Cheap fattening ration.

[Wee Willy]

Currently finishing 30 lim bullocks/heifers from my own dairy herd. Some Holstein blood,some fres blood. They are all 2yo in March/April. Slatted pens . They are fed 8-9kg per head per day made up of 2/3 beef ration,1/3 ground maize. Been feeding this since early December split over two feeds per day. Silage ad-lib but they don’t eat very much with so much meal. Killed 5 last week and they killed well..bullocks 370 kg ,3=/+. But that was the tops. Those left are still not finished.
Beef ration £200/ton. First ingredient soya hulls,then maize then barley.
Ground maize £175/t
Ground barley £175/t(flaked £190). This probably sounds expensive to mainland farmers but this is N Ireland!
Can I feed 60% barley,40% maize at 9 kg per day?Don’t need protein,they’re big enough.

 

[beefandsleep]

Yes they do need protein but it could be urea.

 

[ridger]

Currently finishing 30 lim bullocks/heifers from my own dairy herd. Some Holstein blood,some fres blood. They are all 2yo in March/April. Slatted pens . They are fed 8-9kg per head per day made up of 2/3 beef ration,1/3 ground maize. Been feeding this since early December split over two feeds per day. Silage ad-lib but they don’t eat very much with so much meal. Killed 5 last week and they killed well..bullocks 370 kg ,3=/+. But that was the tops. Those left are still not finished.
Beef ration £200/ton. First ingredient soya hulls,then maize then barley.
Ground maize £175/t
Ground barley £175/t(flaked £190). This probably sounds expensive to mainland farmers but this is N Ireland!
Can I feed 60% barley,40% maize at 9 kg per day?Don’t need protein,they’re big enough.

I'd leave it as it is, the 5 cattle that are away would have been the pushy ones, the rest will get a better chance now. I killed a bossy one last week along with 2 others, and you could nearly hear a sigh of relief from the rest of the pen to see the back of him

 

[Wee Willy]

What do farmers who grow their own barley mix with it for a finishing meal

 

[adda]

What do farmers who grow their own barley mix with it for a finishing meal

A 31% protien pellet

 

[Northeastfarmer]

They need to be on ad-lib they should be eating 12kilos a day

 

[Wee Willy]

They need to be on ad-lib they should be eating 12kilos a day

You're probably right.
Would you advise 12 kgs of beef ration or 12 kgs of barley/maize mix? Another month should finish them. They're nearly there.

 

[whitefox]

barley treated with home n dry,minerals, simples

 

[Wishful Thinker]

When you’re feeding silage I’d stick to beef ration, though either get one with maize top of list or keep adding in yourself.
add plenty of salt and limestone.
not a fan of barley especially in our country, no power in the home grown stuff

 

[Weare Cham]

What do farmers who grow their own barley mix with it for a finishing meal

Home grown rolled beans. [emoji106]

 

[Wee Willy]

Just a wee update.
I changed to 60%flaked barley,40% ground maize yesterday morning.
Today I have 25 skittering bullocks/heifers with last nights meal still lying.