New facility looks great, did you notice that with the gates for all four pens located in the same place the first two groups had to turn back on their normal direction to fill the pen whereas the last two pens flowed through very easily, when you empty the pens the last two pens will flow very easily and the first two pens will have to reverse their direction as they exit the pen, when you are planning the working area mark the laneways and gates on the floor first and then as a group do a walk through to find the easiest stress free route
I noticed that. I think the water troughs are in a place where it forces the cows to change direction. Maybe moving them to the opposite wall would allow for better cow flow.
I think that passage will fill up with dung after a while with no regular traffic to walk it down. Another issue is the pens are a bit big and not enough cattle to walk down dung
That shed is really nice. You and your team sure know how to utilize space. I love how you always evaluate everything with the animals coming first and then making the tweets as you go. Nice video Tom. ❤❤
Can you do an overview of the new systems? This is obviously vary different from milk cows, so i would love to hear more about the what, whys, and hows of the differences. In general, I would love to get a 5 minute crash course on the uk beef industry.
You will love the slat floor! The reduction of bedding makes it a lot more labor friendly. Plus a reduction of the manure volume. The only draw back is you need to put larger cattle on them. Small calves will have hoof issues by the time they are finished. We have three slat floor buildings. It greatly reduced the amount of bedding we needed and fewer loads of manure hauled out too. Cattle stay much cleaner too. Brushes or rub mats are a must have item. It will be interesting to see how you get your handling system setup.
@@thedirtygardenerTom dumped her a couple of months ago, it was a massive shock to Joanna. Jo, Harvey and the dog seem to be managing just fine, with the support of her friends and family
Tom I'm worried about getting cattle back out of those pens again it could be very difficult to get them to go through that small gate to get back into the race. Time will tell but it's a limitation I can see from the system. Loving the new Massey it looks amazing
I know you guys are most definitely meeting regs, but it does seem like a lot of cows to live there permanently. Really interesting video as always. Keep it up ✌️
Congratulations, new shed looks great. Might be interesting to see the business end of the slats, under the floor and how you process the eventual buildup. Wishing you and your family the best.
The first 2 pens you filled need a extra gate at the shed entrance to allow easy exit or a spare gate at the existing entrance to pull around to create a funnel effect.. I know this as I work in a 55 pen slatted shed and 2 of the pens have the entrance in the wrong corner and cattle run past it
Super setup! I think you’re gonna struggle to get stock out of the two pens closest to the handling area. If possible move the gates on the alleyway to the other corner for better cow flow
Definitely need a wider gate. Some of them looked tight going in and they’ve a long way to go to finish. Plus will be very awkward anyways to get them out because they’ll try to go alone the inside of the race while the others go through the race
Experience of intensive beef with similar stocking rates is that you want lots of ventilation to avoid respiratory pproblems. Don't seal it up with galebreaker. Cattle only need to be out of the wind and rain. We took the ridges off to get airflow.
Just by looking at the spec on that shed and by that I mean galvanised steel work and rubbers on slats that is an extremely expensive shed and would take two lifetimes to justify but it is a really fine job .
What a busy day! But it looked like things went fairly smoothly for all concerned. I must admit, it was very hard to NOT look at the feeder! 😂 I suspect the pens are bigger than they look, since you mentioned there were 42 head in one pen, with plenty of room, but I'm wondering how do you keep those floors clean? I'm sure all will be revealed in future videos. Thanks for taking us along on your "Adventures in a New Shed". ❤️ from Michigan USA
Cleaning out the leftover/reject feed from the troughs is somewhat labor intensive. So come up with a mechanical solution. Design a welded up shaped ramp thing to go on the loader so you can drive down the alley and the feed slides itself out of the trough. May not get it all but if you get 90% then good enough. Then it can all be scooped up with the bucket same as if you had pitch forked it out of the trough.
