Moocall

karolmc100

I just purchased a moocall my query is how to i relase the strap .I am concerned that i may have over ratcheted it while getting to know the product and am now not able to release it

Deepsouthwest

karolmc100 wrote: »

I just purchased a moocall my query is how to i relase the strap .I am concerned that i may have over ratcheted it while getting to know the product and am now not able to release it

Are u Tom Browne?!!

karolmc100

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Are u Tom Browne?!!

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darragh_haven

karolmc100 wrote: »

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Big piece in the IFA about Tom Brown putting moocall on his 1000+ cows

Milked out

It was the moo monitor tom brown got, a Dairymaster pedometer yoke. Moocall is the thing around the tail for calving I think. Don't have one op but isn't the idea it moves from cow to cow so there must be some way of opening it.

Kovu

karolmc100 wrote: »

I just purchased a moocall my query is how to i relase the strap .I am concerned that i may have over ratcheted it while getting to know the product and am now not able to release it

It looks like you just lift the small clasp to the left, you had pushed it down to the right when putting it on.

There's a video here- Skip to about 2.05 in if it doesn't bring you there automatically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVPP9tpwe4

doyleshill

It is very easy to overtighten the strap on Moocall. Bought one this year and would have strongly recommended it. I now see a cow who calved about five weeks ago with a very short tail,my only explaination is that I overtightened the moocall and left it on her tail too long ,rather than releasing it for a few hours. Does a cows tail grow back?

Kovu

doyleshill wrote: »

It is very easy to overtighten the strap on Moocall. Bought one this year and would have strongly recommended it. I now see a cow who calved about five weeks ago with a very short tail,my only explaination is that I overtightened the moocall and left it on her tail too long ,rather than releasing it for a few hours. Does a cows tail grow back?

Eh. No.

When you say short, do you mean it looks like the tail was docked through the bone? If you over tightened it you would cut off the blood supply so the end of the tail will die and fall off- Similar to a ring on a lamb's tail.

doyleshill

It looks like thats what happened.

john p mc g

doyleshill wrote: »

It looks like thats what happened.

It's hard to get it right with some cows I didn't want to over tighten and then it fell off lucky it didn't get smashed and rubber bit went down through slats had to get new one

Limestone Cowboy

Was giving serious thoughts to getting one but the last few posts are putting me off a small bit. All my cows calf outside and was thinking it would be handy in the winterage but if it falls off up there more than likely I'm not going to find it and I don't want to be docking cows tails from over tightening it. Have many people had trouble with them falling off?

sonnybill

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Was giving serious thoughts to getting one but the last few posts are putting me off a small bit. All my cows calf outside and was thinking it would be handy in the winterage but if it falls off up there more than likely I'm not going to find it and I don't want to be docking cows tails from over tightening it. Have many people had trouble with them falling off?

they are a good tool... its easy to evertighten true but you get used of it very quick..

you ideally need her restrained to judge tightness correctly. I put one on a cow out in the field for a neighbour and she was moving away from me and I overtightened and it went off some time later as a false alarm.

they will lose the tail if its left on for like a week without giving her tail a break but generally.. no action in 2 days take it off and leave it off until dark that night and you covered once again for the night shift

feartuath

I have only used mine twice this year and i find them great.
Each cow sent me a text and email when they started calving, the first cow a big charolai her tail was two big for the device and i had difficulty attaching it.
No problem with the other cow
I restrained both cows and cilpped the tails when putting on the device.

Miname

I wouldn't be a fan . I've one at home and I'm going to cancel the annual charge, it's finicky and unreliable.

cute geoge

What is this annual charge?

Milked out

Would a calving camera not be a better investment

feartuath

Annual charge is150 euro which is dear enough.
My main reason for purchasing was for heifers that are calving from next september on and will be out on grass with me at work

Bigbird1

I used it on 2 cows and it sliped off both times . They were in the pen with other cows not sure if they were hitting off it or what. Iv lost all confidence in it now

doyleshill

That's the main problem,you tend then to overtighten with the rachet strap.