Sucklers: are we all feeding at this stage ?!

sonnybill · 08-12-2018 11:45pm #1

Mine were looking sorry I gave them 5kg of nuts/meal a head today , they on good mountain , I find if I put out a bale they don’t venture from the ring feeder!

blue5000 · 09-12-2018 12:57am

Mine are coming in tomorrow, moved them into the last paddock on the outfarm this evening, great to have been able to have them out this late.

TITANIUM. · 09-12-2018 8:23am

The last of mine came in on the last day of November. They were just getting washed out of it. Had planned on keeping the invalid heifers out till Christmas but they started misbehaving so there in aswell. Well into the winter regime now. I didn't miss it.

grassroot1 · 09-12-2018 10:33pm

All in since the 1 Dec they were on rape but the rain got the better of us.

feartuath · 10-12-2018 12:00am

Put mine in today, the main reason was I only see them by night for the last month or more.

We all hope to get them out early.
The defiantly will be getting no ration the fat feckers.

charolais0153 · 10-12-2018 12:15am

Im happy if they get all of october out. And they dont see may day with a bale of silage in front of them

squinn2912 · 10-12-2018 1:32am

In fromthe middle of November counted ourselves lucky!

Track9 · 10-12-2018 2:45am

Ev thing in since Dec 1 st ( On Silage only , no nuts for cows )
Wean lings & Heifers getting few pounds nuts & as lib silage .
Bull is out with few nuts as the six month winter last year on concrete crippled him. Am finding its time consuming having the diff lots , with diff feed amounts etc.

patsy_mccabe · 10-12-2018 10:21am

Ripping throught the silage here. Should have enough, but I thought I would have loads. No feeding in second is cut especially when so late in the year. Still better than having to source it.

GiantPencil · 10-12-2018 3:08pm

All in since this weekend, was becoming a pain in the arse to check on them each night seeing as there is a few due to come bulling over the next week or so, easier to have them inside and monitor them there

squinn2912 · 10-12-2018 9:51pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ripping throught the silage here. Should have enough, but I thought I would have loads. No feeding in second is cut especially when so late in the year. Still better than having to source it.

Did a fodder budget last week and we should have roughly enough to get through until the end of March but it will be tight enough. Cows with calves getting nuts heifer weanlings getting nuts once a day, bull weanlings and forward heifers getting nuts twice a day.
Did some more sums and have one pen of bulls that should finish for May, another pen for July and likely will squeeze a third pen.

john mayo 10 · 13-12-2018 7:01pm

What pre calving minerals / licks are ye giving sucklers this winter?

squinn2912 · 14-12-2018 12:36am

john mayo 10 wrote: »

What pre calving minerals / licks are ye giving sucklers this winter?

Didn’t start yet just the last of licks will get going in 10 days I’ll check the make

squinn2912 · 14-12-2018 12:38am

Just in from a farming meeting. Here’s a few questions;
What age do you wean?
How long are cows inside?
What age do you finish at?
What weight do you like your cows?

sonnybill · 14-12-2018 1:42am

john mayo 10 wrote: »

What pre calving minerals / licks are ye giving sucklers this winter?

I gave mine 180ml of cobalt drench and allsure boluses

Green&Red · 14-12-2018 12:52pm

What age do you wean?
That’ll depend on spring and autumn calvers for me
Autumn, I’ll try and wean them a week or so before I let the weanlings out. I’ll give them a grain of meal that week. So probably 6-7months
Spring, I’ll go by the eye, but usually 5-6 months
How long are cows inside?
5 months on a good year, up to 6

Seanhorse91 · 14-12-2018 1:06pm

Wean around 9 months old, maybe a week or 2 longer depending on cow condition. 1st calvers around 8 months so that they can recover sufficiently.

sonnybill · 15-12-2018 3:46pm

Mine got a round bale of hay yesterday ! Much earlier than other years but damaged a part on the quad so transporting meal became an issue for a few days , I don’t mind as can push them further out again with meal once quad up and running

bogman_bass · 15-12-2018 6:28pm

Wean at 9/10 months here. No point in weaning a cow early and then trying to starve her to knock condition off. Rather have her working for most of the year if at all possible

Sucklers: are we all feeding at this stage ?!

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