Meal to cows

minktrapper

How much meal should I feed to freshly calved dairy cows on 72DMD silage.And how much when on grass by day.

visatorro

5-6 kilos of high energy nut. Maybe going to seven depending on yield, condition etc. I'd stay with an 18 % til they were on grass full time. Build up nuts slowly as you can sicken a cow quick enough with large amounts of meal

J.O. Farmer

visatorro wrote: »

5-6 kilos of high energy nut. Maybe going to seven depending on yield, condition etc. I'd stay with an 18 % til they were on grass full time. Build up nuts slowly as you can sicken a cow quick enough with large amounts of meal

I would only give half that to a freshly calved cow until the calf was sucking all 4 quarters although that would work with building up slowly.
I would divide the feed to morning and evening.

TITANIUM.

visatorro wrote: »

5-6 kilos of high energy nut. Maybe going to seven depending on yield, condition etc. I'd stay with an 18 % til they were on grass full time. Build up nuts slowly as you can sicken a cow quick enough with large amounts of meal

6 kgs? Jesus. Thats 12.4 pounds of nuts a day. She must have feck all milk.
That's an awful lot of nuts for one cow.

visatorro

I though op was on about dairy cows. Still if a suckler calved down thin she'd have to be fed aswell

minktrapper

Dairy cows lads.I should have said so.My mistake.

stanflt

milking cows currently getting 6.5kg avg per cow and yieldind 33litres
when at grass full time that will drop to 3-4kg

need to keep purchased feed cost below 5.5cpl