I think she made like 600 or 700 which I was pretty happy with

That's why I separated them

​@MCMilkingIt Don't want to be knocking you but it's a bit late now if there calving in February. December should have been diet month for them

@derekoconnor8587 100% agree. This was actually a month ago. I was away and didn't get the video up until now

No but they will get 1st cut and the rest will get 2nd cut. Haven't results back yet

Probably like 5 or 6 hours when they are in the different groups like that. Very quick if they are milking and you can do them in the parlour or as they are coming out

Units not working

Thank you very much! Merry Christmas

Usually there enough excess rope to just pull out further and reconnect. Normally I get the guys from dairypower to come out and put a new rope on if it gets too short. Ya dry cows just get silage and we dust on precalver minerals now soon. Closer to calving we will also dust on sweet calmag to reduce the risk of milk fever

Nice one thanks for the tip

@@MCMilkingItyou will have no warranty then as far as I know using that adapter

I'll aim for some longer ones 👍 Once we get into spring there will be a lot more happening so it will be easier to get some content

Yes it keeps pulling until there is enough resistance to switch to the other direction

Cost less than one case of mastitis anyway

Are cows not allowed to go outside with Red Tractor?

This year everything got dry cow therapy as we have a bit of an issue with staf auras bacteria according to a lot of milk samples we had tested

That's a pity. Is that only since the cows' came in, or was it a problem outside, too?

@PatrickOsullivan-v1q have had a little before but I think the big problem is liners we're well over due but took a few months to arrive

Badly needed alright 😅

You are very good at cutting tails ❤❤

@@nicolemartin5065 thank you sis❤️

Yes they are very good 😅

We were milking around 450 this year

Ya milking 11 in 7

Broken units

Our parlour has auto ID as the cows have electronic tags so no need

It's more like in the yard 😅😂

Once you have one you couldn't be without it. So handy and versatile. We use the back actor a lot

About 70 older cubicles are in a shed along with where we calf the cows. Main benefit is the reduced cost of building. It was a lot cheaper to build the extra slurry storage than a shed. We are spring calving so cows are dry most of the time they are on them. It makes lovely diluted slurry and cows are acclimatise to being outside which helps when getting cows out to grass in spring.

@@MCMilkingIt thank you so much for explanation!

I have outdoor cubicles also. I will admit to feeling sorry for myself when scraping cubicles in the rain..once cows belly's are full the fermentation process in there stomach generates heat. There own hot water bottle

Yes very strange set up ,was going to say about excess rain water in the slurry but you explained it 😂 how many hours has your case done now

@penningtoncolin I think it has done like 1600 or something like that

I prefer the slurry diluted as it's easier to handle and better for growing grass. We aren't in a high rainfall area so you get lovely slurry.

Great trip. Good farms

@@MCMilkingIt isit possible to call in see the milking before they are dried off ?

That would be some impressive ROI if I could spend over quater of a million and make it back in a month

Ya the roof over the silage pit is a pain for filling but we also calve the cows in there. The objective isn't too keep them dry, just to disinfectant them. They are cleanest in the rain actually.

@@MCMilkingIt I can't believe what I'm seeing too. A fierce amount of experts in the comment :-).. keep up the good work, you do very informative videos and it's so obvious you have such a keen interest in the finer details from silage quality to reseeds to multispecies etc.

Correct !