Durry cows
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- Derbyshire
How are people finding these? Looking at them as an option to feed dairy heifers on straw and corn as opposed to out of a bag. Is it realistically accurate to “set” it to 3kg/head/day? Thanks
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ritchiekirkland
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Are you just using cracked corn ?
We use these feeders for out wintered calves , tried blends in them but you have to have them opened up to much to get it to flow if you where wanting them down to 3kg.
Cake you will get down to 3kg but find in damp weather they can clog up when there are shut down .
There designed for grain really so if your corn is just cracked I would think it will run well enough that you could shut them down to 3kg or less .
We use these feeders for out wintered calves , tried blends in them but you have to have them opened up to much to get it to flow if you where wanting them down to 3kg.
Cake you will get down to 3kg but find in damp weather they can clog up when there are shut down .
There designed for grain really so if your corn is just cracked I would think it will run well enough that you could shut them down to 3kg or less .
Durry cows
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- Derbyshire
Would be nuts only, realistically possible to restrict them to 3kg/each then you think? Would negate the need for feed space as well as making it less of a job filling a hopper with the loadall bucket whilst also having the benefit of little and often feed as oppose to once a day
ritchiekirkland
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Yes I would say so , shut down tight with lick guards off it 
We’ve used those feeders for that job for about 5 years now and like them
We’ve used those feeders for that job for about 5 years now and like them
YELROM
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- North Yorkshire
Do the feeders work with rolled cereals
Would they work feeding 5-6 month old stirks at grass a couple of kg/head
Would they work feeding 5-6 month old stirks at grass a couple of kg/head
ritchiekirkland
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Never tried rolled grain to be honest , I would think it would run through the feeder better than blend though. Easier it runs , the lower you could shut it down.
Durry cows
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- Derbyshire
Haven’t done, wanted to see how others go on more so first! They’re not cheap
How much are they?you could save me a phone call
Durry cows
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- Derbyshire
The 1800 is roughly £1600
That’s not as daft as I was expecting
What do you feed them? 4kg blend and straw
Just filled it up when empty,ad-lib.
I feed them tmr now,nothing gets pushed out with tmr.
Have you one to sell if you don’t use it anymore?
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- East Ayrshire
There's an 1800 here would probably be for sale, only used a couple of years as an ad lib lamb creep but still got all the bits. Transport from Scotland might kill it though and my boss is away for a fortnight for the sake of agreeing a price.
Durry cows
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- Derbyshire
How many kilo/day were you’re heifers eating on ad lib? You didn’t fancy trying to close it down to restrict intakes to 3kg or so I take it? That would be the plan here