I find Midd Tipp mart site handy. https://www.midtippmart.com/reports-prices
Never knew about that yoke GTM. Handy job
Came across it before....the teat wipes in the dry cow tube boxes were contaminated.
Some of those wipes are for cleaning, not disinfecting.
I fook all of them in bin ….pain in ass to use
I only dry off a couple at a time, if your doing a full row the patience would be tested alright
I of those wipes does 4 teats for me... 🤦♂️
If there is any child around here looking bored, I put them opening them and put them in the a biscuit box to use the morning after.
You could not be around the parlour, opening one by one
Rip down through all four in one go. No need to be opening them individually. No point sparing them, I use all four per cow. Three on the cow and then one on my hands after.
use nothing here …milk ,spray dry wipe ..tube and seal ….similarly only do few at a time
Any tips or tricks for a 2nd calver that hasn’t passed her cleaning after nearly a week?
She had twins with the 2nd calf coming backwards. I had a small pull to get her out but no jack needed and the cow stood straight away.
I called into the vets office and they gave me oxytocin and penicillin but 3 days later and it’s still hanging there. I handled her to see if that’d help but no joy with that either.
Any ideas or should I get the vet for her tomorrow just in case?
Unless she's sick. She will pass it in her own time. Not everyone will agree .
It will pass on day 8 generally. Hope it's not in the parlour though cos the stink will be barbarous.
Empty 2 litre bottle and an old milk liner. Fill with warm water first time and pour into her. Next time a small bit of iodine in the warm water. Like a weak tea in colour..flush that into her and she'll hopefully pass the cleanings and clean herself out throughout the day
gently move cleaning, up/down/side to side, the go in a semi circle….very little strain or pressure, do the same at next milking….make sure not to snap it you need it all to come out together, if in doubt stop, any left inside can turn toxic
you need to hit them straight after calving for oxy to work
All the above advice is true, but if your not sure ya may ring the vet, especially if your working no point coming home to a sick cow and using up valuable time. Especially after twins.
Thanks for the help folks
Might be no harm to give her penicillin after she cleans and for the love of god man wear 2 gloves when trying to coax out the cleaning…if u know u know…
Don’t worry - I’m a big fan of gloves!
I have psoriasis on my face and if my hands get too dry/wet/sore it makes the skin on my cheeks even redder.
watch out for a cow to get an lda after holding a cleaning more so aftet having a set of twins would take about a week to hear one
oh that lovely smell!!!!!
any fresh calved cow here that doesnt finish the nuts… has a touch of mastitis.. holds cleaning etc.. gets pumped with 50l of an energy drink for that very reason… have my own aggers pump.. i would recommend every dairy farmer having one… nip a serious health issue in the bud before it becomes serious
Not something I want to meet on my honeymoon as our now retired local vet remarked years ago
100% agree
Got a pump a few years ago, best piece of animal health kit on the farm.
Youd see the vet listen with a stethoscope. Friend of mine has one. He said he did kill a heifer with it before.
What product are you using? Bought a pump and a box of powders off AHV a few years ago but need to restock soon and wondering what's best. Agree it's well worth the effort of doing.
Would anyone have a link to explain drawings and taxation. How would drawings compare to a paye taxed salary
https://agrilloyd.ie/n-ergiser/
not cheap… we dont buy much from them.. but salesman is a family friend so we give him a turn every once in a while
Have a 75x60ft shed i was planning on putting scrapers and cubicles into and could save €30k+ if I was to straw bed it.Id be in a big tillage area here and usual buy a good bit of winter barley straw on the flat,bale it myself and sell it out of my shed in the winter.Cow would also be out on the land here pretty early too.
Would a 75x60ft shed be big enough for 70 cows to lay down in?..there is a serious natural fall towards the slatted feeding area outside the shed as is or would it be better spend the extra from day 1 on cubicles and scrapers?.small issue here is there is no dungstead so clean out wouldn't be possible from November to January
In area it would sound about right. A suckler cow requires 4.5m. Not sure what straw costs down there but with cows milking for.a while on the bed and some calving on it, I am not sure how feasible it is. As well not being able to clean it for 12 weeks will be a serious issue. You will have some volume of dung to rot down and spread, it will be great for land but it will be a serious annual cost.
Between straw, cleaning it out ( probably definitely a contractor for the end of January one) and spreading you are lookkng at 15k+ a year.
