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Mixing straw and blend
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<blockquote data-quote="Headless chicken" data-source="post: 7928184" data-attributes="member: 2582"><p>Currently it’s ad-lib hay in a ring feeder with some barely straw blown on top and bedded well. With 4kgs of blend fed split between two feeds.</p><p>Suspect we could get down to 3kg safely if we had smaller groups but find 4kg means there is less bulling and a chance to get all the feed in before they’ve eaten it all.</p><p>Group size and the fact we have to go in is definitely an issue as there is 120 in there. </p><p>silage is readily available ( first year it could be as their home for the first time ever) but do feel they perform better on cake and straw certainly up to 6 months. </p><p>Sort of an annoying size right now as we’d have to feed silage in troughs as they wouldn’t reach all around a ring feeder.</p><p></p><p>estimated cost a day if my maths are right </p><p>£263 a tonne for blend = 0.263 pence per kg x 4 = £1.052 + 15p for hay/ straw consumption = a smidge over £1.20 a day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Headless chicken, post: 7928184, member: 2582"] Currently it’s ad-lib hay in a ring feeder with some barely straw blown on top and bedded well. With 4kgs of blend fed split between two feeds. Suspect we could get down to 3kg safely if we had smaller groups but find 4kg means there is less bulling and a chance to get all the feed in before they’ve eaten it all. Group size and the fact we have to go in is definitely an issue as there is 120 in there. silage is readily available ( first year it could be as their home for the first time ever) but do feel they perform better on cake and straw certainly up to 6 months. Sort of an annoying size right now as we’d have to feed silage in troughs as they wouldn’t reach all around a ring feeder. estimated cost a day if my maths are right £263 a tonne for blend = 0.263 pence per kg x 4 = £1.052 + 15p for hay/ straw consumption = a smidge over £1.20 a day. [/QUOTE]
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