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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: poppy2012 on May 27, 2012, 11:24:08 pm

Title: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: poppy2012 on May 27, 2012, 11:24:08 pm

hi there - i am really keeping goats but i am in need of the dold tyle tether that they have in the old milking sheds any one have any ideas where i can get one? or have one? i may just have to get one made by the blacksmiths...

thank you :)

Title: Re: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: tizaala on May 28, 2012, 07:34:59 am

Yes I have a spare cow chain from an old dairy , I take it you mean the neck chain that held the cow in the stall while you milked.  Pm for details

Title: Re: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 28, 2012, 01:46:36 pm

Still using ours!   :D  Not for wintering - they have cubicles and cow mattresses, would you believe, now - nor for restraint for vet etc - it's all locking yokes now - but still used daily for house cow(s) for milking.

Title: Re: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: poppy2012 on May 28, 2012, 08:12:25 pm

if you have one - would you sel it to me - i have added a rather rough (really rubish) pictureof what im looking for ....

Title: Re: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: robert waddell on May 28, 2012, 08:34:53 pm

that i think is the slider that the chain slides on  usually bolted in pairs through the trevis  (division) :farmer:
i think i have one ot two will look tomorow if that is what you want :farmer: 

Title: Re: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: poppy2012 on May 28, 2012, 10:10:49 pm

that would be fab! cant seem to get them any more - could be useful for me milking a flighty goat on my own twice a day! :)  :goat:

Title: Re: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 29, 2012, 06:01:49 am

We took out most of our old stalls and still have the dividing panels, with sliders, awaiting redeployment.  If robert or tizaala can't help, shout and I can have a looksee if any of them are accessible and will come off.   Not sure how we'd get one to Wales, mind... :-\

Title: Re: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: tizaala on May 29, 2012, 07:32:59 am

If it's only for tethering a goat , then why not use a horse tie up ring , We have collars on all our goats and the milking stand has a simple clip on arrangement like a lead rope , after all ,you're not anchoring the QE2. Keep it short to restrict head movement to the feed bucket only , she will soon get the idea. One of our togs was a maiden milker and would leap about and kick the teet cups off for the first three days, then she got used to the routine and now lifts her leg for you to pass the pipework under.
A cow chain will be too big for a goat, but a dog collar gives you control.

Title: Re: old cow milking tether - any one have one?
Post by: robert waddell on May 29, 2012, 10:37:12 am

poppy you have pm :farmer: