Clay52
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- Outer Space
I think there is a story like that going around every diary area in the world. To be honest don’t believe any of them. I doubt anyone that has fed calves before is putting their old fella near them.
The mad world of relief milkers...
- Thread starter kfpben
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I think there is a story like that going around every diary area in the world. To be honest don’t believe any of them. I doubt anyone that has fed calves before is putting their old fella near them.
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
This one is 100% true. I know the family very well and see them most weeks.
I agree with you on the second point though!
celtis man
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My dad used to employ a man that you would say had anger management issues 
The version I heard was a college prank where they tied the bloke up in a pen of calves, with his pants down of course.
Doesn't bear thinking about...
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
Ever seen "the cowboy way"?
Yes!
goldtop
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Didn't they dust him in milk powder as well
It was 25 years ago I heard it, and was a long way down the grapevine, but that would fit in with the story.
holywell farmer
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- Location
- holywell, north wales
Is much late night milking in the uk i.e. 11pm onwards
- Location
- North West England
Can get finished that late at some places on 3 times a day. Especially if there is a machine / plant / animal problem.
@Thomas-milmain is on 3x and is usually done by some ungodly hour
holywell farmer
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- holywell, north wales
Milking is an ok job,
supercow
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- Location
- Dumfriesshire
You have to be wired to the moon to be finished after 7 (apart from pushing silage in checking calvers) in my opinion. Then again, I'm lazy
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
I’ve edited it to a proper finish time for you
supercow
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- Dumfriesshire
I agree with that but I didn't want to sound too lazy and get ripped to shreds by a fella who only stops work to sleep
Selectamatic
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- Location
- North Wales
There is a chap not too far from here who is a very good, competent, keen relief milker.
A local farmer thought he could put the young lad down in front of his friends, asking "How many cows do you milk in that farm?" knowing full well that the milker was not the most educationally blessed chap and that numbers were not his strong point.
"The bloody lot" was the milker's swift answer, putting the natty old farmer well and truly in his place.
A local farmer thought he could put the young lad down in front of his friends, asking "How many cows do you milk in that farm?" knowing full well that the milker was not the most educationally blessed chap and that numbers were not his strong point.
"The bloody lot" was the milker's swift answer, putting the natty old farmer well and truly in his place.
The flip side of this is that as a relief milker you get to see some very sharp operators and some who really shouldn’t be in this industry.
Yes, absolutely! We have Clients in both camps. After doing this for 24 years I have seen a lot of both and every new place teaches you more.
But, the stories that are being discussed here are not about technical proficiency but about the life choices or life styles of certain Relief Milkers