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Feeding heifers

  • 03-10-2016 1:27pm
    #1
    Peter90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭


    Have some year and a half heifers to feed on dry land for the winter and will let a bull to them in jan/feb, wondering how much barley to feed per day instead of feeding nuts or should i just stick with 1kg/day nuts, will be feeding hay as well


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  • #2
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    Peter90 wrote: »
    Have some year and a half heifers to feed on dry land for the winter and will let a bull to them in jan/feb, wondering how much barley to feed per day instead of feeding nuts or should i just stick with 1kg/day nuts, will be feeding hay as well

    Current weight? Breed? Expected weight at breeding? Grass cover? Stocking rate? Makeup/ingredients in nut? First comment, growing youngstock need good quality protein, little or none in barley. Second comment .7kg/day liveweight gain is maintenance on stock like this.


  • #3
    Beefpark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭Beefpark


    Forget about your Barley , it's only going 9 10 percent protein at best . Get a good quality nut preferably with a high energy content , not just high protein , they will need a bit extra to keep them growing if there going to be outside , if not they will be just stay at a standstill all winter


  • #4
    Who2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭Who2


    At year and a half they should be near fit. 2 kilos and a bit of soya hulls should be loads


  • #5
    Never wrestle with pigs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭Never wrestle with pigs


    Would Barley/soya mix 75:25 give you a %18 protein? 1.5kg per day?


  • #6
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Who2 wrote: »
    At year and a half they should be near fit. 2 kilos and a bit of soya hulls should be loads

    +1, and if they are not fit to bull you need to be asking serious questions as to what happen the last year.


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  • #7
    Peter90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭Peter90


    cheers lads, All between 430-500kgs, just looking for a the cheapest option to keep them going over the winter, will be rotating them between dry fields so will be nearly 1 per acre,


  • #8
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    Peter90 wrote: »
    cheers lads, All between 430-500kgs, just looking for a the cheapest option to keep them going over the winter, will be rotating them between dry fields so will be nearly 1 per acre,

    Are they dairy stock ?


  • #9
    Peter90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭Peter90


    no, some aa & lm from a dairy heard and some second cross lm mothers came from dairy cows


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