The Breeze is probably good don’t bother with trying to stop it. With the amount of cattle in that shed you’ll need as much airflow as you can get. For older cattle like them the temperature and draught won’t affect them- cattle are comfortable down to -5
Bonjour 👋 belle vidéo 📹 beau bâtiment a voir si vos animaux vont s habitués à ne plus avoir de paille !! Vont il avoir des fibres à manger dans leur ration bonne fin de semaine à bientôt force et courage pour la suite
I think you will have to put boards on the middle race Tom as the cattle will stick there heads through the bars and not move along it, It looks a great shed 👍🏻
congratz to you and the team Tom! very curious about this barn design! where I farm we don't have the climate for something like this and love learning about new set ups keep up the good works guys!
Good morning Tom. It's getting cold outside. Please dress warm. A farmers work is never done. Happy to know the place for the cows is done. Happy cows Happy farmers. Have a blessed day I hope you had a happy and wonderful Thanksgiving.
Tom you will have to fill each pen up if not the Shite will not get pressed through and it will just build up on top of the slats we had slats with Round holes in them I dont like them I prefer Straw and bedding them and you are in amongst the Beasts all the time keeps them tamer and you can see any problems on the Animals cheers from Bonnie Scotland
nice looking new shed Tom, i think like you said about the feed trough, you will have to clean out any old feed, the pro's and con's of the different options, i would personally had the feed on the floor / ground. not that hard to push up feed vs time to clean out a trough. however if the feed is fresh, clean and eaten / cleaned up by the cattle, then trough cleaning won't be too big a task.
If you do not over feed then you rarely have to clean out a feed bunk. Floor feeding beef cattle wastes a lot more feed. You get dirt/manure into the feed much more easily.
Fantastic shed, the stuff of dreams for an Irish beef farmer!! 👌🏻 The one change i would make if it was my shed would be to have a suspended feed passage down the center of that shed and have the cattle eat at both sides of the pen. While you are using a diet feeder, feeding space is still important, nearly all animals should be able to eat at the same time. I think research backs this up 🤔 You'll figure these things out and iron out all the teething problems with time! The man who never made a mistake made nothing 💪🏻 Best of luck with the project, looking forward to seeing the results 👌🏻👌🏻
The auger mixers prefer to have the grains or mix or minerals etc loaded in first and silage on top run a couple shelbournes and now a triolet and they all mix better and less over mixing with grains minerals etc first wholecrop/maize next and always grass last ... And with the bits left on the augers .. put it into 1000 flat out full revs around 800- 1200 kg bet u ittle throw out better less lumps and less on the augers but it's never perfect until they're shined right up couple bakes of straw in there will solve that issue or silage bales
Tom have a look at the sheets they use on top tipper trucks and hook loader trucks which is what farmer P uses on his sheds as they also have eyelets on them.
Only couple of downsides I see is laying on the rubber is fine but will be dirty and also if you get a cow down how will you get anything into the pen to pick them up 🤔 otherwise looking good nice air flow and you can get a trough brush that can fit on front linkage or telehandler that drops into the trough and flicks old food out 👌
Congratulations looks amazing and looking forward to watching the progress. Best bit, spend a fortune building and installing shed, best investment, bits of blue water pipe to corral the cattle😂😂😊
It looks so cosy for the cows because you have the best flooring. I did notice that all the cows can't eat at the same time... Will that mean all the best feed will be eaten first and the cows that eat second will be left with what's not so tasty 🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮
@@teresabrewer2661 it shouldn’t really make a difference if they all don’t eat at the same time thats the good thing about a tube feeder it’s mixes everything more evenly compared to other feed mixers
Nice shed, was it not an idea to coat the trough against the acid of the silage. so that the concrete does not deteriorate too quickly and the feed remains fresher. Good luck with the first cattle in the shed.Greetings from Belgium👍
I hope you give the old cow sheds a really good clean. Do the rubber mats (with slots) still trap cow poo so the cows will still get poo on their skin.
