HOW TO CONSTRUCT A DAIRY COW SHADE( ZERO GRAZING)

hello my good people welcome to another episode of farm with Paul here is your number one channel where we talk more about farming and to ensure we Enlighten you for our profitable farming and also running your farming as a business today I want us to talk on how to check how to construct and how you can be able to have a standard zero grazing unit what are some of the characteristics of a good zero grazing unit what are some of the things that you are able to check so that you can be able to have a cow that will be very comfortable very productive and also an environment that you can easily work on and be able to produce to the maximum follow me as we talk more on the Zero grazing unit some of the things you have to check on and some of the characteristics of a good zero grazing unit a zero grazing unit is simply Define as a confinement of your Dair Cs and where you can be able to Pro to provide all the necessary requirements of a DA cow which include determining the what feeds you're going to feed the amount of the total amount of water they going to drink and also the comfortability of your cow so when you talk about a zero grazing unit it has is advantages and disadvantages one of the advantages about zero grazing unit is you can be able to determine the production of your Cow by ensuring all the parameters are met and also able to control some of the diseases that can be transmitted into your farm because in a zero grazing unit you can be able to install your biocurity that will prevent diseases and also some of other P that can invade in your farm now when it come to a zero grazing unit it you have to know that you are the mother to those cows meaning all the balanced diet for maximum production must be provided to that cow and also the comfortability of your cow must be met and and also the environmental condition must be perfect for your own count when it comes to a zero grazing unit construction I always advise Farmers to use the readily available material in their disposal because there are several material that can be used one can be said to use the T as we have done in this cowed and also can be said to use metal or even poles but here it's determined by the pocket as long as you meet the requirement of a good Dair carow uh zero grazing unit now when it comes to this material what are some of these characteristics no matter what material you're using that will enable you to have a very good characteristic of uh a zero grazing that will will able to ensure your cow produce the maximum follow me as I demonstrate some of the parts of a zero grazing unit that I'm going to show you and demonstrate on the size so that you can be able also to construct your zero grazing unit ensuring is of standard measurements and also comfortability to your own CS so as as I show you the several parts it contains and the measurements you have to ensure are readly available for comfortability and productivity of your daily for constructing a zero grazing unit you have to select the position that you're are going to have your zero grazing unit constructed and one of the things that before you select the zero grazing unit Point ensure you take on photography uh Topography of the land to ensure that drainage is well managed during and after the construction of your daily couade a zero grazing unit has several parts in it which include the feeding area which is on the side the pling area am where the cows do interact and also the sleeping area these two these two points these three points are very important when it comes to a zero grazing unit because the feeding area is where you're going to have your balance feed for your cows and also water this point is where your cows are going to interact with each other and also exercise as also Express their heat during uh the heat Cycles another the sleeping area is where the cows will be resting and where we said should rest at least more than 14 hours to be able to maximumly produce so when it comes to a sleeping area make sure it's as comfortable as possible so that your cows can be able to maximumly sleep and be able to digest and produce more milk when it comes to uh the pling area it should be big enough for those Couts to be able to interact and at least free air circulation to pre to prevent what we call the heat stress when they come to the feeding area a cow should be be able to feed comfortably by its own this because different cows produce different amount of milk and remember we do feed our cows according to H the different things that is production and the body weight if your cow that is producing more than 30 lit and a cow that is producing 10 lit those cows will feed differently in terms of the concentrate now the feeding area should be well positioned to ensure that all that is met and to ensure your com your cow stays comfortably and feeds to the maximum for maximum milk production now what are the measurements that we should check on when constructing a zero grazing unit we'll start on the sleeping area then we'll come on the Basking area or the interaction area then on the feeding area and make sure you don't forget to follow us and subscribe to our YouTube channel as we continue when it comes to a standard zero grazing unit the sleeping area should have a length of 7 ft a length of 7 ft and a width of 4 ft that is a sleeping area for a single cow that will ensure that even if it's a Fran that is the biggest