Day in the Life / February / 430 spring calving dairy herd

[@stevepalmer8285]

Thanks.i do enjoy the day in the life videos.thanks.

[@brianhanley4599]

Thanks for sharing. Nice to see your working day

[@Andrew-xh8vb]

great operation!

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[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Nice System man looks like it works well for you

[@TheMegahusky]

Excellent video! You can't beat Dr Green for cows to sustain their milk flow.

[@michaelwalsh9145]

You could get a sleeper or two to stop the cows in the calving pen from dragging straw onto the slats, probably a bit late with the advice if you haven’t done it already

[@MCMilkingIt]

We drive in with the quad to pick up the calves is the only problem

[@smalldairyfarmer]

Super video 👍

[@blaineriach2409]

Grand video

[@johnoconnell3842]

Can you comment on monitoring 430 cows calving? Do you keep an eye on things through the night etc? How do you manage first time heifer calvers?

[@MCMilkingIt]

Cows are divided into three groups: early, mid and late calvers. When the spring up the move to different cubicles where they can me looked at more often. When they are about to calf they move into the straw shed. There is CCTV in the straw sheds and someone would usually get up during the night if needs be

[@johnoconnell3842]

But no individual calving pens? They calve in the group pen on straw? Any issues with calves sucking the wrong cow etc

[@MCMilkingIt]

That's right calving in big group pens. Calves are bottle fed 3 litres of colostrum within the first hour or 2. We pool the colostrum so we aren't worried about calves sucking other cows unless they haven't calved. Calves are picked up 2xday and moved to the calf shed.

[@Panchdeburca]

Super video again. Where did you get the round calf feeders? Are they JFC? And do you have to clean them often or just an odd time

[@MCMilkingIt]

They are from Milk Bar. I really like them 👍 we don't clean them out that often as each feeder stays with its own group of calves

[@geralddoody6114]

Did you ever c the mobile scraper on ifarm wefarm

[@MCMilkingIt]

Ya looks cool

[@geralddoody6114]

Are you running the farm on your own

[@paulinejordan2458]

Your Cows don’t seem to mind you taking the calves away. I grew up on a farm and if the cows were parted from their calves for any length at time at they would constantly be mooing for them.

[@MCMilkingIt]

Our cows are very tame and friendly which van only help I suppose. They are taken away within a day at least, normally less than 12 hours so they don't get too attached. Maybe they know they will be looked after well 🤣

[@nicklad9463]

Will ye expand more and do ye zero graze grass

[@MCMilkingIt]

The current aim is to be milk around 420 cows, after that it depends on how the future goes and what opportunities present themselves. We don't zero graze

[@geralddoody6114]

Why did cow not exit the rotary parlour

[@michaelwalsh9145]

She was probably a slow milker

[@bobmorse3513]

How many jerseys do you have I milk 200 jerseys in a 50 stall rotary in CT USA and how big a parlor do you have

[@MCMilkingIt]

Our herd is mainly crossbred so we don't have any purebred jersey's. We milk through a 60 stall

[@seanomahony6875]

Where do u sell ur bull calves and do many of them go for veal

[@MCMilkingIt]

We sell all our calves directly from the farm and I don't think any of the calves go for veal. They all go to Irish beef farms

[@theyoungfarmer567]

Why do u use a backhoe instead of a telehandler?

[@michaelweld676]

Why not?

[@MCMilkingIt]

It's a much more versatile machine. I ment to do a 3cx review video during the winter but never got around to it. I'll try do it in the summer maybe

[@theyoungfarmer567]

@@MCMilkingIt ahh Ryt I woudve thought a tele is more versatile but I’ve never drove a 3cx so I don’t know

[@MCMilkingIt]

You wouldn't have the lift height but there is nothing you can't do with the back actor

[@patjuliettefleming1150]

Great viv slick operation

[@eoinegan5323]

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[@agnieszkatucznio5720]

Terrible poor baby animals, let them be with them mother!! Milk from mother caw is for them not for you !!! Awful people!!!!

[@bobthebuilder5779]

They're fine they don't care so why would you??

[@agnieszkatucznio5720]

@@bobthebuilder5779 because I have a heart and a soul?!

[@bobthebuilder5779]

@@agnieszkatucznio5720 do you have any pets? I have always wondered if the people that don't want animals taken away from the mothers have pets

[@agnieszkatucznio5720]

@@bobthebuilder5779 I have four pets all from an animal shelter I would never buy a dog or a cat from a pseudo-breeding farm, I have not eaten anything from animals for years, I do not contribute to the suffering and captivity of defenseless beings to a cruel man

[@bobthebuilder5779]

@@agnieszkatucznio5720 I think you should release them into the wild they shouldn't be stuck as someone's pet. I'll just be over here enjoying my steak and cheese and milk