I'm in New Zealand and just got in from morning milking 308 cows, then watched an Irish man milk cows while I have breakfast. I must love cows LOL

@glenkoopman7347

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha same here, on what's meant to be a day off the farm I've gone and milked cows with a mate and now I watch this

Machines or not, the farmer’s life ain’t easy, hat’s off.

Zaujímavé video 👌👌👌

Excellent very informational

Great job Mark milked on a 60 unit dairymaster myself for a few years unreal the amount of cows that can be milked efficiently in a short space of time. Friend of mine done a lot work on your parlour spoke very highly of the set up. Great job wel done

Great to see the milking machine in action ,love the channel keep it up 👍

WOW awesome video. You guys have alot to remember to do. Definitely work for your money. Thank you for all you do to deliver a fresh product to people🧑‍🎄🎄🎁

Great. Video. First time viewer and now subscribed. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, that was mesmerizing. Good job.

Wow fancy milking parlour….. never seen a GEA one before!!! 60 units?? God your heard must be milked in jig time 🤔😁 great video lad very interesting!!!

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Ya 60 units 👍 would normally milk 300/350 cows an hour

A busy man

That's quite the process!

Fair play to you starting up doing the videos, takes a lot of time 😊

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@martinmagee1711

10 ай бұрын

​@@MCMilkingIt 🐄🐄 yes now

Looks like a smooth flow, cow traffic is very important want a nice smooth cow flow to make it efficient, keep up the great work 👌

Some operation. Very interesting video. 👍🏻

Those filters are reusable I have a Gea too and get couple of weeks out of those filters just rinse off well after first wash and put back in The hot water and detergent bring them up like new again!

serious operation

Yee must have a big Esb bill have got any solar panels to generate some one Esb

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

No solar panels yet but will probably put some up in the furture

How does the cow get back of this rotary system after milking ? I don't think that it get back just after opening the (door). There must be some electric pulse or signal or something like this that push the cow to get of the machine.

@MCMilkingIt

Жыл бұрын

No most cows will back off by themselves. When they do it once they know then. We do have an empty drum hanging down infront incase the cows aren't paying attention

Just seen your video. Excellent setup where are you based. Very interesting video

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Tipperary

Have GEA plant myself. Had problems milking out heifers. Shorten time till milk meter meters. Much better. Are those Lic cows

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

I turned mine down a bit too 👍 yes we use some LIC bulls

how you manage the maintenance of the milking equitment ?

Milk the odd time in a new GEA herringbone, Lovely parlour, Only criticismsare NF at this time of year and also find the vacuum to be a little low but that can probably be adjusted.

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Ya the NF is a pain at the back end

Amazing job 👏 I'm experienced in dairy farming. Is there any possibility to work with you ?

Здравствуйте! Подскажите пожалуйста, почему Вы не обрабатывает вымя коровы перед доением?

great video, we are putting a 54 bale waikato in currently which will look very similar to this parlour. would be great to have a video looking at all your rails and locations of rails in the yard for some ideas. at the entrance to the deck do you find cows flow in nice on an angled front or not? we are being advised to have it square but that just doesn't seem logical. would be nice to scratch your head a bit and see what if there are areas you would change or anything else etc.

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Are you on Instagram?

@TheMathedis

2 жыл бұрын

No I'm not only use KZread

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Send me a DM on this

@TheMathedis

2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt sorry I'm being bad at replying haha. Trying to figure our how to dm you haha

A MAGNIFICENT VIDEO ,HOW DIFFICULT ,And how long does it take to train newly calved heifers into the routine

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Very quick now, once the get on once they are flying it 👍 and a lot go on handy enough first time

Some job

It's probably a soft start motor that turns the parlour. A two stage plate cooler would suit you if you don't already have one. It cools with running water and ice Bank water.

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Ya we have the 2 stage plate cooler 👍

Some parlour. So the retaining bar is up all the time unless a cow needs a second rotation? I thought it would be down until just before exit

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Yes correct. A lot of other brands use gravity to drop the retention bar every time and the ram to lift it everytime. Whereas here a spring holds it up and a ram brings it down when it is needed. So it's not working as much so less wear and tear

what is the blue drum on a rope for

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Encourage the cows to get off/let them know it's where they get off

well...that setup cost a couple bucks...friendly banker?

@MCMilkingIt

10 ай бұрын

Decades of hard work and yes, lots of debt 😅

Discovering your channel .. great video.. 340 /390 cows .. means how many litres of gallons of milk produced per per year ? Cow performance to get an idea ? Very impressive…

@MCMilkingIt

6 ай бұрын

About 6,000litres/cow. 480kgMS/cow

Greetings. Why do you need antennas at the entrance if you have antennas at every place?

@MCMilkingIt

7 ай бұрын

The antennas at the entrance didn't work so they had to put them in every stall after

It's a great setup. Just wondering why ye would have this parlour instead of robots? Would there not be less work with robots?

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Robots would be a lot more expensive for our herd size and in my opinion robots don't suit our system as it is a spring calving grass-based system

@Jp12987

2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingItthanks for reply. am a sheep farmer so wouldn't have an idea about the cost or other factors involved. Just follow you and two other dairy farmers on KZread and enjoy the videos.

@TheMathedis

2 жыл бұрын

Robots are superficial when it comes to labour. On the face they look like they are less work but there is more cow management behind the scenes and they are 24/7 work too

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jp12987 thanks for the comment

How do you get your cows to come on to the parlor of their own free will

What kgMS do you peak at and what production does a cow do per season?

@MCMilkingIt

7 ай бұрын

Peak at about 2.3-2.4kgMS/cow and produce about 510kgMS/cow per season.

No offence but when you have that much spent on a parlour surely that pallet could be replaced with something better.

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I always get that 🤣 will make up some gate for it in the future

@oppamaclare

2 жыл бұрын

Every self-respecting Irish farmer has to use a pallet at least once a day. I don't see any baling twine though.

What’s the purpose of the bucket on the rope at the start of the parlour ?

@kevinbiggs7428

2 жыл бұрын

To get the cows to back off the platform.

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbiggs7428 that's exactly it 👍

Why the blue barl on the platform. Thanks.

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Broken unit

Do you do the milking by yourself or do you have a helper

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

One person milking

What encourages the cows to leave the platform and do ye feed meal while milking

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

We do feed meal, it's training really but the cows knowing they going back out to grass

@eannatobin5773

2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt thanks

Which company milk parlour you have ?

@MCMilkingIt

Жыл бұрын

GEA

@gopalbijarniyan1821

Жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt thnx for your quick reply 🙏🙏

How long does it take to do a full rotation and how long does it take to do the 400 cows plus are you on snapchat

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on how much milk the cows have and that but usually between 6 and 8 minutes per rotation. Would normally milk 300/350 cows an hour and when really moving can get that up to 400 cows an hour

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry not on snapchat, just Instagram

Why dont the cows have full length tails?

@MCMilkingIt

8 ай бұрын

That's their natural tail length. We trim the hair to keep the udder clean

Do you always use so much water. Do you recycle

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

We use the water from the plate cooler to wash down

What are your kgs per cow this year

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

450kg/MS

What happens to the male calves?

@MCMilkingIt

Ай бұрын

All the male and beef calves are sold either directly from our farm or through the mart

isnt this dangerous for the cows? What if they get stuck while trying to get out but if they are to slow

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

There are safety switches and sensors to stop the platform if a cow isn't on or off fully

@oghuzkhan5117

2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt thanks for your reply. I am going to subscribe to your channel. Greetings from Turkey

Wiy do you have stalls booked

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

The ones with barrels are broken

...And Africa we're still struggling to change constitution to make more seats for lousy politicians, current politicians to have a hefty retirement package and pensions incase they loose election.

i am from the Philippines im interested to work in your company

Did you ever think it would have been easier with robots

@MCMilkingIt

2 жыл бұрын

Robots would be a lot more expensive for our herd size and in my opinion they don't suit our spring calving grass based system

@blaineriach2409

2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt I was just wondering because I work at a 10 a side parlour it gets quite tiring when you have A lot of cows

good day how to apply in your company?

equipment looks dirty

Why don’t you clean the utter and strip the utter and dip the utter. your milk filter looked very bad!!

@MCMilkingIt

Жыл бұрын

We don't think it is necessary. The teats are clean enough when they are out on grass.

@Geco2011

Жыл бұрын

Every dairy I have seen, and my own, use this Standard practice. Plus your cows don’t look that clean. and you should consider cleaning your milk filter more often

@MCMilkingIt

Жыл бұрын

@@Geco2011 milk filter is changed every milking

@Geco2011

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for replying