Finished product looks fabulous, field that last 2 groups came out of looks too need a rolling of fields to get roughness out . How is the Mrs. and son doing, need them on video more.
New shed looks great but i think its gona b hard getting cattle out of the pens and theres not enough feed room.. i know u said there will be food in front of them all the time but when it comes to feeding time alot of pushing and shoving and possible injuries to try and get to the new feed at barriers... i wouldnt of put the concrete feed troughts as ul have to shovel out what they dont eat instead of just driving along and scooping it up with teleporter.. id put wind breaker along the open side aswel
The field you brought the cattle out of looks to be badly trampled. Your new shed looks awesome. Health to enjoy Tom. Wishing you every success with it. If you don’t keep the pens tight with cattle it will be hard to keep them clean. You need plenty of animals per pen to keep them clean.
Help me understand your comment please. Someone above said there were far too many cattle in the pen! Without beds, will the cows end up lying in their own poo? I am so confuswd?!
@ I don’t know what other way to explain. If you under stock the pen you’re cattle will lie very dirty as there won’t be enough movement around the pen to trample the dung down through the slats.
@@nomoretax they are not cows ...........totally different job .......they do not need to be spotlessly clean ........they will be cleaner than cattle that are on straw if you were not bedding every day
Does anyone else feel uncomfortable with slats? I know it's popular in some parts of the world but can't help think in the future, we will view this in the same light as battery chickens.
Tom, any chance of some stats on the beef cattle? Approx weights, age, breeds, kill ages or kill weights please? Looks to me to be Belgian Blues, black Herefords, Angus, Simmental and shorthorn?
Tom, would it be possible to do a video on Bovaer, the feed additive that is in the news this week? Is it something that farmers such as yourself agree with? Keep up the great work! 🐮
Shed looks impressive. How long are you hoping to keep cattle in shed? Would you be hoping for 100day finishing (or less)? Best of luck with the new venture lads!
Hi Tom. What are you thoughts on the additive (Bovaer) Arla wants their milk producers to use? Do you have a contract with Arla or is all your milk produced and sold on site?
Hei Tom! Have you installed the DairyPower slurry system in the tank beneath this shed, it has been one of my best investments ever? I also consider to use slat mats in my shed to, but it will be interesting to see how it work in this shed first. Will be nice to see your updates on that. As always a joy to watch your videos😀
@@georgedoorley5628 Not questioning your experience, George. Just asking Tom a question about crowding when feeding. We run 18 inches wide per head at bunk when feeding unless we have weaning calves will go to 24 inch per head. It just looked like all the cattle couldn't eat at same time. I noticed he had about a 90 Lbs. weight difference between head when weighing them. He is probably shooting for a 2.5 Lbs. a day gain. I would imagine he doesn't want any smaller cattle going backwards and the larger ones getting too fleshy.
@@darrenbock4953 the feed is mixed in a tub feeder .......all ingredients are mixed through the entire ration .....so as long as the feed is kept in front of them 24/7 they will work fine .......different story if u were running short and not feeding to total apatite of the cattle .........then u would need enough head space for everybody ............ I fee silage ad lib but also feed chopped beet on top of the silage daily I do need to have everybody being able to feed at the same time as there would be chaos if I had not ............ hope to get a diet feeder some day soon ..........have been concentrating on getting enough sheds and slurry storage up till now that shed in the video would have cost a fortune ...........
When you were doing the other shed you had a huge focus on the beds for the cows, where do these guys lay down? It seems like it wouldn't be very comfortable for them.
The other shed was for the Dairy cows to keep the Ubers clean and infection free they require the better quality beds not saying that the beef stocks comfort is any less import but they actually do better on slats than cubicles and the rubber matts will add a bit more comfort than just concrete
@@MrGettario the pens are the farthest thing from being over crowded I know if farmers here in Ireland had pens that size they would have at least another 10 in along with the cattle already there
My thoughts exactly. Bit surprised that we've not had a proper talk through about the differences in the two new sheds, because they are very different.
