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How much meal to cull cows

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  • 06-10-2020 9:58pm
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    cacs
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    I have red lim r grade cull cows in the shed they are on 12kg of 37% maize finishing ration per day. They are around 750kg they will take another 4-6 weeks to finish. Should I feed them ad-lib they will take more no problem at all or should keep them on 12 kg. I am feeding them straw also.


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    tismesoitis
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    cacs wrote: »
    I have red lim r grade cull cows in the shed they are on 12kg of 37% maize finishing ration per day. They are around 750kg they will take another 4-6 weeks to finish. Should I feed them ad-lib they will take more no problem at all or should keep them on 12 kg. I am feeding them straw also.

    Thats alot of meal for cull cows!! Ceetainly would'nt be feeding any more. At €250 per tonne its costing €3 /head /day meal alone to feed them its hard to see the return there. Normally we feed 8 kgs rolled barley finishes them no bother


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    cacs
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    tismesoitis wrote: »
    Thats alot of meal for cull cows!! Ceetainly would'nt be feeding any more. At €250 per tonne its costing €3 /head /day meal alone to feed them its hard to see the return there. Normally we feed 8 kgs rolled barley finishes them no bother
    I want them out the gap by 1 of November. Tight on shed space. Usually house around then


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    cacs
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    tismesoitis wrote: »
    Thats alot of meal for cull cows!! Ceetainly would'nt be feeding any more. At €250 per tonne its costing €3 /head /day meal alone to feed them its hard to see the return there. Normally we feed 8 kgs rolled barley finishes them no bother
    I would say around 750 kg per head will finish them start to finish. Yea it’s hard to see the return on it. But every year not fleshed culls drop off in mart in September. I hate getting bad money for good cattle usually they leave me 100-150 after feed costs versus selling them without flesh.


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