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Dairy chit chat II

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  • #7412
    Morris Moss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 572 ✭✭✭Morris Moss


    satstheway wrote: »
    Not the sealer its normally clumpier sticky sh1t.
    This is harder and grainer. If u squeese them with ur nail its like parmesan shavings. Quite hard.

    Milk stones, get them every now and again, nothing to worry about just make sure you strip them fully.


  • #7413
    satstheway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭satstheway


    Morris Moss wrote: »
    Milk stones, get them every now and again, nothing to worry about just make sure you strip them fully.

    Thanks never heard of them.
    Milking all my life and never seen them before.


  • #7414
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    satstheway wrote: »
    Thanks never heard of them.
    Milking all my life and never seen them before.
    I had a girl calve down with the same this year, big lumps that were hard to draw properly. I had to take off the unit off that quarter during milking and draw by hand until the lumps went again. Tubed her and she is still very slack in that quarter.


  • #7415
    Mf310
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭Mf310


    Fresh calver gone into tank this morn I thought i had dump line on but i had it on for the wrong cluster.. its a heifer and she had been milked twice before so this was her third milking id reckon she only had maybe 2 or 3 litres gone into a tank of 400 litres.... Would ballyragget test it if I brought it down? As its a heifer there would be no antibiotics although it would be very fresh


  • #7416
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,763 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Mf310 wrote: »
    Fresh calver gone into tank this morn I thought i had dump line on but i had it on for the wrong cluster.. its a heifer and she had been milked twice before so this was her third milking id reckon she only had maybe 2 or 3 litres gone into a tank of 400 litres.... Would ballyragget test it if I brought it down? As its a heifer there would be no antibiotics although it would be very fresh
    Should be fine if she got no antibiotics. I let hwifers milk in on second day here


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  • #7417
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,452 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    Mf310 wrote: »
    Fresh calver gone into tank this morn I thought i had dump line on but i had it on for the wrong cluster.. its a heifer and she had been milked twice before so this was her third milking id reckon she only had maybe 2 or 3 litres gone into a tank of 400 litres.... Would ballyragget test it if I brought it down? As its a heifer there would be no antibiotics although it would be very fresh

    Shouldnt be an issue. Second milking heifers go in the tank here


  • #7418
    Keepgrowing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Keepgrowing


    Mf310 wrote: »
    Fresh calver gone into tank this morn I thought i had dump line on but i had it on for the wrong cluster.. its a heifer and she had been milked twice before so this was her third milking id reckon she only had maybe 2 or 3 litres gone into a tank of 400 litres.... Would ballyragget test it if I brought it down? As its a heifer there would be no antibiotics although it would be very fresh

    No antibiotics no bother. Nothing to worry about


  • #7419
    Brown Podzol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Brown Podzol


    Keepgrowing wrote: »
    No antibiotics no bother. Nothing to worry about

    15% protein and 6% fat.:D


  • #7420
    Mf310
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭Mf310


    GrasstoMilk wrote:
    Shouldnt be an issue. Second milking heifers go in the tank here

    Keepgrowing wrote:
    No antibiotics no bother. Nothing to worry about

    Brown Podzol wrote:
    15% protein and 6% fat.


    Great job thanks lads only a new entrant this year doing a bit too much of listening to Teagasc....


  • #7421
    Keepgrowing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Keepgrowing


    Mf310 wrote: »
    Great job thanks lads only a new entrant this year doing a bit too much of listening to Teagasc....

    Oh Jaysus don't listen to them or your cows will die ;)


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  • #7422
    Keepgrowing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Keepgrowing


    Mf310 wrote: »
    Great job thanks lads only a new entrant this year doing a bit too much of listening to Teagasc....

    How's it going for you? Happy with the change?


  • #7423
    Mf310
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭Mf310


    Keepgrowing wrote:
    How's it going for you? Happy with the change?


