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Multi-power
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Sounds like you have hit the 50% calved in 3 weeks target
FatBelinda
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Let's start with the parlour..... where I perform my greatest work.
32/64 swing over. Westfalia Metatron 12 meters, direct to line.
The cows love the rubber flooring
The red bar lifts off so that when we bring the crocks and new calved cows in from the pen at the front of the parlour, we just pull the front rail out and turn them round.
32/64 swing over. Westfalia Metatron 12 meters, direct to line.
The cows love the rubber flooring
The red bar lifts off so that when we bring the crocks and new calved cows in from the pen at the front of the parlour, we just pull the front rail out and turn them round.
FatBelinda
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Aah, the old "how many per hour" questionWow some parlour, how many an hour roughly? No feeders
Oh and meet our latest arrival, not the most valuable bull calf mind, just call it Spottie.
His mother is the last to calve of 10 heifers we had down from a Macclesfield farm about a fortnight ago View attachment 6636
With the wind behind us we could do 170-180. 2 in pit, full routine (dry wipe, strip out and spray afterwards)
However, as is usually the case, something comes along to cock it up. Even though we don't feed in the parlour, our cows are the biggest dopes ever. They don't come in (even with a backing gate), don't go out, don't get off the rubber at the front, causing a jam which makes them crap, then you're held up swilling. Or they turn round to fight with the ones still coming out. Dump bucket, tubing things, new calved cows, getting heifers to let down, flies causing quite a few reattaches
Will be nearer 140 on average.
FatBelinda
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What's your bull calf by? He's got some fancy markings
Oh and meet our latest arrival, not the most valuable bull calf mind, just call it Spottie.
His mother is the last to calve of 10 heifers we had down from a Macclesfield farm about a fortnight ago View attachment 6636
7614
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Do you fancy keeping him as a future gene poolWhat's your bull calf by? He's got some fancy markings
I think he must be from their sweeper bulls which were a couple of x breds., the earlier calving ones were to sexed..
Always two of you in that parlour surely?
FatBelinda
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Oh yes. And occasionally a child to send cows out, spray teats and keep me in brewsDo you fancy keeping him as a future gene pool
I think he must be from their sweeper bulls which were a couple of x breds., the earlier calving ones were to sexed..
Always two of you in that parlour surely?
I do 13 (apart from a lie in once a week), then there are 5 milkers over a fortnightly rota and the boss a few times (he's usually scraping, bedding and feeding)
FatBelinda
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Do you fancy keeping him as a future gene pool
I think he must be from their sweeper bulls which were a couple of x breds., the earlier calving ones were to sexed..
Always two of you in that parlour surely?
We've some new blood coming sometime this next week. He's a bit older, so should deal with the cows better than these youngsters that fall off ☹
And we've kept a Fred son to grow on for next year
7614
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Ok I will keep him for you for the year after!!We've some new blood coming sometime this next week. He's a bit older, so should deal with the cows better than these youngsters that fall off ☹
And we've kept a Fred son to grow on for next year
