Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Beef nuts for weanlings??

  • 20-11-2013 6:43pm
    #1
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭


    Would it be ok to feed beef nuts to a pen of weanlings 230kg to 290kg,rest of shed is all bullocks and they getting connacht gold super beef nuts,would be handy to feed same to weanlings as i have only one bin!!!


Comments

  • #2
    Damo810
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    What % protein is it? Isn't the super beef 14% and the super beef gold ATP 16%?


  • #3
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭shrek008


    Damo810 wrote: »
    What % protein is it? Isn't the super beef 14% and the super beef gold ATP 16%?

    Ya its the 14% one.


  • #4
    mikeoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭mikeoh


    shrek008 wrote: »
    Ya its the 14% one.
    I asked more or less the same question here a while back and was advised to add some soya bean meal to the nuts to increase protein ......it made a huge difference it turned weanlings in side out after about 2 weeks


  • #5
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭shrek008


    mikeoh wrote: »
    I asked more or less the same question here a while back and was advised to add some soya bean meal to the nuts to increase protein ......it made a huge difference it turned weanlings in side out after about 2 weeks

    Thanks Mikeoh,how much soya bean did u feed them,maybe just a sprinkle?


  • #6
    restive
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭restive


    Is soya bean meal available in 25kg bags or does it have to be purchased in bulk?


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


    restive wrote: »
    Is soya bean meal available in 25kg bags or does it have to be purchased in bulk?
    Yes, but as with any meal in small quantity its expensive..
    Last time I bought I went to a mill and they filled a few 20kg bags for me,


  • #8
    mikeoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭mikeoh


    shrek008 wrote: »
    Thanks Mikeoh,how much soya bean did u feed them,maybe just a sprinkle?

    €12 for a 25kg bag in co-op....I give 1kg to evey 5 head mixed with regular nuts wheather it right or wrong but I find it great stuff


  • #9
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    That's cheap.
    Co ops here asking €18.


  • #10
    jmurf100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭jmurf100


    Any supplier of Soya Meal in the west?


  • #11
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭shrek008


    jmurf100 wrote: »
    Any supplier of Soya Meal in the west?

    Connacht gold do it in 25kg bags @ €14.95 a bag


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    passie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭passie


    shrek008 wrote: »
    Thanks Mikeoh,how much soya bean did u feed them,maybe just a sprinkle?

    I use it when feeding the weanlings the protein is great for helping with their growth, about 10/1 mix I was told will increase the protein 2%...


  • #13
    Brown Podzol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Brown Podzol


    A weinling will eat 6kg dm. 15% of which should be protein. 900 grams. Say 4 kg dm silage @ 12%p= 480g. 1.5kg meal@ 14% = 210. Half kg soya= 250. 480+ 210+250=940. So a little less than half a kg of soya will suffice. A lot of silage is less than 10% protein this year to be accurate you should get a test done.


Advertisement