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Finishing Friesian bullocks

  • 02-01-2013 5:34pm
    #1
    saranac1
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭


    5 freisin bullocks
    Housed 0ct 20 th 2012

    On ad lib diet of meal ration and straw/silage

    580 kg
    520 kg
    640kg
    595kg
    580kg

    Slaughter now or end of January?
    Doing 1.5 to 2 kg daily weight gain per day


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  • #2
    6480
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭6480


    saranac1 wrote: »
    5 freisin bullocks
    Housed 0ct 20 th 2012

    On ad lib diet of meal ration and straw/silage

    580 kg
    520 kg
    640kg
    595kg
    580kg

    Slaughter now or end of January?
    Doing 1.5 to 2 kg daily weight gain per day

    they a gaining weight but i think you need them a bit heavier to kill , but if they are fat i would kill them


  • #3
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    saranac1 wrote: »
    5 freisin bullocks
    Housed 0ct 20 th 2012

    On ad lib diet of meal ration and straw/silage

    580 kg
    520 kg
    640kg
    595kg
    580kg

    Slaughter now or end of January?
    Doing 1.5 to 2 kg daily weight gain per day

    I assume these are the weights on 20 October?

    How fleshy are they now?


  • #4
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    How much are they eating and what is the cost/day. I presume you are weighing them in that you know how much they are gaining. How long are they on that diet. What is the makeup of the diet.


  • #5
    saranac1
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭saranac1


    Housed 20 th oct but suffered a virus before this date
    Weights are at jan 2nd 2013
    Meal is always in front of them I'd say bout 7-8 kg / head/ day with straw / silage

    Not to fleshy at the moment
    Pic includes meal ration


  • #6
    Manoffeeling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭Manoffeeling


    Take a pic of their sacs and post.


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  • #7
    saranac1
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭saranac1


    Sacs???


  • #8
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    Average 580kgs eating 8kgs ration so consuming about 4kgs silage DM maybe a bit more if gaining 1.5kgs/day they are converting at 8-1. That is about the rate for Contenintal Heifers that are coming up on 2Y olds


  • #9
    Manoffeeling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭Manoffeeling


    When a bullock is fat, his sac will fill. It's where his balls should be.


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