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kowtow

Dawggone wrote: »

Met a guy buying one of these in the local agri hardware store. Needs it for heifers that are reluctant to enter the robot.


Anyone have a guess at the price?

I did look them up here once but can't remember the price... they weren't cheap!

whelan2

Dawggone wrote: »

Met a guy buying one of these in the local agri hardware store. Needs it for heifers that are reluctant to enter the robot.


Anyone have a guess at the price?

around 1000?

Dawggone

whelan2 wrote: »

around 1000?

Bang on Whelan!
€1014 + vat....

He said that, depending on the time of year, he could spend up to two hours per day at that craic. May as well have a milking parlour...

kowtow

Dawggone wrote: »

Bang on Whelan!
€1014 + vat....

He said that, depending on the time of year, he could spend up to two hours per day at that craic. May as well have a milking parlour...

I think that was the conclusion I reached, also a lot less noisy.

Mind you, it's a slippery slope. That's probably how he got the robot in the first place.

Dawggone

kowtow wrote: »

I think that was the conclusion I reached, also a lot less noisy.

Mind you, it's a slippery slope. That's probably how he got the robot in the first place.

I was wondering were they loud, they were going to plug it in for him but I hadn't the time to hang around.

kowtow

Dawggone wrote: »

I was wondering were they loud, they were going to plug it in for him but I hadn't the time to hang around.

They don't have any electric cream separators in there do they? Usually made by "Milky"...

Dawggone

kowtow wrote: »

They don't have any electric cream separators in there do they? Usually made by "Milky"...

Quite possibly as they have a section of utiles de fromagerie and viniculture.

Greengrass1

Dawggone wrote: »

Met a guy buying one of these in the local agri hardware store. Needs it for heifers that are reluctant to enter the robot.


Anyone have a guess at the price?

One of them on my wish list.
Scan the cows, find which are having heifers and bang that on the cows then in the pen.
No need to get up out of the leaba at 2 am if a cow is going to have a bull. He'll be fine till 6

Timmaay

Greengrass1 wrote: »

One of them on my wish list.
Scan the cows, find which are having heifers and bang that on the cows then in the pen.
No need to get up out of the leaba at 2 am if a cow is going to have a bull. He'll be fine till 6

Their all fine until 7am here....

leg wax

Timmaay wrote: »

Their all fine until 7am here....

i think this crack of tubing calves will be out of fashion like chip pads in a few years, calves have been getting up and sucking for thousands of years, a weak calf i will help but if they all need doing i am not looking after the cow right when she is dry is my thought on this.

Greengrass1

leg wax wrote: »

i think this crack of tubing calves will be out of fashion like chip pads in a few years, calves have been getting up and sucking for thousands of years, a weak calf i will help but if they all need doing i am not looking after the cow right when she is dry is my thought on this.

Not a hope. Have never reared as good calves since we started snatching calves and bottling them asap. Don't blanket tube but always a few that needs it

Milked out

leg wax wrote: »

i think this crack of tubing calves will be out of fashion like chip pads in a few years, calves have been getting up and sucking for thousands of years, a weak calf i will help but if they all need doing i am not looking after the cow right when she is dry is my thought on this.

Its the sealer can be the issue sometimes or the cow with the udder not very accessible for the calf or the just the cow that won't stop fussing enough to stand. Also with autumn ones here cows can take over another calf when dry and mother doesn't get the chance to feed them in the field.
. Some cows the sealer can make it right hard to draw the milk others seem less so. I spose at the end of the day making sure the calf is fed yourself is reducing risk of calf not getting enuv biestings

Dawggone

Milked out wrote: »

Its the sealer can be the issue sometimes or the cow with the udder not very accessible for the calf or the just the cow that won't stop fussing enough to stand. Also with autumn ones here cows can take over another calf when dry and mother doesn't get the chance to feed them in the field.
. Some cows the sealer can make it right hard to draw the milk others seem less so. I spose at the end of the day making sure the calf is fed yourself is reducing risk of calf not getting enuv biestings

+1. No sealers here for that exact reason. Also no stomach tube here. We depend on animal health...72 calved in the last 5 weeks and not 1 needed assistance to drink.