cow one of the biggest cows will be able to occupy this place comfortably and be able to have a comfortable place for production when it comes to the sleeping ground it should be raised from the Walking area this to ensure that there is no dir coming into the sleeping area and actually making your cows dirty when it comes to the floor of the sleeping area you can either use the cow mattress to ensure comfortability of your cow or you can use the sod dust and when you're using a s dust ensure it's like a hole whereby you're going to fill the S dust for prop comfortability but if you're going to cement as in the case of This Cow Shed you're going to use the cow mattresses to ensure comfortability and to ensure your cows have no bruises when sleeping and will be able to be very comfortable and produce more milk when it comes to the pling area or where your cows interact it should be at least a minimum of 10 ft that is the minimum for a very good zero grazing unit and also meure that it's well cemented and compacted for proper cleaning and ensuring that your cows are comfortable this because here is where your cows will dang and you'll have to collect that dang regularly and also clean to ensure your CED is of very good hygiene also this point it should be very clean and should have a very good circulating air to be able to prevent hisat stress to your own cows when it comes to also this point is it should be slanting a bit and not very steep cuz if you construct a very steep one what which means that your cows will fall and you might cause injuries which might lead to losses in your farm so the fla should not be slippery at least a cow can comfortably walk a cow can comfortably Express itself during a heat cycle and be able to mount on other cows and also ensure that the flow is is slanted on one side for easy cleaning and for easy uh flowing of the urine and water in uh during the cleaning process when it comes to the feeding area the feeding area should be raised from the plane area and also with a WID of not less than 2 ft and also if possible should be a bit sling in the in ins inward to be able uh to flow the feds towards the car cow the other thing you should ensure is the spacing from one cow to the other should be enough to accommodate a cow comfortably and be able to feed and also the feeding area should is a very crucial point because use material that are easily to clean this will ensure that no molds will be available on your feed area and also ensure you have fresh feeds to your cow so easy to clean should be a key factor also when it comes to the feeding area is also where we have the feed the watering area which you can also include in your tra area you can include the water or at the end of your couches now when it comes to the watering area also consider the same same uh height and also the same same width as the feeding as the feeding TRS so that your cows can be comfortable and easily access water and also ensure it's always roofed to ensure that whenever it rains your cow the Fe that you have already uh given to your cows would be rained on to avoid even other losses that might might lead to actually increasing your cost of production so the other part we going to talk about more is on the roofing and the height of the roofs when it comes to the roofing of the sleeping area we'll make sure that it's at least 3 m high this will ensure that proper circulation of air in that sleeping area and to avoid what we call the his and here is the science behind why we have to raise at least 3 m what we know is for example we having these roofs what happens is the air on top will always be heat we always have some heat and we know uh if you hit the air what what will happen is it will be less denser now when we have a wind a slow wind blowing I'm a cool environment it will be able easily eradicate the hot air and it won't be able to get to the cows that are already sleeping on the MS so it will be very easy to cool your environment and to avoid heat stress to because one thing one of the major problems that I've seen with several Farmers is they construct very short Cow Shed I'm a zero grazing unit and that is actually affecting directly hitting their cows and actually reducing production and what happens is the moment you overheat your cows and they are actually feeling that the heat is the temperatures are very high they'll tend to consume more water instead of feeding which will also reflect to high stress and also low production anyway that are the basics of a zero grazing unit and if you wanted to construct yours you can actually contact us and we can be able to help and if you are not able to meet that and you're able to construct at your already available materials make sure you meet all those standards there are things that zero grazing unit should have is a c pen and also a labor area which we are going to talk that on our next video when we talk on uh from the laboring the labor World whereby our cve is going to curve down and also the where we going to keep our cves for the next probably three months what is the size and what are the good characteristics and the good conditions of that uh area see as we talk more and make sure you don't forget to follow us on our YouTube channel and also on Tik Tok at farm with Paul and personal L at Paul moniki on Facebook

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Length: 12min 47sec (767 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 14 2024