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Portable Milkers Perfect For Small Herds
Small herds of a few animals need a small milking system, suggests Dan Beffa, Dansha Farms. He makes small vacuum milkers that can run off 110 or 220 power or a 12-volt battery. The portable milkers work for anyone with a few animals, whether sheep, goat, cow or even camel.
“Most of my customers are everyday pe
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Portable Milkers Perfect For Small Herds DAIRY EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Small herds of a few animals need a small milking system suggests Dan Beffa Dansha Farms He makes small vacuum milkers that can run off 110 or 220 power or a 12-volt battery The portable milkers work for anyone with a few animals whether sheep goat cow or even camel “Most of my customers are everyday people milking goats sheep or cows but I have customers in China who milk camels ” says Beffa “We offer small and large teat cups to match the animal ” Beffa started keeping and milking goats when he retired “Milking by hand killed me so I first came up with a hand pump ” he recalls “The rest is history ” Now he makes and sells a variety of milking equipment including 1-teat and 2-teat machines with quart half gallon and gallon-size containers The milkers use vacuum instead of pulsation and teat cups are hard plastic syringe barrels Options include hand-powered milkers rechargeable battery-powered systems that milk up to 2 gal per charge and 12-volt AC/DC-powered systems that can be powered by a 12-volt battery or plugged into a wall outlet Two-teat cup systems come with a teat cup plug for milking one teat at a time “My milkers work great for people with arthritis who can’t milk and those who don’t like to milk ” says Beffa “We have a lot of veterinarians who buy them My best seller is the battery-powered machine with battery charger ” Prices range from $68 for the 1-teat 1-quart hand pump machine to $134 95 for the 2-teat 1-gal 12-volt DC vacuum machine with optional wall outlet plug An optional vacuum gauge is priced at $39 Dansha Farms also sells a custom milking teat and hoof care system for $325 Beffa says it includes everything needed for teat and hoof care including sanitizers hand powered milking system hoof pick file trimmers bottles bag balm and more Check out a video of the 12-volt milker at farmshow com Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dansha Farms 516 SE Mabry Trl Lee Fla 32059 ph 850 464-2881; info@danshafarms com; www danshafarms com
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