Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi, Belinda Is it possible that she's being milked too long because she's drying up, and that's why she's 'kicky'? If that's not the case, the best remedy we have is to tie her legs together. Tie the rope in a figure 8 right above her knees (tight, so she can't move her legs), and tie the rope off between her legs. If you don't figure 8 it, the rope will fall off. She'll probably still try to kick, but she won't be able to land a punch! Good luck! Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 This darling's not just going for the get your hands off me brush away type kick. She's trying to kill your knee caps. Might need something faster than a rope and nobody here would be crazy about crawling around under her right now. We've looked for all the obvious, mastitis, sores on her bag or teats, dryness, etc. Last two days we weren't able to get the inflations on her tonight. Not a big deal, yesterday she gave 1/2 a gallon... Belinda > > Hi, Belinda > > Is it possible that she's being milked too long because she's drying > up, and that's why she's 'kicky'? > > If that's not the case, the best remedy we have is to tie her legs > together. Tie the rope in a figure 8 right above her knees (tight, so > she can't move her legs), and tie the rope off between her legs. If > you don't figure 8 it, the rope will fall off. She'll probably still > try to kick, but she won't be able to land a punch! > > Good luck! > > Cheryl > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 if your milking her in a stall where there is side rails, you can run a trucker rope over her back just infront of her hooks, make a loop coming around the lower rail and tighten the rope, tie it. The preasure of the rope over her loin will keep her from lifting up and kicking. after a few milkings she should be fine. We use this method on young heifers. You can try and untie her after you have put the milker on, if she keeps the milker on your fine. Some will need to be tied the whole time while milking. After a few days they learn to stay still. You can't get mutch cheaper then a peice of rope and it works well, and not abusive or an injury risk. Hope this helps. Albert --- labelleacres wrote: > We have a girl at the end of her lactation who has > started to kick. > What is the best " kick stop " or " kant kick " device > you have used? > Don't want to hear about something you've heard > about, want to hear > about what you've used, is easy to use and works! > > Thanks > > Belinda > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Let me add a little more, If you are milking her in a flat barn where there are no rails. The best and safest way is to loop a rope aound her front foot just above the nail and run a rope over her withers and tie it. She will realize that she cant pick up two legs at the same time. Tieing the back legs in a flat parlor is a danger to you. Just tie up the front leg. I do this alot when clipping cows or heifers for the fair. Works every time and is VERY VERY SAFE to do. I dont think mastitis is the problem. When cows are milking for a while they just get tired of milking. They don't get that presure in the udder, so they dont feel like getting milked. Ever notice cows in peak lactation standing by the gate waiting to get milked, and lower production cows late in lactation could care less and need to be pushed into the barn. --- labelleacres wrote: > We have a girl at the end of her lactation who has > started to kick. > What is the best " kick stop " or " kant kick " device > you have used? > Don't want to hear about something you've heard > about, want to hear > about what you've used, is easy to use and works! > > Thanks > > Belinda > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Nope. We've tried that in the past, keeping the calf on while we milk the mom. The cow's always ended up giving us a hard time coming in so I grab the suckers right after they get a taste and we bottle feed them. Belle was up at the gate this morning making noise like she wanted in. Let her in and she stood for a bit but the last inflation was on, she kicked it off and went for me. Got to say, I'm getting faster, she's missing more often lately. :-) Belinda about to give up on cow's milk > >> > >> Hi, Belinda > >> > >> Is it possible that she's being milked too long because she's drying > >> up, and that's why she's 'kicky'? > >> > >> If that's not the case, the best remedy we have is to tie her legs > >> together. Tie the rope in a figure 8 right above her knees (tight, so > >> she can't move her legs), and tie the rope off between her legs. If > >> you don't figure 8 it, the rope will fall off. She'll probably still > >> try to kick, but she won't be able to land a punch! > >> > >> Good luck! > >> > >> Cheryl > >> > > > > > > > > > > PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! > > Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information! > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ > > > > Archive search: http://onibasu.com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Going to try the figure 8 tie up that somebody suggested tomorrow, will hold some milk back to be tested. Thanks for your help everyone! Belinda > >> >> > >> >> Hi, Belinda > >> >> > >> >> Is it possible that she's being milked too long because she's drying > >> >> up, and that's why she's 'kicky'? > >> >> > >> >> If that's not the case, the best remedy we have is to tie her legs > >> >> together. Tie the rope in a figure 8 right above her knees > > (tight, so > >> >> she can't move her legs), and tie the rope off between her legs. If > >> >> you don't figure 8 it, the rope will fall off. She'll probably > > still > >> >> try to kick, but she won't be able to land a punch! > >> >> > >> >> Good luck! > >> >> > >> >> Cheryl > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! > >> > Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information! > >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ > >> > > >> > Archive search: http://onibasu.com > >> > > >> > > >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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