@@nomoretax they need to be completely different sheds as the dairy cows require a raised bed to keep their uber up to Keep it clean and infection free then beef cattle normally do better on slats compared to cubicles I know that from experience as I had a shed rented that had cubicle beds in it and the beef cattle were always lying on the passage and never the cubicles even when they were free
We are as excited as you Tom, so looking forwards to seeing the cows and how they take to their new home.Great conformation on those beasts Tom.
New facility looks great, did you notice that with the gates for all four pens located in the same place the first two groups had to turn back on their normal direction to fill the pen whereas the last two pens flowed through very easily, when you empty the pens the last two pens will flow very easily and the first two pens will have to reverse their direction as they exit the pen, when you are planning the working area mark the laneways and gates on the floor first and then as a group do a walk through to find the easiest stress free route
I noticed that. I think the water troughs are in a place where it forces the cows to change direction. Maybe moving them to the opposite wall would allow for better cow flow.
@@thedirtygardener nighmare to get stock out of them pens
I think that passage will fill up with dung after a while with no regular traffic to walk it down. Another issue is the pens are a bit big and not enough cattle to walk down dung
Another very interesting video Thank you Tom and Ginger Warrior God bless you and your family 😊😊😊
🙏🕊🕯 sorry for your loss Adrian and may your father rest in peace 🙏
That shed is really nice. You and your team sure know how to utilize space. I love how you always evaluate everything with the animals coming first and then making the tweets as you go. Nice video Tom. ❤❤
Nice building it will be interesting to see if they stay clean and lay down
Can you do an overview of the new systems? This is obviously vary different from milk cows, so i would love to hear more about the what, whys, and hows of the differences. In general, I would love to get a 5 minute crash course on the uk beef industry.
You will love the slat floor! The reduction of bedding makes it a lot more labor friendly. Plus a reduction of the manure volume. The only draw back is you need to put larger cattle on them. Small calves will have hoof issues by the time they are finished. We have three slat floor buildings. It greatly reduced the amount of bedding we needed and fewer loads of manure hauled out too. Cattle stay much cleaner too. Brushes or rub mats are a must have item.
It will be interesting to see how you get your handling system setup.
Love it tom keep the videos coming. i hope you're little boy and wife are good.👍🚜
@Redlim262 supposedly, I don't know where it'd be posted. 🤷♂️
He left his wife posted it on instagram about 2 months ago
@@tomeggleston3513 ah. No wonders i missed it. Bummer
@@tomeggleston3513what??? You’re joking, right?
@@thedirtygardenerTom dumped her a couple of months ago, it was a massive shock to Joanna.
Jo, Harvey and the dog seem to be managing just fine, with the support of her friends and family
I think it's well set out not sure how well the gate system will work over time but looks good and well worth the effort
Tom I'm worried about getting cattle back out of those pens again it could be very difficult to get them to go through that small gate to get back into the race. Time will tell but it's a limitation I can see from the system. Loving the new Massey it looks amazing
they really havent thought about anything, what if an animal breaks a leg and they need to get a loader in to move it? they are stuffed
@@thegoofyfarmer4254my thoughts exactly. Very little thought gone in to it.
I'm amazed how little feed space there is. Lighter cattle will be bullied. V poor design
Reckon they’ll be blathered up in a few days. Can’t see them staying clean laying on the slats
I know you guys are most definitely meeting regs, but it does seem like a lot of cows to live there permanently. Really interesting video as always. Keep it up ✌️
I would be vigilant for any disease problems in a confined system such as this.
Why do u keep calling them cows when there bullocks
@ ahahaha shut up mate
Congratulations, new shed looks great. Might be interesting to see the business end of the slats, under the floor and how you process the eventual buildup. Wishing you and your family the best.
