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Overfeeding???

  • 28-01-2014 2:33pm
    #1
    lefthooker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,729 ✭✭✭


    Calving is going well here, heifer calves come fairly easily, the bull calves need a bit of assistance sometimes. Everything is in calf to Limousin. All cows so far no heifer ha s calved yet. The breakdown of the diet per head per day is as follows;
    2kg of straw,
    8kg of fodder beet,
    0.8kg 28% beet balancer,
    120g pre calver,
    15kg silage.

    Just wondering is the diet I'm giving a bit strong, especially for heifers?


Comments

  • #2
    fatoftheland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭fatoftheland


    Feeding beet to precalvers can cause milk fever so might be better replacing it in diet until after calving


  • #3
    epfff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭epfff


    Defo up the Straw cut beet to less than half


  • #4
    Bactidiaryl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭Bactidiaryl


    You wouldn't have seen this conversation last year.


  • #5
    lefthooker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,729 ✭✭✭lefthooker


    Cows have been getting beet here since the year dot, might get 1 milk fever, 2 at the very most. P


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