Feeding suck calves at grass

50HX · 11-03-2017 08:52PM #1

going to start giving my calves ~1kg/hd/day at grass this year

was working it out earlier at ~ 60euro per head for 6months at grass

what products are lads & lassies using and how much of it??

i assume the nut is a cleaner job than ration as in they'll lick the nuts clean rather than any ration being left & then vermin/bird etc

does anyone add soya bean to the feed?

the father never gave them anything and i'm only after taking over a few years ago

this year was the first year(after numerous arguments:)) that i started them on calfage and then onto a ration and he can finally see the benefit of it

locky76 · 11-03-2017 11:24PM

50HX wrote: »

going to start giving my calves ~1kg/hd/day at grass this year

was working it out earlier at ~ 60euro per head for 6months at grass

what products are lads & lassies using and how much of it??

i assume the nut is a cleaner job than ration as in they'll lick the nuts clean rather than any ration being left & then vermin/bird etc

does anyone add soya bean to the feed?

the father never gave them anything and i'm only after taking over a few years ago

this year was the first year(after numerous arguments:)) that i started them on calfage and then onto a ration and he can finally see the benefit of it

I'd only kee them on nuts until mid July, they go a bit stale if they're on nuts he whole way through. I'd start them on nuts again in November before they come in.

50HX · 12-03-2017 08:09PM

i'm planning on selling most of them when weaned so would i be better off doing 3months of nut at grass and then 2-3 weeks either side of weaning??

Feeding suck calves at grass

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