'

 

[Lackey]

the best i can think of at short notice is 'like a fine wine'

I'm going to keep telling myself that

 

[Dead Rabbits]

 

[Spudley]

We've had big problems with warts on heifers teats, they're away in quite a buggy place and our spot on application probably wasn't good enough. We put flectron tags in them last year, they lasted nearly the promised 5 months and only 2/35 heifers have visible warts, so we run them through the parlour for a few weeks before calving and pick them off.

 

[Sid]

Use garlic tubs for summer grazing here.
No warts on any heifers anymore.

 

[Will Blackburn]

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.

I have been advised not to trim tails immediately before sealing because of the potential for trimmed hair to be transferred into the udder.

 

[Devon lad]

Use garlic tubs for summer grazing here.
No warts on any heifers anymore.

Best place to get these tubs/price/how long they last for how many cows? Thanks

 

[Sid]

Best place to get these tubs/price/how long they last for how many cows? Thanks

We have a ton, used for all milkers and youngstock. Over 300 head.
Restrict milkers to milking time only due to risk of possible milk taint.

Tithebarn or Brinicombes.
Who ever is keenest on price!

 

[Devon lad]

Reviving this topic, just wondering if anyone’s still doing this?
I’ve got quite alot of heifers that arnt lying in cubicles and wondered how close to calving can you do them?

 

[s line]

Reviving this topic, just wondering if anyone’s still doing this?
I’ve got quite alot of heifers that arnt lying in cubicles and wondered how close to calving can you do them?

Can't you tie the heifers in the cubicles?

Put obstacles in the passage way, so no room to lie down.

 

[Devon lad]

Can't you tie the heifers in the cubicles?

Put obstacles in the passage way, so no room to lie down.

Did this for 10 days, probably retrained half of a group of 14