Shed looks great , all shiny and new 😊
Lots of new faces on the farm Tom!! Great to see the place thriving
Tom, your videos are on a roll and your crew is top-notch! 👍
The first 2 pens you filled need a extra gate at the shed entrance to allow easy exit or a spare gate at the existing entrance to pull around to create a funnel effect.. I know this as I work in a 55 pen slatted shed and 2 of the pens have the entrance in the wrong corner and cattle run past it
GLORIOUS NEW SHED.❤❤
Super setup! I think you’re gonna struggle to get stock out of the two pens closest to the handling area. If possible move the gates on the alleyway to the other corner for better cow flow
I think you're right, and maybe a slightly wider gate.
Definitely need a wider gate. Some of them looked tight going in and they’ve a long way to go to finish. Plus will be very awkward anyways to get them out because they’ll try to go alone the inside of the race while the others go through the race
New things are always shiny, but this shed looks particularly nice. Good job crew. 👍👍
Experience of intensive beef with similar stocking rates is that you want lots of ventilation to avoid respiratory pproblems. Don't seal it up with galebreaker. Cattle only need to be out of the wind and rain. We took the ridges off to get airflow.
Your farm is getting more and more beautiful and functional. Congrats!
It’s interesting to see this shed design compared to your own. I’m excited to see how things progress.
Beautiful set up. And when they get some brushes… luxury! You are so kind to your animals. ❤❤❤
Just by looking at the spec on that shed and by that I mean galvanised steel work and rubbers on slats that is an extremely expensive shed and would take two lifetimes to justify but it is a really fine job .
New shed looks fantastic! Cows looking very happy.
Best of luck with everything going forward 👍👍👍🐄🐄🐄
What a busy day! But it looked like things went fairly smoothly for all concerned. I must admit, it was very hard to NOT look at the feeder! 😂 I suspect the pens are bigger than they look, since you mentioned there were 42 head in one pen, with plenty of room, but I'm wondering how do you keep those floors clean? I'm sure all will be revealed in future videos. Thanks for taking us along on your "Adventures in a New Shed". ❤️ from Michigan USA
I like the new shed it's a win-win situation for all...
Hard work makes dreams come true
Cleaning out the leftover/reject feed from the troughs is somewhat labor intensive. So come up with a mechanical solution. Design a welded up shaped ramp thing to go on the loader so you can drive down the alley and the feed slides itself out of the trough. May not get it all but if you get 90% then good enough. Then it can all be scooped up with the bucket same as if you had pitch forked it out of the trough.
WOW ! The farm has grown since i last viewed it ,,, IT LOOKS AMAZING ! 😎😎😎😎💥❤ 🌿 🚜🧂☕
The Breeze is probably good don’t bother with trying to stop it. With the amount of cattle in that shed you’ll need as much airflow as you can get. For older cattle like them the temperature and draught won’t affect them- cattle are comfortable down to -5
no you need shelter when they are lying down ........ 5 ft high is good enough they do not do well in a draught on slats
@@georgedoorley5628they will most likely get chills if the gap isn't closed off.
I'll be popping in soon, my grandchildren love your milkshakes. 😀
Bonjour 👋 belle vidéo 📹 beau bâtiment a voir si vos animaux vont s habitués à ne plus avoir de paille !! Vont il avoir des fibres à manger dans leur ration bonne fin de semaine à bientôt force et courage pour la suite
Est-ce que vous avez aussi cette voix en français, c'est complètement nul...
I think you will have to put boards on the middle race Tom as the cattle will stick there heads through the bars and not move along it, It looks a great shed 👍🏻
congratz to you and the team Tom! very curious about this barn design! where I farm we don't have the climate for something like this and love learning about new set ups keep up the good works guys!
