David's going Dairying.

Jb1989

tanko wrote: »

What will be going in the other half of the shed from the milking parlour?

Drafting area.

roosterman71

tanko wrote: »

What will be going in the other half of the shed from the milking parlour?

Sitting room including beer fridge :pac:

davidk1394

tanko wrote: »

What will be going in the other half of the shed from the milking parlour?

Handling facilities and a drafting crush in a few years.

davidk1394

roosterman71 wrote: »

Sitting room including beer fridge :pac:

I'd never have to worry about drink driving the morning after.

blue5000

roosterman71 wrote: »

Sitting room including beer fridge :pac:

Man shed?:D bit draughty though:pac: Needs a stove.

Reggie.

blue5000 wrote: »

Man shed?:D bit draughty though:pac: Needs a stove.

Could be done

davidk1394

Making good progress in the last few days

davidk1394

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minerleague

davidk1394 wrote: »

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Nice, pity to dirty it now with cows!

Reggie.

davidk1394 wrote: »

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Good stuff lad

Tileman

When do have it finished up for David. When is the first calving due

Are u missing the lambing this year?

farawaygrass

Tileman wrote: »

When do have it finished up for David. When is the first calving due

Are u missing the lambing this year?

Did you like the sheep David? Just too little return is it compared to dairy?

morphy87

davidk1394 wrote: »

Making good progress in the last few days

It will be some job when it’s finished

davidk1394

farawaygrass wrote: »

Did you like the sheep David? Just too little return is it compared to dairy?

I liked the sheep and I still have a handful knocking around the place. I don't think they'll never fully go ! There is 3 of working on the farm and I was contracting. It worked well because I had very little living expenses but I knew if I decided to build a house or start a family there wasn't going to be enough money there. My parents are in there early 60's and there is physical work involved in sheep even though we have good facilities. So it was on the cards something had to change.

When I came back from Australia I decided to buy heifer calves with the money I had and make a plan to go at cows and if the plan didn't work out at least I can sell the heifers. What really put the ball rolling was getting a job offer to go out to Saudi Arabia to the dairy farms. That's when we made the decision collectively that now is the time to make the change or forget about it.

My parents are a massive help throughout this project. My mother did a lot of the paper work for the land transfer, banks, changing over the herd no. My father was helping at the contracting and then day to day work, his gifted at fencing and handling stock, spotting if an animal is off form, these things all helped getting us to where we are now. I'm really looking forward to seeing the first row of cows going into the parlor.

Tonynewholland

davidk1394 wrote: »

I liked the sheep and I still have a handful knocking around the place. I don't think they'll never fully go ! There is 3 of working on the farm and I was contracting. It worked well because I had very little living expenses but I knew if I decided to build a house or start a family there wasn't going to be enough money there. My parents are in there early 60's and there is physical work involved in sheep even though we have good facilities. So it was on the cards something had to change.

When I came back from Australia I decided to buy heifer calves with the money I had and make a plan to go at cows and if the plan didn't work out at least I can sell the heifers. What really put the ball rolling was getting a job offer to go out to Saudi Arabia to the dairy farms. That's when we made the decision collectively that now is the time to make the change or forget about it.

My parents are a massive help throughout this project. My mother did a lot of the paper work for the land transfer, banks, changing over the herd no. My father was helping at the contracting and then day to day work, his gifted at fencing and handling stock, spotting if an animal is off form, these things all helped getting us to where we are now. I'm really looking forward to seeing the first row of cows going into the parlor.

Best of luck with everything in your first year milking. A good parlour makes milking a pleasure when the cows are settled and trained in. You won’t regret putting in the feeders either

davidk1394

Another important delivery today. We still have another 18 days until the first heifer is due. The parlor is installed. Wiring and plumbing is going ahead next week. The 3 phase should be installed the middle of February.

Reggie.

davidk1394 wrote: »

Another important delivery today. We still have another 18 days until the first heifer is due. The parlor is installed. Wiring and plumbing is going ahead next week. The 3 phase should be installed the middle of February.

You just have to fill it now

davidk1394

Reggie. wrote: »

You just have to fill it now

Hopefully in a few years

Bass Reeves

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/farm-fragmentation-and-lameness-pushed-me-to-go-oad-milking/

Just came across this regarding a lad OAD milking. 635 margin per cow on 4400 litres at high solids

Mooooo

An option but tad is still economically better. Know lads giving 1400 litres more on the same percentages, even here with a young herd I sent in 100kg more ms than that, costs higher but not enough to negate the extra 100kgs/ ms sold

davidk1394

Looking for a few opinions. What wash down pump do people have for washing down parlors or yards. It'll be a 40mm pipe and I have the choice of single phase or 3 phase. Would I be better off putting in a wash down pump with or without a pressure vessel ?

Say my name

davidk1394 wrote: »

Looking for a few opinions. What wash down pump do people have for washing down parlors or yards. It'll be a 40mm pipe and I have the choice of single phase or 3 phase. Would I be better off putting in a wash down pump with or without a pressure vessel ?

There's no pressure vessel on the volume washer here. Just a straight pump with a pressure switch after.
It's a single phase and I think 1.5hp. Works away fine bar you might have to press the reset button on the pressure switch an odd time and then change the capacitor whenever that goes.

Water John

A holding tank before the washer. Depends on the set up but water from a plate cooler could be reused.

The Rabbi

With a lot of natural light in the parlour you will get moss, consider adding chlorine to the wash down water.

davidk1394

The first heifer to calf and she had 2 heifer calves The parlor is nearly ready and 3 phase is going in Tuesday. A lot of time and dedication to getting to where we are today but it was worth it all.

Bass Reeves

davidk1394 wrote: »

The first heifer to calf and she had 2 heifer calves The parlor is nearly ready and 3 phase is going in Tuesday. A lot of time and dedication to getting to where we are today but it was worth it all.

Beginners luck

whelan2

Best of luck with it all

davidk1394

Thanks everyone. Hopefully the luck will continue

Mooooo

Best of luck

Base price

Delighted for you David and you have two replacement heifers already. I'm looking forward to the pics of the first row in the parlour.