Feeding barley

[Stewartry hill]

For some finishing cattle and cheapest feed seems to be barley so how much how soon these are 2year old on grass.getting 2.5 kilo once a day now

 

[Yale]

Just introduce or up quantities slowly or you’ll have a lame bunch of cattle.

 

[Stewartry hill]

Just introduce or up quantities slowly or you’ll have a lame bunch of cattle.

I know that but just wondered over what timescale

 

[Yale]

I know that but just wondered over what timescale

My feeling is not to increase any more than maybe 100g per head extra per day if you are pushing on,probably increases of half that would be a lot safer.

BTW that’s only a back of fag packet estimation.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Mix some pulp or maize glutton with it or even oats .

 

[neilo]

Maxammon barley fattening ration.

What do people mix with maxammon barley too make good fattening ration?

thefarmingforum.co.uk

I would really consider looking at Maxammon/FiveF treatment. As well as increasing the protein level (reducing the need to buy that in separately), it raises the pH of the treated Barley significantly, avoiding the danger associated with feeding high levels of Barley, and particularly of increasing rates too fast.

Not cattle, but I had to bring lambs in to feed last year, like most. I started them on whole Barley mixed with pellets, through one of those magical 3-in-1 feeders to limit intakes, but still lost a few. Next ones came in onto straight Alkagrain (FiveF treated Barley) on ad-lib and didn’t have any problems at all. I wish I sorted it earlier, but didn’t have any handy to treat the pile of grain.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Work them up to ad lib over about 3 weeks if not feeding anything else with it
Better with some SB in it

 

[czechmate]

Work them up to ad lib over about 3 weeks if not feeding anything else with it
Better with some SB in it

SB?
Spring barley or Spring Beans to me

 

[J 1177]

SB?
Spring barley or Spring Beans to me

Sugar beet pellets. That or oats be carefull they need a buffer such as bi carb or limestone flour.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

SB?
Spring barley or Spring Beans to me

Sugar beet

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I never used to start cattle in barley , you can easy kill um
Brewers grains pulp maize gluten any high fibre stuff to get them add lib . Then slowly add barley to the blend