Good morning Tom. It's getting cold outside. Please dress warm. A farmers work is never done. Happy to know the place for the cows is done. Happy cows Happy farmers. Have a blessed day I hope you had a happy and wonderful Thanksgiving.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Love the barn, I’m curious to see how those slats work out. It’s early, but the cows look very happy. Good work! Cheers from Houston, Texas
Very best of luck to ye great cattle
Hope Joe and the baby are happy and healthy! 🎉
Tom you will have to fill each pen up if not the Shite will not get pressed through and it will just build up on top of the slats we had slats with Round holes in them I dont like them I prefer Straw and bedding them and you are in amongst the Beasts all the time keeps them tamer and you can see any problems on the Animals cheers from Bonnie Scotland
They look like happy cows
nice looking new shed Tom, i think like you said about the feed trough, you will have to clean out any old feed, the pro's and con's of the different options, i would personally had the feed on the floor / ground.
not that hard to push up feed vs time to clean out a trough. however if the feed is fresh, clean and eaten / cleaned up by the cattle, then trough cleaning won't be too big a task.
If you do not over feed then you rarely have to clean out a feed bunk. Floor feeding beef cattle wastes a lot more feed. You get dirt/manure into the feed much more easily.
Looks great
Great looking shed. Animal welfare at its best.
With the tub mixers put the silage in last usually mixes better
Even with the slats , it will be interesting how clean they can stay .
they will not be that dirty .......far more dirtier if you spared the straw in a straw bedded shed
@ I’m sure , just doesn’t look great , we’re see .
need to keep some brushes for them, if they're going to be laying on unscraped slats
Fantastic shed, the stuff of dreams for an Irish beef farmer!! 👌🏻
The one change i would make if it was my shed would be to have a suspended feed passage down the center of that shed and have the cattle eat at both sides of the pen.
While you are using a diet feeder, feeding space is still important, nearly all animals should be able to eat at the same time. I think research backs this up 🤔
You'll figure these things out and iron out all the teething problems with time!
The man who never made a mistake made nothing 💪🏻
Best of luck with the project, looking forward to seeing the results 👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks for the video Tom.
That sure is a lot of cows
In
that brand new building.
The auger mixers prefer to have the grains or mix or minerals etc loaded in first and silage on top run a couple shelbournes and now a triolet and they all mix better and less over mixing with grains minerals etc first wholecrop/maize next and always grass last ... And with the bits left on the augers .. put it into 1000 flat out full revs around 800- 1200 kg bet u ittle throw out better less lumps and less on the augers but it's never perfect until they're shined right up couple bakes of straw in there will solve that issue or silage bales
Fine shed Tom just be carful the slats on the outside might need to be covered with plastic to stop wind or a draught coming up under the cattle
Tom have a look at the sheets they use on top tipper trucks and hook loader trucks which is what farmer P uses on his sheds as they also have eyelets on them.
Stockboard would work but so would round bales, imho.
When you clean out the tub mixer spead it up then let off clutch and the slam back on clutch and break shakes the mixer and the feed off the screw
Hi Tom, I hope things all go well.
Great looking barn. Great videos. 😊
With you on your opinion of the slats, I think straw would be more comfy for the cattle.
Also costs a ton and makes the cattle dirtier
So exciting! 🎉
Congratulations on the new shed . I think those rubber mats will stop a lot of damage to tails
with the flooring you have now how do you keep it clean as the other barns you scrape and scoop it out ?
Tom, can tell us when you are on a project if it is for the Pemberton farm or your partnership farm?
Only couple of downsides I see is laying on the rubber is fine but will be dirty and also if you get a cow down how will you get anything into the pen to pick them up 🤔 otherwise looking good nice air flow and you can get a trough brush that can fit on front linkage or telehandler that drops into the trough and flicks old food out 👌
Ofcourse they need brushes! Spoulnthem while they are there to keepnthem happy ❤❤❤
Congratulations looks amazing and looking forward to watching the progress. Best bit, spend a fortune building and installing shed, best investment, bits of blue water pipe to corral the cattle😂😂😊
It looks so cosy for the cows because you have the best flooring. I did notice that all the cows can't eat at the same time... Will that mean all the best feed will be eaten first and the cows that eat second will be left with what's not so tasty 🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮
@@teresabrewer2661 it shouldn’t really make a difference if they all don’t eat at the same time thats the good thing about a tube feeder it’s mixes everything more evenly compared to other feed mixers
Nice shed, was it not an idea to coat the trough against the acid of the silage. so that the concrete does not deteriorate too quickly and the feed remains fresher. Good luck with the first cattle in the shed.Greetings from Belgium👍
will outlast us all
Took you guys a long time catching onto slats and tanks!!
