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Scholsey how much was that dandy feeder mixer bucket. ...!? jtt.
10k 5 years ago, exchange rate wasn't amazing at the time.
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Scholsey how much was that dandy feeder mixer bucket. ...!? jtt.
Cow pow, cow starvation more likeCow Pow barriers will be £20k minimum and if you happen to make crappy silage one year for whatever reason you are committed to just feeding blocks of silage and have limited options for buffering.
Also if I remember correctly @newholland had all sorts of issues on the other forum with larger Holstein cows and sore necks
I've a relation who feeds and mixes for his 250 milk cows just using his loadall and bucket,grass silage,wholecrop and blend.
Only downside is time taken,I can feed my whole herd in half the time,but I'm feeding 230 in one mix.
Will it mix dry feed for creeps etc10k 5 years ago, exchange rate wasn't amazing at the time.
How long does it roughly take him to feed that number out of interest?
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
Suppose it suits machinery hating/wrecking stockmanWhy 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?
Suppose it suits machinery hating/wrecking stockman
But a tractor and wagon would be a cheaper to run than a telehandler
Just put out along 320ft of feed barrier 3tonne of whole crop, maize and grass silage in 10 mins including cutting the silage.
So it's a mini hi-spec mixer on the front,you must have a weigher on your loader?
How long does it roughly take him to feed that number out of interest?