Dairy Chit Chat- Please read Mod note in post #1

Dawggone · 08-10-2015 10:13AM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Be nice. Future workforce.

Ah Brown, I'm always nice!
Me a people's person...:)

In fairness they are always a well behaved bunch and there is no hulabulo about h&s. They all had a glass of raw milk...can't see the Irish mammies allowing that.

Greengrass1 · 08-10-2015 10:18AM

Did anyone else have to put in a flyscreen in dairy after putting in a new tank?
Been around a good few farms last few yrs and I reckon I've seen none in any dairy

pedigree 6 · 08-10-2015 10:28AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Did anyone else have to put in a flyscreen in dairy after putting in a new tank?
Been around a good few farms last few yrs and I reckon I've seen none in any dairy

When I built the parlour 5 years ago, I was told you had to have a flyscreen. For that reason I made steel doors for dairy with a flyscreen. It used to be on checklist of glanbia inspector, don't know now. As you say a lot of farms I've been to as well have pvc doors and no flyscreen as a window etc.

whelan2 · 08-10-2015 10:30AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Did anyone else have to put in a flyscreen in dairy after putting in a new tank?
Been around a good few farms last few yrs and I reckon I've seen none in any dairy

I have one

Milked out · 08-10-2015 10:32AM

Have a fly screen in steel sliding door here, half expecting to be told to change it for proper doors

Timmaay · 08-10-2015 10:33AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Did anyone else have to put in a flyscreen in dairy after putting in a new tank?
Been around a good few farms last few yrs and I reckon I've seen none in any dairy

Put in a small enough one, less than the 1/2 m2 that is needed, and the grant inspection lad said I'd want to increase the size of it. While your sealing up the dairy now I'd fire it in if you haven't already.

Greengrass1 · 08-10-2015 10:49AM

Timmaay wrote: »

Put in a small enough one, less than the 1/2 m2 that is needed, and the grant inspection lad said I'd want to increase the size of it. While your sealing up the dairy now I'd fire it in if you haven't already.

Pvc door going in there. Bought 3 of them. 2 for dairy and one for machine room.

kowtow · 08-10-2015 10:56AM

I'm about to put a wooden door in for the dairy, can't stand the look of PVC.

So I suppose that will have to have a fly screen...

I suppose a couple of punkah wallahs waving fans in front of the door on the day of inspection wouldn't cover it?

whelan2 · 08-10-2015 10:59AM

Bord bia man asked specifically for the fly screen . Will post a picture later

freedominacup · 08-10-2015 11:03AM

degetme wrote: »

I see maize started today in North cork

I'd say half of the maize in this area harvested. Crops under plastic taken out before ploughing. I'd be trying to get it out before it got frost. Gains through leaving it standing very marginal at this stage.

stanflt · 08-10-2015 11:06AM

freedominacup wrote: »

I'd say half of the maize in this area harvested. Crops under plastic taken out before ploughing. I'd be trying to get it out before it got frost. Gains through leaving it standing very marginal at this stage.

Break the stem of the plant in half- if you get more than 2-3 drop of liquid it is not ready to harvest- if you harvest with more than 3 drop you'll have very little starch and a bad feed

freedominacup · 08-10-2015 11:13AM

Dawggone wrote: »

Ah Brown, I'm always nice!
Me a people's person...:)

In fairness they are always a well behaved bunch and there is no hulabulo about h&s. They all had a glass of raw milk...can't see the Irish mammies allowing that.

Very funny one a few years ago at a parents council meeting. We were organising refreshments for a school event. Basic enough tea/coffee, sandwiches, buns etc. We were organising who would get what in terms of supplies. One of the neighbours wives said she'd bring a can of milk from the dairy for the tea. Cue a serious amount of uncomfortable squirming as some of the more squeamish mommies tried to figure out how to refuse her without offending.

whelan2 · 08-10-2015 11:14AM

Fly screen

whelan2 · 08-10-2015 11:17AM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Pvc door going in there. Bought 3 of them. 2 for dairy and one for machine room.

is that not a fly screen to the left? I have a patio door in mine, pvc in 1 door and glass on the other

Greengrass1 · 08-10-2015 11:43AM

kowtow wrote: »

I'm about to put a wooden door in for the dairy, can't stand the look of PVC.

So I suppose that will have to have a fly screen...