Good point I often wonder why in the Uk slats aren’t as popular as Ireland
6:32 the cleanest you’ll ever see this cattle shed
I hope you give the old cow sheds a really good clean. Do the rubber mats (with slots) still trap cow poo so the cows will still get poo on their skin.
no they will not been using them since 2006
tom might be an estate agent in his previous life selling flats in mid london …. LOADS OF ROOM
Finished product looks fabulous, field that last 2 groups came out of looks too need a rolling of fields to get roughness out .
How is the Mrs. and son doing, need them on video more.
@@philipfleming3546 it’s needs some serious TLC
@@TomPembertonFarmLife over the winter it will sort its self out and not look so bad in the spring
New shed looks great but i think its gona b hard getting cattle out of the pens and theres not enough feed room.. i know u said there will be food in front of them all the time but when it comes to feeding time alot of pushing and shoving and possible injuries to try and get to the new feed at barriers... i wouldnt of put the concrete feed troughts as ul have to shovel out what they dont eat instead of just driving along and scooping it up with teleporter.. id put wind breaker along the open side aswel
As a beef farmer myself we’ve looking at a slatted shed would you be able to do a video on costing
Expensive
@@OOpSjmmy thoughts, it’s not farming money that paid for that.
Great stuff Tom , my only thing is how comfortable the slats are. Oh and the lovely Can-am , , , , it needs a good wash 🤨😅
I wish someone would do a price breakdown on something like this here in the USA
The field you brought the cattle out of looks to be badly trampled. Your new shed looks awesome. Health to enjoy Tom. Wishing you every success with it. If you don’t keep the pens tight with cattle it will be hard to keep them clean. You need plenty of animals per pen to keep them clean.
Help me understand your comment please. Someone above said there were far too many cattle in the pen!
Without beds, will the cows end up lying in their own poo?
I am so confuswd?!
@ I don’t know what other way to explain. If you under stock the pen you’re cattle will lie very dirty as there won’t be enough movement around the pen to trample the dung down through the slats.
@@OxxFreddyGlasgow.Ah! So it's the movement of cattle that helps move the shite through the slats. That makes perfect sense. Thanks.
@@nomoretax they are not cows ...........totally different job .......they do not need to be spotlessly clean ........they will be cleaner than cattle that are on straw if you were not bedding every day
@@georgedoorley5628If they are not cows, what are they?
Shed looks great. Have you ever thought about a herding dog with the amount of movement you do, saves a bit of energy apart from the training
dog would be a bit rough on cattle that are on slats .......
Does anyone else feel uncomfortable with slats? I know it's popular in some parts of the world but can't help think in the future, we will view this in the same light as battery chickens.
Yeah doesn’t seem right to me. You can tell tom doesn’t agree with it either but has to keep his mouth shut.
Cows needs some comfy beds as well. Don't like these barns. Another reason for animal activist to make AG look bad
Tom, any chance of some stats on the beef cattle? Approx weights, age, breeds, kill ages or kill weights please? Looks to me to be Belgian Blues, black Herefords, Angus, Simmental and shorthorn?
Looks fantastic
Tom, would it be possible to do a video on Bovaer, the feed additive that is in the news this week? Is it something that farmers such as yourself agree with? Keep up the great work! 🐮
You need higher stocking rate on slats Tom.
