Friesian Bull diets

[TomAg]

Got a few bulls about, just wondering what others fed, and if anyone has ever fed Maize silage in a ration and what else?

Currently feeding;
61.5% rolled barley
20% sugar beet nuts
10% maize distillers
6% molasses
2.5% GP minerals

Am I over thinking it?

Thanks!

 

[harperfarmer]

Bulls want a cereal based ration. Maize silage isn't worth putting in imo but if it's maize meal/crimp/rolled maize then yes absolutely include it as it's a pretty safe rocket fuel. I think you maybe are overthinking it. I'd be happy with rolled barley with some rolled oats plus pot ale.

 

[kildarej]

a mainly maize meal based ration seem to work well with fattening friesian type stock..main thing is to get the fat covers havent found anything here better than maize meal to do that

 

[deleted user 837354]

Got a few bulls about, just wondering what others fed, and if anyone has ever fed Maize silage in a ration and what else?

Currently feeding;
61.5% rolled barley
20% sugar beet nuts
10% maize distillers
6% molasses
2.5% GP minerals

Am I over thinking it?

Thanks!

Is that a blend or home-made?

You either are paying a lot of money for it or making a lot of work out of it.

 

[J 1177]

Are you buying in or have you got some of the components on farm.
Keep it simple, rolled barley, soya meal, gp minerals and limestone flour. Straw in ring feeders and away you go

 

[TomAg]

Is that a blend or home-made?

You either are paying a lot of money for it or making a lot of work out of it.

It’s bought in! [emoji15]

 

[TomAg]

Are you buying in or have you got some of the components on farm.
Keep it simple, rolled barley, soya meal, gp minerals and limestone flour. Straw in ring feeders and away you go

I’m currently buying it in, can get my hands on Barley!

What sort of percentages would you mix that?

 

[onthehoof]

Where can you buy maize meal?

 

[deleted user 837354]

MVF, BOCM and KW will all sell it, comes from the docks.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

I would half the sugar beet to 10%, replace with more barley and up the distillers to 15%. I think you will see an improvement

 

[pine_guy]

SBP over priced round here I’m using soya hulls but prefer SBP. Barley, soyahulls, maize/wheat distillers and mineral, that’s all you need. Soya as protein is good as well as you need less and can get more barley in.

 

[pine_guy]

I would half the sugar beet to 10%, replace with more barley and up the distillers to 15%. I think you will see an improvement

Yes, use 50:50 SBP:distillers. 3 ton of each from local mill in the trailer together. Tip it out and mix with bucket as I push in corner of shed.