Scholsey
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10k 5 years ago, exchange rate wasn't amazing at the time.
Feeding down a central passage with telehandler
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10k 5 years ago, exchange rate wasn't amazing at the time.
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
Cow pow, cow starvation more like
multi power
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I used to feed 150 cow's , grass silage, spuds and brewers grains, i just tipped it in a pile at start of passage, it was mixed fine by time i had it pushed in with grab
I didn't even get out of tractor from start to finish, grab never came off, i just picked up bucket with the grab
I didn't even get out of tractor from start to finish, grab never came off, i just picked up bucket with the grab
Wilberforce
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- North Shropshire
Consider changing the telehandler to a pivot steer loading shovel, makes nudging in the silage quicker and with better visibility in restricted areas?
early riser
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- Up North
How long does it roughly take him to feed that number out of interest?
Will it mix dry feed for creeps etc
dinderleat
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- Wells
There's a chap down near Me feeding 600 cows with a jcb 541 and a bucket( big bucket) into a bunkers. Maize and grass silage and blend think it takes him 1-2 hrs once a day
early riser
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For the op, I have a similar problem here with lots of uncovered concrete which equals to lots of water in the slurry pit, along with other design faults with the cubicle housing, my only option to improve things would be a new cubicle shed (when i can afford it) been thinking long and hard how to do the feeding, and the simplest and cheapest idea i have is for feeding on the outside just using a shear grab, just drop blocks off in front of the feed fence, and have a silage pusher of sorts to push up the silage a few times a day.
You sound in a similar situation to me.
If I had the farm for it then a perimeter fed building would be my first choice no doubt about it, just dump the silage around the outside. Unfortunately I have a very exposed farm that catches a lot of wind. The cows would be ok eating on the south side of a building, but the strong westerly wind would probably blow the wholecrop around the yard
, and as for feeding on the north side of the building..... forget it!! For your idea though, would you not have to break the grabs of silage up a bit to spread it along barrier in the first place? If I were to put in 5ft blocks of silage turned on their side close together over 150ft of passage then I would end up with about a weeks worth of silage in there! and I think it would soon start heating up as the blocks got more broken down
Headless chicken
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You sound in a similar situation to me.
If I had the farm for it then a perimeter fed building would be my first choice no doubt about it, just dump the silage around the outside. Unfortunately I have a very exposed farm that catches a lot of wind. The cows would be ok eating on the south side of a building, but the strong westerly wind would probably blow the wholecrop around the yard
For your idea though, would you not have to break the grabs of silage up a bit to spread it along barrier in the first place? If I were to put in 5ft blocks of silage turned on their side close together over 150ft of passage then I would end up with about a weeks worth of silage in there! and I think it would soon start heating up as the blocks got more broken down
You'd be surprised how easy it is to spread or if you can keep it in a block next to no waste as the air isn't getting in
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
No waste if you don't break the blocks up
Alternativedairy
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- South Wales...
At the risk of a hijack, has anyone else used one of those equalisation coats, epoxy, or polished feed surfaces and noticed a difference in intakes?
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- South Molton
Why would an auger bucker be any different to using a feeder wagon? I don't like feeder wagons but i think I would sooner have one than a slow bucket feeder.
Then cost up running and a shed looks a cheaper option?
Then cost up running and a shed looks a cheaper option?
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- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
Just put out along 320ft of feed barrier 3tonne of whole crop, maize and grass silage in 10 mins including cutting the silage.
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
but you still need a telehandler to load it, unless your seriously keen with a fork/shovel! A auger bucket wouldnt suit everyone but is certainly a good alternative for someone who's setup/system doesnt suit a wagon.
Gelli Aur did an interesting trial last winter, they now use a block cutter putting silage out about once per week (maybe every 5 -7 days) so they analysed the silage in the block on the edge furthest away from the cows (and therefore exposed the longest) and it showed that the deterioration over the week was negligible.
So it's a mini hi-spec mixer on the front,you must have a weigher on your loader?
Scholsey
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No, its on the shopping list when we replace this loader, forages are measured in shear grabs and all concs fed through robots/oopfs.
2.5hrs,mixing the heap in the clamp takes the most time.
I've 60 heifers I feed along a barrier using my shear bucket,I just tip it out and push it round to them,I can feed them in a crack,ok if your feeding just silage.
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