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How do you mix milk for suck calves?

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  • #32
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    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    I think I heard him say on his farm tour video that each machine was €14k.
    Not sure if you can get smaller versions, but I guess all the money would be tied up in the central feeder unit which would be required no matter what herd size you would have.
    From his reviews of it, it does seem like a great system for those with a number of calves.
    Not sure how many you'd need to be putting through it annually for it to be a feasible system though.
    A dairy farmer friend installed two 4 years ago. I think he said they were 11k for the two of them and I noticed this year he has another two added. He milks about 300 and rears all his heifer calves and a good few bull calves to 6/8 weeks. He had some initial teething problems especially around drainage as the auto feeders wash after every calf gets fed and the bedding wasn't lasting long. He got pig slats as a work around and they seem to have solved the problem.


  • #33
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    In a large dairy herd machines suit more as there is a continuous chain of calves being added.
    With calf to beef calves come in bundles and can be 3 to 6 weeks old so OAD feeding works from arrival.


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