Friesian steers silage based diet

[FarmerK]

Looking for the best way to do some friesian steers on a mainly silage based diet. Looking to run them on to being bigger beast as I’ve not got the grain to fatten as bulls but I’ve plenty silage.
was thinking maybe 1-2kg of cake a day? Is anyone else on with this?

 

[ridger]

Looking for the best way to do some friesian steers on a mainly silage based diet. Looking to run them on to being bigger beast as I’ve not got the grain to fatten as bulls but I’ve plenty silage.
was thinking maybe 1-2kg of cake a day? Is anyone else on with this?

That might just about keep them alive, better to push them on and get them away and more bouggt

 

[dinderleat]

What age?

 

[organicguy]

Either store them on silage only and fatten them out at grass next year, or poke a decent amount of hard feed into them and get them finished.

 

[Ceri]

It all depends on the age of them.....? But rough guide I'd be giving them 2kg of cake each end of the day.

 

[FarmerK]

It all depends on the age of them.....? But rough guide I'd be giving them 2kg of cake each end of the day.

5-6months onwards

 

[dinderleat]

5-6months onwards

Silage and couple kgs of cake or barley or a mix of the too will be fine. That’s what we do with ours then at 18month ish depending on time of year they get tmr grass silage Maize silage and 4-5kgs of rolled wheat

 

[FarmerK]

Silage and couple kgs of cake or barley or a mix of the too will be fine. That’s what we do with ours then at 18month ish depending on time of year they get tmr grass silage Maize silage and 4-5kgs of rolled wheat

Do you fatten and finish or send them as good stores?

 

[dinderleat]

Do you fatten and finish or send them as good stores?

Both depends on Tb situation and shed space just sold some 15-24m at sedgemoor av 970

 

[Farmer Keith]

Have you had the silage tested?

 

[HarryB97]

Get your silage tested the quality of most this year is very poor compared to normal.

 

[Werzle]

Looking for the best way to do some friesian steers on a mainly silage based diet. Looking to run them on to being bigger beast as I’ve not got the grain to fatten as bulls but I’ve plenty silage.
was thinking maybe 1-2kg of cake a day? Is anyone else on with this?

They'l do fine on that, just add some mins. Cheap and cheerfull winter ration that will do your job even if the silage is very average

 

[FarmerK]

Have you had the silage tested?

No it’s on the to do list