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Suckler cows.. is it worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="hendrebc" data-source="post: 8175151" data-attributes="member: 70166"><p>Your probably right it would take them a while to start eating it if I started mid September they might not eat it till well into October.... </p><p>I already have a creep feeder which has hardly been used since we don't have any autumn calvers anymore so I've just done some very rough numbers on a scrap of paper. </p><p>If 40 calves are going to eat 2kg a day for 70 days (late August till November) that's 5.6tonne. At £400/t that's £2240. So more rough numbers I'd have to sell off 2 (5% of my calves!) to pay for it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> </p><p>Better start breeding milkier cows and get rid of the poorer performing ones (which I'm already doing, slow job though) </p><p>Anyone want to buy a like new creep feeder?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hendrebc, post: 8175151, member: 70166"] Your probably right it would take them a while to start eating it if I started mid September they might not eat it till well into October.... I already have a creep feeder which has hardly been used since we don't have any autumn calvers anymore so I've just done some very rough numbers on a scrap of paper. If 40 calves are going to eat 2kg a day for 70 days (late August till November) that's 5.6tonne. At £400/t that's £2240. So more rough numbers I'd have to sell off 2 (5% of my calves!) to pay for it :confused: Better start breeding milkier cows and get rid of the poorer performing ones (which I'm already doing, slow job though) Anyone want to buy a like new creep feeder? [/QUOTE]
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