My work farm

[Kiwi6920]

Ok guys here are some pics of the farm i work on, its 160ha not acres as i said eariler, we run 450 cows and have 100 replacement heifer calves

Here are 40 of the calves in the padock after i feed them

Looking to the small section of the main farm from the calve padock

Where the cows walk into the milking shed

The right side

The start of the yard from the entence of the cow shed

looking on the round yard heading to the rectangular yard

Looking at the storage tanks for calve milk and the loading race for the truck

The milking machine ( water ring vacum pump) and the milk cooler and wash tub

The bulk milk tank for the factory milk ( big one) the small one is another calve milk tank and teh blue trailer is the 50 teat trailed calve feeder

The high presure water tanks and the storage room ( far end) the office is on the close end of the pic) The milk cooler water is held in these tanks to wash the yard down

The head bail gates left and right

The small feed pad we have, it can hold 180ish cows

The yard with the milking herd on it ( 350 cows currently)

First cow comming into the shed

The  JD 2140 2wd we have at the moment ( ment to be getting a new case)

The Giltrap 10 cuM silage wagon

Another 20 calves out side

End of the tour for now guys, ill get some more pics later for you if you want,

We are just starting to get drainage done, Here is a pic of the truck tipping 14m3 in to the pile, his 6th load

Hope i didnt bore you to much guys

[Kiwi6920]

Sorry for the crap pic quality the pics are of my cell phone and sorry for the double up on the mob of 20 calves with 12 in the pic 

[texas]

Looks great Nick. Very nice place where you live. Do you have a other picture from the calve feedtrailer. Never seen this before.

Texas

[Kiwi6920]

Looks great Nick. Very nice place where you live. Do you have a other picture from the calve feedtrailer. Never seen this before.

Texas

Here is a link to the makers website http://www.stallion.co.nz/mobgrav.php

The model we use is MG50lt, That one is slightly newer but still the same idea, Ill get some pics of the feeding tomorrow ofr you texas,

Im in Manawatu In New Zealand , we have a good climate here and grow alot of grass year round here, Hope that info helps you mate

[texas]

Thanks for the info. But a question: to feed calves this way don't you get problems later with the calves that when they don't get milk anymore they go to drink by each other. i hope you understand what i mean.

Texas

[Kiwi6920]

Thanks for the info. But a question: to feed calves this way don't you get problems later with the calves that when they don't get milk anymore they go to drink by each other. i hope you understand what i mean.

Texas

I know what you mean mate, starngely enough no we dont get those problems, we get those problems when we feed them daily ( only one or 2 calves a year) So far we havent had any yet thos year ,they just suck on one calves ears and they go all ******, We are giving shed calves milk, water and meal the outside calves are getting milk meal water and grass,

[Graeme]

Do you sell for the veal market?

[Kiwi6920]

Do you sell for the veal market?

Yes and no, We send our 4 day old calves we dont want Eg Jersey or calves form 1st calvers  on the boby lorry So yes we sell to the veal market but then we dont if you know what i mean

[texas]

Yes and no, We send our 4 day old calves we dont want Eg Jersey or calves form 1st calvers  on the boby lorry So yes we sell to the veal market but then we dont if you know what i mean

Why don't you want claves form 1st calvers and what is EG jersey?

Texas

[Kiwi6920]

Why don't you want claves form 1st calvers and what is EG jersey?

Texas

Eg is short for example, Jersey is a breed of cow, we run Fresion crossbreed with jerseys, and pure fresions, The rason we dont keep calves from 1st calvers is becouse we use small bulls to get small calves to make it a easy calving on the cow, these calves genrely dont have very good breeding worth and a not any good for milking from, That explain it mate?

[rich.new holland]

nice parlour  its a lot easyer with mordern kit isnt it  my friend has a round collecting yard and automatic gates driven by water which also cleans  the yard at same time

[graham]

great pics kiwi nick . ;Dlike texas said i have never seen a calf feeder like that before , i have installed many milking parlours all westfarlia ones biggest was a 32 point rotary how many can you milk in yours is it waikato . nice pics are the cows out all year ; \

[texas]

Eg is short for example, Jersey is a breed of cow, we run Fresion crossbreed with jerseys, and pure fresions, The rason we dont keep calves from 1st calvers is becouse we use small bulls to get small calves to make it a easy calving on the cow, these calves genrely dont have very good breeding worth and a not any good for milking from, That explain it mate?

Yes it is very clear for  thanks.

Texas

[P.Morrison]

How many units are there??

[Kiwi6920]

How many units are there??

It has 32 sets of cups in it at the moment, but we are extending it to 44

great pics kiwi nick . ;Dlike texas said i have never seen a calf feeder like that before , i have installed many milking parlours all westfarlia ones biggest was a 32 point rotary how many can you milk in yours is it waikato . nice pics are the cows out all year ; \

Yes that is a waikato plant, i personaly dont like it, i have allways used milka ware plant and never had issues with it, My inlaws have a 32 bail internal rotary, i have a friend milking in a 80bail rotary also, Our calves go oustide after 6 weeks in the shed,

Yes our cows are out side all year, we never get snow here and the lowest temp we get normaly is -5deg but thats just at night,

Thanks for the nice comments guys glad you enjoyed them ill get more pics of around the farm as i work today

[Deere-est]

Cheers for the pics Nick, I almost feel homesick  :'(

[Light Land]

Interesting.