Forum: Facilities

what are you using to bed pens with? It seems like the wheat straw we buy doesn't absorb anything. We sometimes get a few bags of dried hardwood...

Not looking for individual mats, so who do you think is makeing the best contiuous mat these days

We are redoing our herringbone parlor.We are going to put a straight neck rail in front of the cows.I need the distance it should be from the splash...

I have been reading through the Coverall.net site and think these barns look like a damn good idea. I am thinking of building a new free stall barn...

I'm making preperations for building a new parlor here real soon.Looking into a swing 8 or 10 parallel parlor. Does any one know where to find...

We went to an open house for a new freestall barn on a conventional dairy near us on Tuesday. They were dry lot before and have been in the barn for...

My buddy and I renovated his milk barn a few winters ago and so far he is very happy with the parlor over a stanchion barn. We have encountered some...

My family is planning an expansion and want to retrofit our old tie-stall with a step parlor. We've gone to look at several; just wondering if you...

Has anyone seen or had any experience in heifer barns with a self cleaning floor? See NRAES plan 723-18 for reference.

Curious, how do yall all handle your manure, both the barn and parlor washwater. Scrape and haul, flush, deepstack, liquid or dry, etc. What would...

Around here, bulls break fences to get to the greener cows :) on the other side. Most people use barbed wire on metal t-posts. Some have high...

Anyone have any input on these fans? I've seen a few in action and they really move the air. It looks like they cost about twice what a regular...

I recently came across alot of good used glass pipeline. Looks like 1 1/2 diameter. Is there any pro or cons to using glass over stainless steel...

Was noticing the other day that some of my stall loops need maintenance again:(. A couple years ago the freedom stall concept was kind of a hot...

I want to reopen a thread on compost bedded packs. I read in the Jersey Journal about the compost bedded pack and I found it interesting. I like...

We have been using our current system to milk in for over 10 years. It is a flat barn parlor with a pipeline. Tonight I was getting static shocks...

In march of 2005 we had a barn fire that took out all our barns and the 80 cow dairy herd. I rented a neighbors facility and in Dec of 2005 we...

We are in the planning stages of a crossvent barn for 600 head expandable to 1200 head here in south central South Dakota. We've had some concerns...

Could we please discuss different calf raising facilities? Something in the 50-60 head range. Pictures would be great! Jake

I have enjoyed the photo's that you added of NZ. I was wondering what is done for cow traffic(special roads?) and how far do they travel from the...