feeding wheat

leoch · 2012-04-02 15:29:45

does anybody here feed wheat to heifers age 10 to 15 months old i was mixing crushed barley with the beef mix nuts and somenone says wheat is every bit as good does any one know ??

02-04-2012 03:29PM

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leoch

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does anybody here feed wheat to heifers age 10 to 15 months old i was mixing crushed barley with the beef mix nuts and somenone says wheat is every bit as good does any one know ??

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#2 02-04-2012 04:55PM

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Only problem with wheat is that it digests faster than barley, you can only feed about 30% in the diet, and you need to start them off slowly on it as it can upset the rumen. On the + side I think it has more energy than barley.

If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.

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#3 02-04-2012 05:21PM

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I fattened bullocks by mixing the wheat with ordinary nuts 50:50. I found the results excellent but as blue says you need to take it easy on the quantities starting out as it can make them very loose

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