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How much silage does a 400KG Bullock eat? in bales!

  • 13-09-2011 11:27pm
    #1
    NewBeefFarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 544 ✭✭✭


    400KGs, how many round bales of silage would he eat per month?

    cheers


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  • #2
    locky76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭locky76


    NewBeefFarmer wrote: »
    400KGs, how many round bales of silage would he eat per month?

    cheers

    Open to correction but between 1 to 1.5 bales per month


  • #3
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    We used to estimate that 1 bale fed 10 cows per day (sucklers)
    Reckon 1 bale would feed about 15 of those bullocks a day
    Or
    1 Bullock for 15 Days..

    Way different to Locky on this....not claiming to be the right one either :o


  • #4
    Joe the Plumber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭Joe the Plumber


    NewBeefFarmer wrote: »
    400KGs, how many round bales of silage would he eat per month?

    cheers


    rule of thumb 10 bales per suckler cow per winter (winter is 5/6 months)

    400kg bullock will eat less than a suckler cow.

    do the maths.


  • #5
    LostCovey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LostCovey


    bbam wrote: »
    Way different to Locky on this....not claiming to be the right one either :o

    Not that different, he is saying up to 1.5/month = 20 days/bale, you are saying 15 days/bale.

    Allowing for different bullocks, different bales.......


  • #6
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    It depends on the dry matter of the bales. Cattle will eat 1.8% of their body weight in dry matter of silage a day.


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