We milk our cows twice a day. All our cows calve in spring so we start milking in late January & milk right through until late December HOW OFTEN DO WE NEED TO MILK COWS? We use a Dairymaster milking machine & can milk 20 cows at a time . Milk is pumped from the milking parlour to the dairy & stored in a bulk tank cooled to 3 degrees Celsius & collected every 2 days by a truck HOW DOES MILK GO FROM THE COW TO THE TANK? Our cows average about 25 - 30 litres milk a day at peak , that is over 100 glasses of milk per cow per day We keep pedigree Holstein & pedigree Jersey cows. In Ireland people also milk British Fresians, Shorthorns, Montbeliarde & Jersey crossbreeds A freshly calved cow is very dangerous because it wants to protect its baby calf as best it can. We have special facilities for calving cows, crush gates for restraining the cow & escape routes to keep the farmer safe HOW MANY GLASSES OF MILK PER DAY DOES A DAIRY COW PRODUCE ON AVERAGE? WHAT ARE THE BREEDS OF DAIRY COWS YOU HAVE? WHY IS A FRESHLY CALVED COW SO DANGEROUS? In this edition we catch up with our pals Peter and Paula Hynes, aka #TeamHynes, to learn more about dairy farming and how cows talk to each other! Edition 2 Meet Jasmine & Trixie!

HOW OFTEN DO WE NEED TO MILK COWS? HOW DOES MILK GO … · Our cows average about 25 - 30 litres milk a day at peak , that is over 100 glasses of milk per cow per day We keep pedigree

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We milk our cows twice a day. All our cows calve in spring so we start milking in late January & milk right through until late December

HOW OFTEN DO WE NEED TO MILK COWS?

We use a Dairymaster milking machine & can milk 20 cows at a time . Milk is pumped from the milking parlour to the dairy & stored in a bulk tank cooled to 3 degrees Celsius & collected every 2 days by a truck

HOW DOES MILK GO FROM THE COW TO THE TANK?

Our cows average about 25 - 30 litres milk a day at peak , that is over 100 glasses of milk per cow per day

We keep pedigree Holstein & pedigree Jersey cows.

In Ireland people also milk British Fresians, Shorthorns, Montbeliarde & Jersey crossbreeds

A freshly calved cow is very dangerous because it wants to protect its baby calf as best it can. We have special facilities for calving cows, crush gates for restraining the cow & escape routes to keep the farmer safe

HOW MANY GLASSES OF MILK PER DAY DOES A DAIRY COW PRODUCE ON AVERAGE?

WHAT ARE THE BREEDS OF DAIRY COWS YOU HAVE?

WHY IS A FRESHLY CALVED COW SO DANGEROUS?

In this edition we catch up with our pals Peter and Paula Hynes, aka #TeamHynes, to learn more about dairy farming and how cows talk to each other!

Edition 2

Meet Jasmine & Trixie!

https://www.dairymaster.com/ie/

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Find out more on the Hynes family and their work with the Maasai tribe, visit

Twitter: @Peterhynes15 @paulahynes4 #TeamHynes

Web: http://ourmaasai.family/

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HOW SHOULD WE BEHAVE AROUND COWS?

It is always best to be quiet around cows, never get between a cow & her calf, never enter a field with a bull & always stay away from livestock unless there is an adult present

Cows talk to each other by saying MOO , by scratching & licking each other & sometimes they will even make a funny face or cross face at each other

Cows always have best friends, they are natural herding animals & prefer to stay in groups, some cows even know their own names. We have cows called, Val Jumbo Kitty etc

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