The cows have moved in!! Photos

farmerjohn · Mar 14, 2014

The fence builder came today and built the cow lane between the old and new barns, so this evening after the cows were milked in the stanchions they were shuttled over to the new barn for feeding and sleeping. It sure made feeding time a breeze! Will be a week or two until the parlor is ready, will post pics of it up and running.

retired farmer · Mar 14, 2014

That looks like the same bunch of cows that are over at the dairy out here.

jeffcat · Mar 14, 2014

The only thing is you build such a nice place with love in your heart and all they do is POOP all over the place! Jeffcat

howdy1960 · Mar 14, 2014

How the ell long cows live? Top photo looks like one I used to milk back in mid 70s ~shock~

Chris(WA) · Mar 15, 2014

What is the point of the area in the middle? Looks like a place a feeder could have gone? Just curious...

Hoofer B · Mar 15, 2014

watch for excessive hoof wear on the new concrete. do very ltle if any hoof trimming for a while.

dcarp · Mar 15, 2014

Should be interesting to see how the cows work out who goes where. The cows at the dairy where I used to work would go to the same place each day. Each one had their own specific "parking space" and it never varied. The bell cow would come in first, go to her spot and the rest would follow to their spots.

gtractorfan · Mar 15, 2014

That brings back memories. When I was young and we had cows they'd crowd around the door at milking time, same cow or cows always had to be first and they all knew their place at which stantion. In a big new barn they must be confused for a while.

Cas · Mar 15, 2014

Nice looking setup. Just a few questions. How is the feed going to be pushed up to the cows after they eat what they can and push away the rest of it.
I have looked at a few side by side parlors and it amazes me how the cows come in turn and wait to be milked. They seem very comfortable and content for the time they are in the parlor. Wonder how long it will take for them to get used to it. Please post back, we would interested.

fixerupper · Mar 15, 2014

Nice looking setup. You have good reason to be proud. It's always exciting to move into a new building. Jim

retired farmer · Mar 15, 2014

The dairy out here uses a four wheeler with a little snow plow blade on it to push the feed back.

JD John · Mar 15, 2014

Looking Good! New barns are exciting to get into. You think feeding is easy, just think no more gutter to clean either.

4xMF · Mar 15, 2014

Good looking. How many cows is it for and how many beds are there? I mean can all the cows lie down at the same time?

samn40 · Mar 15, 2014

Looking good, Health to enjoy! I was working for this farm yesterday, hauling cow muck, Our cows feed out of precast troughs to save pushing the feed in to them, might be worth thinking about later on?
Sam

T in NE · Mar 15, 2014

May save some time now not pushing feed up, but when it gets hot out and spoils, they"d make for a lot more shoveling.

We had a old tire mounted on an arm that went on the skidsteer. It layed flat, and spun, pushing the feed in as you drove through the barn.

RodinNS · Mar 15, 2014

Looks good. I hope those were freestall cows at one time tho... there's nothing worse that trying to train an old tiestall cow to eat through a locking head gate and lie in the stall and not the alley... Alley scrapers might help with that.

Rod

farmerjohn · Mar 15, 2014

About 75 cows with 108 freestalls. They are used to freestalls being switched between them and the stanchions. A plow for the 4-wheeler is planned to push the feed in.

Geo-TH,In · Mar 16, 2014

Nice set up. The only thing missing is the smell. Keep in mind I grew up on a dairy. We milked, pastorized, bottled and delivered. Yea, back in the day glass bottles, cream in the top.

What are you going to use to clean the floor?

We had a set up to push everything off the into a spreader below.

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