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feeding round bales

  • 07-01-2015 1:16pm
    #1
    tomieen jones
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    I'm starting to feed round silage bales in a ring feeder to 8 weanling i'm out wintering! It should take a week for them to get through the bale! , just wonder would the bale be spilled by rain our any other issues that could arise from them eating wet silage


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  • #2
    Greengrass1
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    I've 29 weanlings eating a 620 kg bale every day. Getting 1kg meal as well. 3 days is prob the longest I would give silage for.

    Are they on kale or grass??


  • #3
    tomieen jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭tomieen jones


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    I've 29 weanlings eating a 620 kg bale every day. Getting 1kg meal as well. 3 days is prob the longest I would give silage for.

    Are they on kale or grass??
    they get nuts every second day (as i'm also working )and have a good range to pick grass although they seem to camp beside the feeder
    Maybe they will have it eaten sooner? before it goes off ! It's just maintenance really until spring is all I want I suppose! It's a hobby more than a profit i'm well aware


  • #4
    tomieen jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭tomieen jones


    Basically need to know does feeding silage that has been out in weather cause problems?


  • #5
    Farmer Pudsey
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    Depending on DM of silage it may take from 3-5/6 days. If silage is high in DM the number of days will increase. However the dryer it is the longer it will last. Ideally force them to eat it down completely. If giving for that long if not chopped it will last longer as they will not break it up too fast disadvantage is that they will pull out unchopped bales. You win one way you lose the next. Reduce there pick area to an acre or two. They should not plough it up too much and I would stop feeding nuts if silage is good quality or even average quality if high in DM. I am assuming they are about 300kgs if heavier they will eat it faster if lighter slower.


  • #6
    tomieen jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭tomieen jones


    Farmer Pudsey wrote: »
    Depending on DM of silage it may take from 3-5/6 days. If silage is high in DM the number of days will increase. However the dryer it is the longer it will last. Ideally force them to eat it down completely. If giving for that long if not chopped it will last longer as they will not break it up too fast disadvantage is that they will pugTll out unchopped bales. You win one way you lose the next. Reduce there pick area to an acre or two. They should not plough it up too much and I would stop feeding nuts if silage is good quality or even average quality if high in DM. I am assuming they are about 300kgs if heavier they will eat it faster if lighter slower.
    cheers thank you exactly the advise i'm after


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