As it’s full swing with the heifers in the parlour now just wondering what do ye do to calm them and stop kicking
Would that not drive them mad 😂😂Try and get in mature cows at front and back for a start .
I tie their back leg , or legs to the rail with a rope .
Would that not drive them mad 😂😂
Tried the vice grips a few times and they would send them flying across the parlourNo . I roped one this morning , and didn't need to this evening .
I wouldnt let a kicking bar into the place .
Vice grips seems to be very popular , by other lads talk .
Tried the vice grips a few times and they would send them flying across the parlour
Tried the clips a few times don’t really seem to work when they move there tail they would go flyingUse a jump lead clip as high as possible on the tail,not used a kick bar for a good 10 years or more here,very rarely need a clip.
Ya 😂😂one into the head and you wouldn’t be running to put it back in againExactly my findings too . A danger to myself .
Ya there the wans 😂😂they use them as a weapon for revengeNever had one come off yet,you need this type and right up high,no way they can move them if up high.
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Dont forget to take it offYa there the wans 😂😂they use them as a weapon for revenge
At least they wouldn’t be as bad as forgetting to take off the kick bars😳Dont forget to take it off
Ya there not bad but with a 36 unit parlour 15 heifers can’t mind them all at onceWell you know what they say “quiet men make quiet cows”
I’ve never had a cow or heifer I couldn’t manage,patience is a virtue.
I’ve string on our clips so when you spray the cow it reminds you to remove it,although I do find clips far easier to wean off a cow than a kick bar.Dont forget to take it off
I love milking heifers there no bother at all,they calve in with minimal problems and just get on with it,must be two in the pit with 36 units?Ya there not bad but with a 36 unit parlour 15 heifers can’t mind them all at once
Ya 2 people somtimes but when there’s milk for calves while there feeding u can be down to 1 unless you have 3 people. and No it’s herringboneI love milking heifers there no bother at all,they calve in with minimal problems and just get on with it,must be two in the pit with 36 units?
Or is it a rotary?
A rotary is worse as you’ve no cow to keep a heifer tight up,2 here in my 32/64 many a time we’ll have 20 heifers in a side,I’d be feeding after milking till they settle.Ya 2 people somtimes but when there’s milk for calves while there feeding u can be down to 1 unless you have 3 people. and No it’s herringbone
Most of them would be very quiet.had a stock bull of mascol out of the pietje cow family ( remember the bull sunnyboy back 20 yr ago ) that came from donegal who was a lovely quiet bull but by god what he bred would leave Conor McGregor looking tame.had to let some of them off .there was no settling them .someone would have got hurt with themWell you know what they say “quiet men make quiet cows”
I’ve never had a cow or heifer I couldn’t manage,patience is a virtue.
And it’s the red cows Christ they are a different breed😂there is just somthing to themMost of them would be very quiet.had a stock bull of mascol out of the pietje cow family ( remember the bull sunnyboy back 20 yr ago ) that came from donegal who was a lovely quiet bull but by god what he bred would leave Conor McGregor looking tame.had to let some of them off .there was no settling them .someone would have got hurt with them