The dung will stay on slats. You need more cattle to work it down through the slats.
Shed looks impressive. How long are you hoping to keep cattle in shed? Would you be hoping for 100day finishing (or less)? Best of luck with the new venture lads!
Pens on the outside slats would work well also.
Enhorabuena por el doblaje a castellano, hacia falta ya puedo entender los videos
Great new set up 🇳🇿👍
Oh Wow Beautiful 😍❤️ just Beautiful thank you 🥰
Hi Tom. What are you thoughts on the additive (Bovaer) Arla wants their milk producers to use? Do you have a contract with Arla or is all your milk produced and sold on site?
Has the beef increased a lot ? Doesnt seem long ago you had new shed for them !
Happy Thanksgiving to you Tom and crew
Nice one Tom.
Hei Tom! Have you installed the DairyPower slurry system in the tank beneath this shed, it has been one of my best investments ever? I also consider to use slat mats in my shed to, but it will be interesting to see how it work in this shed first. Will be nice to see your updates on that. As always a joy to watch your videos😀
looking at it to me the cattle need to all eat at once looks to me they can't may be oblong pens.so they can all eat the food altogether John
Have you had any overcrowding at bunk when feeding in new shed ?
he could put in 25% more and still be fine from experience ......!
@@georgedoorley5628 Not questioning your experience, George. Just asking Tom a question about crowding when feeding. We run 18 inches wide per head at bunk when feeding unless we have weaning calves will go to 24 inch per head. It just looked like all the cattle couldn't eat at same time. I noticed he had about a 90 Lbs. weight difference between head when weighing them. He is probably shooting for a 2.5 Lbs. a day gain. I would imagine he doesn't want any smaller cattle going backwards and the larger ones getting too fleshy.
@@darrenbock4953 the feed is mixed in a tub feeder .......all ingredients are mixed through the entire ration .....so as long as the feed is kept in front of them 24/7 they will work fine .......different story if u were running short and not feeding to total apatite of the cattle .........then u would need enough head space for everybody ............
I fee silage ad lib but also feed chopped beet on top of the silage daily I do need to have everybody being able to feed at the same time as there would be chaos if I had not ............
hope to get a diet feeder some day soon ..........have been concentrating on getting enough sheds and slurry storage up till now
that shed in the video would have cost a fortune ...........
I do the same as your nephew when doing 3. Thought I was just strange
How do you get into those pens with equipment if you need to lift an animal for example?
Or use them as a store?
what are the additives you add to the cows food? Do you use glyphosate in any of your food prep for your cows ?
When you were doing the other shed you had a huge focus on the beds for the cows, where do these guys lay down? It seems like it wouldn't be very comfortable for them.
I can't get my head round that either.
What if they start standing on each other 😢
The other shed was for the Dairy cows to keep the Ubers clean and infection free they require the better quality beds not saying that the beef stocks comfort is any less import but they actually do better on slats than cubicles and the rubber matts will add a bit more comfort than just concrete
Yea this looks so crowded. The other farm looks way more "comfortable" for the cows.
@@MrGettario the pens are the farthest thing from being over crowded I know if farmers here in Ireland had pens that size they would have at least another 10 in along with the cattle already there
Happy stock = Happy Farmer - worth the sweat 👏👌👊
At 20:22 you were talking bout them lying down. Without a dedicated bed to lay down in , are they just laying down in the poo?
It runs down between the slats
My thoughts exactly. Bit surprised that we've not had a proper talk through about the differences in the two new sheds, because they are very different.
@@nomoretax they need to be completely different sheds as the dairy cows require a raised bed to keep their uber up to Keep it clean and infection free then beef cattle normally do better on slats compared to cubicles I know that from experience as I had a shed rented that had cubicle beds in it and the beef cattle were always lying on the passage and never the cubicles even when they were free
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have slats here for over 30 years they will be fine ........rubber coated slats are even better but the cost of the rubber coating is eyewatering