    Flying it now ..bought 55 maiden heifers last spring aied them and have 40 calved down now will buy a few more calved soon ... couple of lads couldnt believe the idea of all heifers and said we were mad but I can say there was only 1 heifer that really was trying to cause trouble but she calmed down after a few milkings and then maybe 2 or 3 others that youd have to hold for a few milkings other than that it couldnt be better. Changed from sheep/beef so big change really... happy out now only really getting fully set up last week with roadways and the like will makes thing easy having a few paddocks instead of reels everyday


  • #7424
    Keepgrowing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Keepgrowing


    Mf310 wrote: »
    Flying it now ..bought 55 maiden heifers last spring aied them and have 40 calved down now will buy a few more calved soon ... couple of lads couldnt believe the idea of all heifers and said we were mad but I can say there was only 1 heifer that really was trying to cause trouble but she calmed down after a few milkings and then maybe 2 or 3 others that youd have to hold for a few milkings other than that it couldnt be better. Changed from sheep/beef so big change really... happy out now only really getting fully set up last week with roadways and the like will makes thing easy having a few paddocks instead of reels everyday

    Delighted to hear that. All the best


  • #7425
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,452 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    Nice to finally see green shoots. Grazed 3 weeks

    445333.JPG


  • #7426
    milkprofit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭milkprofit


    blackdog1 wrote: »
    Have to upgrade the water system this year. Anyone got any number or name of a good guy in North munster area? Also wondering is the loop system expensive to set up?
    whelan2 wrote: »
    Should be fine if she got no antibiotics. I let hwifers milk in on second day here



    Rules say 4-5 days
    Please be careful what u put in print


  • #7427
    milkprofit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭milkprofit


    Have to upgrade the water system this year. Anyone got any number or name of a good guy in North munster area? Also wondering is the loop system expensive to set up?

    cant find poster pass it on


    Terra services will do job or advice
    Decent people


  • #7428
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    milkprofit wrote:
    Have to upgrade the water system this year. Anyone got any number or name of a good guy in North munster area? Also wondering is the loop system expensive to set up?

    milkprofit wrote:
    cant find poster pass it on

    milkprofit wrote:
    Terra services will do job or advice Decent people

    Tq electrical thurles tom quinlan


  • #7429
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    Weather looking bad this weekend, anyone going with fertilliser?


  • #7430
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,623 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    Weather looking bad this weekend, anyone going with fertilliser?

    Have it out yesterday


  • #7431
    BigSteaks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 96 ✭✭BigSteaks


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Have it out yesterday

    Did you get much out with the barrow and bucket? Must be pure hardship...are ya worried about heavy rain promised or think you have it out on time?


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  • #7432
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,623 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    BigSteaks wrote: »
    Did you get much out with the barrow and bucket? Must be pure hardship...are ya worried about heavy rain promised or think you have it out on time?

    Nah just did 5 acres of paddocks. A bag to the acre. Had to put something out. Grass not moving. It'll be well absorbed by Wednesday I'd say


  • #7433
    BigSteaks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 96 ✭✭BigSteaks


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Nah just did 5 acres of paddocks. A bag to the acre. Had to put something out. Grass not moving. It'll be well absorbed by Wednesday I'd say

    Take ya long to do that? Feck all grass here but won't get it out this week so be and after now. Late year!


  • #7434
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,623 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    BigSteaks wrote: »
    Take ya long to do that? Feck all grass here but won't get it out this week so be and after now. Late year!

    About an hour. Glad I did it now. Give grass a help


  • #7435
    greenfield21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭greenfield21


    Looks like it might be a quick cold snap, hopefully back to mild weather after the weekend. Where's George with an update


  • #7436
    BigSteaks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 96 ✭✭BigSteaks


    greenfield21 wrote: »
    Looks like it might be a quick cold snap, hopefully back to mild weather after the weekend. Where's George with an update

    Buying bread!


  • #7437
    wrangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,521 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Nah just did 5 acres of paddocks. A bag to the acre. Had to put something out. Grass not moving. It'll be well absorbed by Wednesday I'd say

    Soil temp only crossed six degrees here today, so today is the first day anything would grow apart from daffodils and snowdrops....gonna be a long winter


  • #7438
    giveitholly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,294 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    Where would you pick up a thermometer to check soil temps and how much would it cost


  • #7439
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,623 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    wrangler wrote: »
    Soil temp only crossed six degrees here today, so today is the first day anything would grow apart from daffodils and snowdrops....gonna be a long winter

    Was a very warm day yesterday. Ground Temp not far from you were higher than that sat


  • #7440
    greenfield21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭greenfield21


    Has anybody started the second round what are growth rates like? Percentage grazed here 0.


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  • #7441
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,763 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    greenfield21 wrote: »
    Has anybody started the second round what are growth rates like? Percentage grazed here 0.

    5% grazed here. No fertiliser out. Some slurry out.


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