stretch3050
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How many people are home milling, what’s the pro’s and cons. Do you get better performance from your birds by having bespoke rations? What’s the cost comparison? Mobile mill lorry or Farm mill?
Home mill and mix for Layers
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wellingtonfarmer
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Got a on farm mill here, works ok , more consistent performance,
Need to be producing majority of your own wheat for it to work well
Need to be producing majority of your own wheat for it to work well
Young Apprentice
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- Location
- Holderness
Blatant plug www.calamill.com
Also depending on your tonnage there is a 3 year old 12 tonne machine new to Market for sale on the forum!
YA
Also depending on your tonnage there is a 3 year old 12 tonne machine new to Market for sale on the forum!
YA
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Where in the country
Young Apprentice
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- Location
- Holderness
Machines PDI’d and ready for their new owners! New and overhauled used.
- Location
- BEDALE NORTH YORKSHIRE
Home milled for 15 years now. When we started we had 32000 birds they consumed 15t a month less feed which was a bonus. It saved £45 ton on feed costs .prouduction improved as well. we keep the ration simple wheat limestone soya concentrate and soya
bought in feed is bulked out with cheap ingredients.
bought in feed is bulked out with cheap ingredients.
- Location
- BEDALE NORTH YORKSHIRE
Soya oil
Young Apprentice
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- Location
- Holderness
At £45 15 years ago yours is a bad case but I see these numbers cropping up more and more, it’s not difficult to work out compounders costs, they spend multi millions on a big mill which has a large rates bill with industrial wages, back room/ front room and clerical staff. Feed comes in and goes out on £200k lorries using white diesel and have a board room and shareholders to satisfy! The mills close so more white diesel is needed!
Milling your own is not rocket science, start with good quality wheat and barley and you are on the right road!
YA
- Location
- BEDALE NORTH YORKSHIRE
We also had 2 cock ups from mill.
1playwd with ingredients turned yolks green probably grape meal gone in mix. Would not expect it was there fault
2 filled bins with pig feed destroyed production
Which cost them a fortune. .
Young Apprentice
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- Location
- Holderness
Over the years I have heard clients tell me they found various ingredients in their former compound feed rations, from sand to sawdust!
YA
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
One ready to fill the other:
Young Apprentice
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- Location
- Holderness
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