Feeding Oats

[mghley]

I have been offered some oats to feed, At £100 per tonne they don’t seem very expensive and I’m assured they are a good sample.
Looking to use them to stretch out barley mix for store cattle, or to add to lamb pellets to help fatten lambs.
Are any of you feeding oats and what are the issues.
Thanks MGH

 

[Northeastfarmer]

No issues...crack on

 

[neilo]

Suspiciously cheap? Or a bargain.

 

[mghley]

Suspiciously cheap? Or a bargain.

Hopefully a bargain, apparently non farm assured and hence struggling to shift them and needs shed urgently for stock coming in. Time will tell, let the oats experiment begin.

 

[Agrivator]

We've been feeding them for a few thousand years, so they should be ok.

And feed them whole to all stock.

But if they are non- farm assured, don't let them know, or they'll refuse to eat them.

 

[mghley]

We've been feeding them for a few thousand years, so they should be ok.

And feed them whole to all stock.

But if they are non- farm assured, don't let them know, or they'll refuse to eat them.

I’d realise they can be fed whole to sheep but assumed they would need to be rolled for cattle, would they not be better rolled with the barley ???

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I’d realise they can be fed whole to sheep but assumed they would need to be rolled for cattle, would they not be better rolled with the barley ???

They are a pain in the arse roll...I never bother

 

[An ancient git]

Feed whole ..... don't let paperwork be seen if your FABBL etc (they won't know !) .... and crack on . Sounds a great buy ..... Happy days ...... Wish I could have get some at that price !!

 

[An ancient git]

Seem to remember that calves , up to about 7 months , digest 'whole' well . Then declines ongoing . Be worth trying on any older cattle , and have a dig in sh1t to check if losses are ott ............

 

[Anymulewilldo]

£100 a tonne is right, feed oats are only £104 in the FG this week so happy days! Use loads of them for feeding lambs/ Hoggs

 

[Nithsdale]

We've been feeding them for a few thousand years, so they should be ok.

And feed them whole to all stock.

But if they are non- farm assured, don't let them know, or they'll refuse to eat them.

Christ!...
You're older than I thought!!





Why were the Dark ages so dark? Was there a lightbulb shortage??

 

[mghley]

£100 a tonne is right, feed oats are only £104 in the FG this week so happy days! Use loads of them for feeding lambs/ Hoggs

When feeding lambs presumably you feed them whole ? Do you feed them on their own, in a ration or mixed with lamb finisher pellets ??
Thanks MGH

 

[J 1177]

Iv got some spring oats to go in hopefully, I'd like to feed them to my bulls will they substitute some of the barley and will I need to up the protein that's added to the ration? I have fed them to calves before and they've done well. Just wondering about bigger bulls

 

[Agrivator]

One nutritional benefit of oats is that they produce Mucilage which provides a protective lining to the digestive system.

It might also be beneficial to humans with Krone's Disease.