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Quarter Milker

  • 03-08-2018 7:15pm
    #1
    morclc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭


    I am interested in getting a quarter milker for cows with high SCC quarters. Does anyone have one or have any information about them? Thanks


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  • #2
    pms7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 483 ✭✭pms7


    Have one, got in coop.
    Work well if have one quarter very high scc


  • #3
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    pms7 wrote: »
    Have one, got in coop.
    Work well if have one quarter very high scc

    How do these work? Ive never seen or heard of them until now?

    Better living everyone



  • #4
    morclc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭morclc


    pms7 wrote: »
    Have one, got in coop.
    Work well if have one quarter very high scc

    Thanks for reply. What brand do you have? I was looking online and I found two brands Ambic and Shoof but I don't know which one is better.


  • #5
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    I thought about buying one but the effort of having to connect it up every milking. Instead now I just dry off any spins that are giving trouble, most of the time there is no issue drying off the spin (you do need to keep an eye on the spin the week or so afterwards), you'll get almost no reduction in daily litres going from 4 to 3 spins I find also.


  • #6
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    I have one from years ago but the seal on the lid is gone. I bought another one in dairygold last week that was there for years, fairly costly @ €68 and a fair pain connecting it up for different cows, if you have any lively cow she'll put it flying.


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  • #7
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    Timmaay wrote: »
    I thought about buying one but the effort of having to connect it up every milking. Instead now I just dry off any spins that are giving trouble, most of the time there is no issue drying off the spin (you do need to keep an eye on the spin the week or so afterwards), you'll get almost no reduction in daily litres going from 4 to 3 spins I find also.
    Do you put a dry cow tube up that quarter? Will she still have high scc in that quarter at the next calving?


  • #8
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Dakota Dan wrote: »
    Do you put a dry cow tube up that quarter? Will she still have high scc in that quarter at the next calving?

    No certainly not worth the risk of putting up a dry cow tube. And a decent few do come right by the next lactation, long time dry definitely helps to heal the quarter, however it is a big negative tick against her and if she is an oldish cow or has any other issues she could well be gone end of the lactation.


  • #9
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    Timmaay wrote: »
    No certainly not worth the risk of putting up a dry cow tube. And a decent few do come right by the next lactation, long time dry definitely helps to heal the quarter, however it is a big negative tick against her and if she is an oldish cow or has any other issues she could well be gone end of the lactation.

    So just stop milking that quarter, it was a vet told me that it would be safe to dry off a quarter with. Dry cow tube as each quarter is seperate the only danger is milking that quarter by mistake


  • #10
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Dakota Dan wrote: »
    So just stop milking that quarter, it was a vet told me that it would be safe to dry off a quarter with. Dry cow tube as each quarter is seperate the only danger is milking that quarter by mistake

    Well I've never risked it ha, Athlo I have heard of lads putting milking cow tubes in one spin and leaving off the milk from other 3 spins and getting away with it ha. Only safe way to try any of the above would be to test the milk for antibiotics just after you have put in the tube. And whereas one cow might pass using this, another one might not ha, so best to test all cows you might try the above with.


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