Growing Heifers

390kid

What meal do people feed to there bulling heifers to give them some frame or do you feed any at all? Have one here that always stayed butty and would like her to be a bit bigger

john mayo 10

What weight are they and what age?

390kid

john mayo 10 wrote: »

What weight are they and what age?

Around 300 kg and a year and a half id say they cud have the growing done

50HX

390kid wrote: »

What meal do people feed to there bulling heifers to give them some frame or do you feed any at all? Have one here that always stayed butty and would like her to be a bit bigger

good silage over the winter with 1-2kg of meal and ramp up to 0.5kg soya bean

that's why i have been doing for cont heifers and bull them at 12-15mnths, plenty strong enough

john mayo 10

390kid wrote: »

Around 300 kg and a year and a half id say they cud have the growing done

2kg of meal and silage. Are they in or out ? What breed are they?

Never wrestle with pigs

50HX wrote: »

good silage over the winter with 1-2kg of meal and ramp up to 0.5kg soya bean

that's why i have been doing for cont heifers and bull them at 12-15mnths, plenty strong enough

+1 same here. You might think they are a tad small but they grow like mad for the summer. Grass only over the summer.

Hard Knocks

Try dairy heifer it’s 21%P , & you can give to males too as it doesn’t include reminiscin (not right spelling)

390kid

john mayo 10 wrote: »

2kg of meal and silage. Are they in or out ? What breed are they?

There in John. There Angus cross charolais and on blue cross BFR

390kid

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Try dairy heifer it’s 21%P , & you can give to males too as it doesn’t include reminiscin (not right spelling)

Who makes that Hard knocks?

Dunedin

50HX wrote: »

and bull them at 12-15mnths, plenty strong enough

Bull heifers at 12 months????? Not so sure about that...

Hard Knocks

390kid wrote: »

Who makes that Hard knocks?

Lakeland, local co-op gets in in 500kg bags for me

50HX

Dunedin wrote: »

Bull heifers at 12 months????? Not so sure about that...

depending on the weight and breed, i usually have em at 400kg come 14mnths,

had the odd one bulled at 12-13mnths because of size/weight,

go by weight/size more so than age

you wouldn't agree?

Dunedin

50HX wrote: »

depending on the weight and breed, i usually have em at 400kg come 14mnths,

had the odd one bulled at 12-13mnths because of size/weight,

go by weight/size more so than age

you wouldn't agree?

Obviously weight is important and 400 kgs is a great weight but heifers need time to mature too. 14-15 months is fine if they’re at the weight but give the heifers a chance too.

Never wrestle with pigs

Dunedin wrote: »

Bull heifers at 12 months????? Not so sure about that...

Bullying some heifers this week born last jan/Feb averageing 460kg. Sold a few of their comrades for €1400 ex yard. They will be bulled this week too.

Mac Taylor

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Bullying some heifers this week born last jan/Feb averageing 460kg. Sold a few of their comrades for €1400 ex yard. They will be bulled this week too.

some weight for that age...3 questions if you don't mind?


1. What breed are they?
2. Were they wintered in house
3. When did you start to meal them?


Thks, Mac.

Never wrestle with pigs

Mac Taylor wrote: »

some weight for that age...3 questions if you don't mind?


1. What breed are they?
2. Were they wintered in house
3. When did you start to meal them?


Thks, Mac.

No worries.
All sims, pbnr and 3/4 breed. Weaned late October and started on 1.5kg of 19p nut. Left out until late November and on slats since. Getting adlib good haylage and 1.5Kg of same nut since. Not pushed hard as they would only get fat. All very good breeding and cows calves.

Iv half a dozen heifers calves same breeding and treatment that are back to a touch along with 400kg

They have gotten about 200kg of nuts each since weaning. Edit to say leaving them out for the month after weaning really stud to them as they didn't knock back a bit after weaned.