Sorry yes I am including bringing in cows from field to closing them out again .
So 1.5 hours for milking and another hour for washing machine parlour and bringing in and out cows .
Well it's under 2 hours this time of year .
That's a lot of time for just milking?
Our routine is wet the floors and walls, drop the units, open the gate and let the cows up, switch on the feeder, walk back along the cows to tip them up, close the gate, feed and switch on the machine.
Put units on slow cows first, then the rest and leave in the other side.
Walk up the parlour to tip up the cows, turn on the pump to pump out water, put the line in the tank, switch on water and pump onto automatic and walk down to close the second gate and feed.
The first units should be off so let the first 2 up and put on the first cow. Let the milk from the third unit up while putting on the second and so on.
When putting on the 10th unit, open the gate and let them off and the last cow should be well on her way by the time the 16th unit is going on.
We wash each unit and let up the milk while washing as the last row is milking and wash down the walls and floors while the machine is washing for 10 minutes.
The longer the cows are in the yard, the more shite to clean and the longer the cows are milking, the more shite in the parlour to wash off.