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Beef nuts for weanlings??

  • 20-11-2013 07:43PM
    #1
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭


    Would it be ok to feed beef nuts to a pen of weanlings 230kg to 290kg,rest of shed is all bullocks and they getting connacht gold super beef nuts,would be handy to feed same to weanlings as i have only one bin!!!


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  • #2
    Damo810
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    What % protein is it? Isn't the super beef 14% and the super beef gold ATP 16%?


  • #3
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭shrek008


    Damo810 wrote: »
    What % protein is it? Isn't the super beef 14% and the super beef gold ATP 16%?

    Ya its the 14% one.


  • #4
    mikeoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭mikeoh


    shrek008 wrote: »
    Ya its the 14% one.
    I asked more or less the same question here a while back and was advised to add some soya bean meal to the nuts to increase protein ......it made a huge difference it turned weanlings in side out after about 2 weeks


  • #5
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭shrek008


    mikeoh wrote: »
    I asked more or less the same question here a while back and was advised to add some soya bean meal to the nuts to increase protein ......it made a huge difference it turned weanlings in side out after about 2 weeks

    Thanks Mikeoh,how much soya bean did u feed them,maybe just a sprinkle?


  • #6
    restive
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭restive


    Is soya bean meal available in 25kg bags or does it have to be purchased in bulk?


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  • #7
    bbam
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    restive wrote: »
    Is soya bean meal available in 25kg bags or does it have to be purchased in bulk?
    Yes, but as with any meal in small quantity its expensive..
    Last time I bought I went to a mill and they filled a few 20kg bags for me,


  • #8
    mikeoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭mikeoh


    shrek008 wrote: »
    Thanks Mikeoh,how much soya bean did u feed them,maybe just a sprinkle?

    €12 for a 25kg bag in co-op....I give 1kg to evey 5 head mixed with regular nuts wheather it right or wrong but I find it great stuff


  • #9
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    That's cheap.
    Co ops here asking €18.


  • #10
    jmurf100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭jmurf100


    Any supplier of Soya Meal in the west?


  • #11
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭shrek008


    jmurf100 wrote: »
    Any supplier of Soya Meal in the west?

    Connacht gold do it in 25kg bags @ €14.95 a bag


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  • #12
    passie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭passie


    shrek008 wrote: »
    Thanks Mikeoh,how much soya bean did u feed them,maybe just a sprinkle?

    I use it when feeding the weanlings the protein is great for helping with their growth, about 10/1 mix I was told will increase the protein 2%...


  • #13
    Brown Podzol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Brown Podzol


    A weinling will eat 6kg dm. 15% of which should be protein. 900 grams. Say 4 kg dm silage @ 12%p= 480g. 1.5kg meal@ 14% = 210. Half kg soya= 250. 480+ 210+250=940. So a little less than half a kg of soya will suffice. A lot of silage is less than 10% protein this year to be accurate you should get a test done.


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