Flat Barn Parlor

But because we can build swing pit parlors for the same cost or less i have quit promoting flat barn parlors.

Flat barn parlor. Flat barn parlor anybody milk in a flat parlor and how many cows you milk 10 08 2013 08 24 pm 2. This parlor is a good stepping stone parlor. For example the milker must stoop to prepare cows and attach milking units in a flat barn. Handling cows is also slower and requires more effort than in a milking parlor.

I chuckle to myself every time i pass this place. I like the flat barn for giving oral meds to cows in the headlock. View profile view forum posts private message senior member join date jul 2011 location kaukauna wi posts 4 922. I plan to build a brand new low line pit parlor some day.

Cows exit individually when they are done no waiting for slower cows. I had a contractor come in and do the cement work and stall install. Originally posted by jsdairy84. Flat barn dairy parlor located off of hwy 412 in the new market area of marion county kentucky.

A control mechanism is actuated by a cable mechanism from a milking. Fast milking up to 56 cows per hour with 1 person in a double four. In the late 1970 s to the early 1980 s our area of kentucky had several families move in from ohio and michigan buying farms and starting dairies. 2012 storms welding mfg.

And given the cost of hip and knee replacements. Each module has a frame to which a pair of gates are mounted. The flat barn parlor cost 20000 with used auto take offs and stalls. A walk through flat barn parlor comprises a number of modular stalls for managing dairy cows.

That s 7 to 8 cows per hour per stall provides rapid dairy expansion at 10 12 the cost of a parlor pit. The flat barn system requires more labor than a well designed milking parlor. Flat barn milking facilities offer advantages over other transition strategies such as switching. Flat barn milking systems 0 00 sku a3567 author s douglas j.

Flat barns can be a good choice for dairies making the transition from stall barn milking to milking in an elevated parlor 4 pages.