Edit.
76 live healthy calves. I suppose that I've jinxed it now !!

kevthegaff

I milk by hand straight into bucket then bucket and teat, takes no length!

Timmaay

With sealers I think it's important only to put in enough just to seal the teat end, I never fire the whole lot up, you spend the whole 1st week of her in the parlour having to strip sealer out.

But interesting point Dawg, might make sense to strip out the sealer in a teat or so with cows that your sure will calf in the next day or so? I'm changing my dry cow routine here also, going to leave all dry cows out on a sandy Paddock to let the bag soak up for 1st 3weeks of being dry, then house them. We usually out winter the 1st 15/20 drycows, this year I'll keep rotating them instead.

Deepsouthwest

If I have a calf in the middle of the night, it's straight back in to bed with me as soon as he hits the ground, then beastings with a bucket and teat straight away in the morning regardless of whether he's sucked or not, and most of them do suck by themselves. Will strip out the sealer alright though.

leg wax

i have no bother with stripping sealer out but nature hopefully will kick in after that and if not then help will be given, must now remember to strip them when calved, my little lesson for today.:P

Milked out

Dawggone wrote: »

+1. No sealers here for that exact reason. Also no stomach tube here. We depend on animal health...72 calved in the last 5 weeks and not 1 needed assistance to drink.

Edit.
76 live healthy calves. I suppose that I've jinxed it now !!

Fair going dawg well done. Are these out of your beef bull? Had one stillborn here and had to put down one calf hips where quare. All calved themselves bar the stillborn had to pull him out alrite

Dawggone

Milked out wrote: »

Fair going dawg well done. Are these out of your beef bull? Had one stillborn here and had to put down one calf hips where quare. All calved themselves bar the stillborn had to pull him out alrite

All limo crosses.

The only dead calves were a pair of deformed twins. Another pair of twins today calved without any assistance, up and drinking really fast.

Tbf all calving is done outdoors and a pre-calving bolus is given to cows.

Sent one of the limo Bulls off today with an injured back. I hope he's the one throwing the big calves...

Greengrass1

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Not a bad oul tune

visatorro

24 calves born this back end. 5 heifers!! there goes the theory about more heifers with a stock bull!

on teat sealers all dry cows get sealer because they are housed on slats. kinda depends whether iv biestings in the freezer / parlour on what Is do with the calf. I would draw out the sealer alright. if calf wants to drink fair enough.

frazzledhome

All winter ladies were in calf to HE and have 70% heifers on the ground

Timmaay

The few Autumn calvers I had mostly had HEs, all made good money, heifers 250 and bulls over 300. Probably the only bit of profit I'll make off them cows this lactation! Frazz I thought you did away with all the autumn calving cows?

Milked out

12 replacement heifers here including a set of twins from 30 calved so far. Have 1 bb heifer and two sets of m/f twins as well

Greengrass1

Timmaay wrote: »

The few Autumn calvers I had mostly had HEs, all made good money, heifers 250 and bulls over 300. Probably the only bit of profit I'll make off them cows this lactation! Frazz I thought you did away with all the autumn calving cows?

Friend sold a 4 wk old aubrac calve in mart this week 455e got similar money in the spring for them.
Think I will be going 3 wks fr ai and 3 wks beef.
Very poor return here with heifers too. Only 8/24

keep going

kevthegaff wrote: »

I milk by hand straight into bucket then bucket and teat, takes no length!

One my better ideas last year was to run a 1/2pipe to the crush which is adjacent to cow calvin area from the milking parlour vacumn line, bought an old bucket plant and it makes it quick and easy to milk a sup for calf.that said anything born after 3 is left to morning

Dawggone

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Friend sold a 4 wk old aubrac calve in mart this week 455e got similar money in the spring for them.
Think I will be going 3 wks fr ai and 3 wks beef.
Very poor return here with heifers too. Only 8/24

Good money for calves being paid by buyers with you. Bit of madness in the market Atm?
The most I can get for decent limox is €200.

Cow Porter

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Greengrass1

Dawggone wrote: »

Good money for calves being paid by buyers with you. Bit of madness in the market Atm?
The most I can get for decent limox is €200.

Crazy altogether. But I won't say no to a lad who wants to pay that. We stick at a standard price with lad that buys mine

einn32

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