Feeding sore cattle

[Farmworker82]

Currently feeding store cattle, various ages, rolled barley, they have different amounts per pen, we bucket it out of a matbro bucket onto the feed passage. Very time consuming and labour intensive. Does anyone have any ideas how we can make it easer while still being able to feed different amounts easily

 

[John Deere 8530]

Currently feeding store cattle, various ages, rolled barley, they have different amounts per pen, we bucket it out of a matbro bucket onto the feed passage. Very time consuming and labour intensive. Does anyone have any ideas how we can make it easer while still being able to feed different amounts easily

Use a BOM bucket here. Has an auger that comes out of the side and feed straight into the troughs. Just drive on in a lower gear to increase feed quantity.

 

[Farmworker82]

How do you know how much you are giving per head? We want to know how much they are having as the young cattle don’t need as much as the 450kg plus. Also want it that anyone can feed them so “you just know” isn’t going to work

 

[Optimus]

Auger bucket of some kind.put in how ever much each pen requires then feed it out.find a speed that empties it all out at the end of the feed space.after that you just fill up the feed bucket an alter the speed for each pen.

 

[John Deere 8530]

How do you know how much you are giving per head? We want to know how much they are having as the young cattle don’t need as much as the 450kg plus. Also want it that anyone can feed them so “you just know” isn’t going to work

Same as what Optimus said. Then you could write down which gear/revs to do what pen. But yes after a while it does become a case of "you just know".

 

[Welderloon]

Auger bucket with a compression weigh adaptor incorporated in the hitch or buy an old basic keenan feeder with a working weigh scale & feed out with that - doesn't need to be new & shiny

 

[som farmer]

years ago just put a pressure gauge on the loader hydraulic pipes, need to calibrate it, we used 25kg feed sacks. Simple, cheap, easy and accurate.

 

[Andrew1983]

If you want it simple/easy with grain cheap and beef dear don’t mess about, get everything add lib! Sooner they are fat the better! Just vary the protein down as they get older.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Just bag our loose feed out of a hopper, weigh how much per bag and give as many bags as needed for number of head per pen