Meal feed amount to young stock

wiggy123 · 09-02-2017 9:52pm #1

have pedigree angus bulls--5 in total,are been wintered outside-just coming a year old...on silage-gd enough stuff, currently just getting a nut+ration of 3kg a day at mo! was go to up it-would it be a waste to add say 2kg of barley to it..or just up the feed amount at mo.. there doing ok-not spectacular.. but will progress gd when hit grass..plan ot dose very soon again

Bass Reeves · 10-02-2017 8:58am

Barley will make them put on fat as opposed to growing. I be of the opinion that if they are getting a ration/nut it would want to be in 18% protein. I be thinking more in the line of 750grams of soya bean meal and then 16% nut

Muckit · 10-02-2017 9:04am

Bass can soya be bought in bulk?

Bass Reeves · 10-02-2017 9:29am

Muckit wrote: »

Bass can soya be bought in bulk?

No not that I know of . While you may be able to buy it in 20 ton loads I do not think you can buy it in bulk 3ish ton loads. The reason is you would be a while using a ton of it. Unless mixing your own ration it would be unusual to be going over 1 kg/ head and even mixing your own over 2 would be unusual. So a ton would would do 40 cattle for 25 days. It will not store will and if any dampness in bin will go solid.

Mooooo · 10-02-2017 9:38am

You can, altho I had 24 tonne bought but got it delivered in 3 tonne loads last year

larthehar · 10-02-2017 1:46pm

I collect soya bean meal in bulk from the coop, bring out a 500kg in the meal bucket..

Muckit · 10-02-2017 1:49pm

What's it working out a tonne?

50HX · 10-02-2017 8:33pm

feeding 0.5kg soya bean meal + 1.5kg nut this winter and very happy with the results so far

wiggy123 · 10-02-2017 9:36pm

what price it per tonne?

50HX · 10-02-2017 9:41pm

wiggy123 wrote: »

what price it per tonne?

i'm buying it in small bags as it'd go off if i bought it in tn bags so i'm not much good to you

will check tomorrow

wiggy123 · 10-02-2017 9:43pm

small bag then?

50HX · 10-02-2017 9:49pm

wiggy123 wrote: »

small bag then?

€11 - southern milling brand

wiggy123 · 10-02-2017 9:53pm

ok

Who2 · 10-02-2017 10:09pm

400 a ton at the moment is what I'm paying

tanko · 10-02-2017 10:48pm

Who2 wrote: »

400 a ton at the moment is what I'm paying

Where are you getting it from, is that in small bags?

Who2 · 11-02-2017 6:44am

tanko wrote: »

Where are you getting it from, is that in small bags?

Bulk, I just go in with a couple of blue barrels and line them up in front of the pile and he tips it in with the loading shovel. Any of the meal merchants should have it.

Meal feed amount to young stock

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