I suppose a couple of punkah wallahs waving fans in front of the door on the day of inspection wouldn't cover it?

You'll be made take it out I'm afraid. Not allowed wood in a dairy. Home for bacteria

Greengrass1 · 08-10-2015 11:47AM

whelan2 wrote: »

is that not a fly screen to the left? I have a patio door in mine, pvc in 1 door and glass on the other

Yeah that's our fly screen. Put it in this morning. Door for front opens in middle. Have window in dairy too. Need to make door going into parlour bigger to fit in the door

whelan2 · 08-10-2015 12:22PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Yeah that's our fly screen. Put it in this morning. Door for front opens in middle. Have window in dairy too. Need to make door going into parlour bigger to fit in the door

once all doors and windows shut tight there shouldnt be a problem

farmerjj · 08-10-2015 01:50PM

We have a few British Friesian type cows that are scanned not in calf, was thinking of drying them off soon. But my question is it worth while fattening them up and maybe taken them to the factory around dec/jan or milk them on and sell them in the mart straight out of the parlour? Have enough feed and sheds to keep them

stanflt · 08-10-2015 01:52PM

farmerjj wrote: »

We have a few British Friesian type cows that are scanned not in calf, was thinking of drying them off soon. But my question is it worth while fattening them up and maybe taken them to the factory around dec/jan or milk them on and sell them in the mart straight out of the parlour? Have enough feed and sheds to keep them

It costs 450 to finish a cow over 3-4 month winter- if your getting 700 now you will have to get 1150 before any profit

kevthegaff · 08-10-2015 02:19PM

If theyre still milking will they add or lose weight 3kg mewl grass/silage

Greengrass1 · 08-10-2015 02:26PM

Dry for 2-3 wks. Let them look a bit fuller and put the gap to dealer or mart

wats the craic · 08-10-2015 02:28PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Did anyone else have to put in a flyscreen in dairy after putting in a new tank?
Been around a good few farms last few yrs and I reckon I've seen none in any dairy

i have one the auld lad put in 33 yrs ago

Milked out · 08-10-2015 02:41PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

If theyre still milking will they add or lose weight 3kg mewl grass/silage

Any cows of that type if you feed on a bit while milking they tend to put on a bit of condition and at least will be covering cost of feed sell straight out of parlour then

kevthegaff · 08-10-2015 02:47PM

Any idea will cull prices hold lad, had 16 emptys out of 150 scanned last week14 week breeding

mahoney_j · 08-10-2015 03:19PM

Milked out wrote: »

Any cows of that type if you feed on a bit while milking they tend to put on a bit of condition and at least will be covering cost of feed sell straight out of parlour then

Agree put them on 4 kg meal beteween now and dry off and they'll be good and fleshy .just milk them and straight to mart last morning .fag box maths
Milking on say 17 ltrs @29 cent per ltre is 4.93 in milk daily ,4 kg nuts @.26 c a kg is 1.04 and say a euro for all other costs including labour leaves 2.89 daily profit .a typical br fr cow could be a fleshy 600 kg plus in December and could clear 1.50 kg maby more leaving a sale price of 900 plus and also an extra 60 days milk after above costs of 174 euros

stanflt · 08-10-2015 03:22PM

Maize needs 3 more weeks

Sacrolyte · 08-10-2015 03:33PM

Dawggone wrote: »

As chilled as can be DSW!
They are all drinking hot milk from styrofoam cups now. Yeuch!

I can't really turn them down as its being going on here for 30yrs or more. Half of them watching a cow calving...should I get the jeep or a big tractor to pull calf??:)

Have ya no track machine???

Dawggone · 08-10-2015 03:41PM

Scored some free duck slurry near to an outside farm.

mahoney_j · 08-10-2015 03:48PM

Dawggone wrote: »

Scored some free duck slurry near to an outside farm.

I hear that's meant to be the most vile smelling shire of them all ,makes pig slurry smell like a good bottle of perfume !!!!

Dawggone · 08-10-2015 06:14PM

mahoney_j wrote: »

I hear that's meant to be the most vile smelling shire of them all ,makes pig slurry smell like a good bottle of perfume !!!!

Nothing can prepare you for that whiff!
It has a half life of about a hundred years...if it gets on you...celibate status for weeks! I did it once for half a day and OH burned the clothes before bringing them into the house.
Excellent product though.

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