Wanted: Out of parlour feeders

[Jdunn55]

Has anyone got any for sale? Ideally looking for half a dozen in cornwall but will go further abroad (over the tamar ) if need be.
Thanks

 

[pappuller]

Has anyone got any for sale? Ideally looking for half a dozen in cornwall but will go further abroad (over the tamar [emoji51]) if need be.
Thanks

Why ??

 

[Jdunn55]

Why ??

So I can feed a blend and a cake, everything can have blend in the parlour and then high yeilders can have cake through the oopf. Should save me a small fortune with time.

Alternatively I can feed everything the blend in the feed passage but that will take time and I cnat think of a good time to feed it. If i feed it this way after milking the cows will have to wait around rather than get straight out to fresh grass, alternatively if I feed it before milking I reckon they'll become lazy and not bother to flow through the parlour nicely.

 

[dinderleat]

why don’t you just carry on with the current system.

 

[Jdunn55]

why don’t you just carry on with the current system.

Because cake is £300/t and blend is £180/t, and I need as much milk as I can reasonably get which means feeding plenty of concentrates. Heifers and lower yielding cows will be fine with grass and a blend, higher yielding cows will appreciate a cake on top. I'm happy to give them it if they'll provide me with the extra litres.

 

[thewalrus]

I think the op is looking feeders not be told how to run his farm!

 

[Jdunn55]

Shouldn’t be that much difference between cake and blend for like for like?
are the extra litres really that profitable? Well managed grass is a great feed and a fraction of the cost

It wouldnt be like for like to be fair, but that's kind of the point. The lower yielders could fill up on grass and have a bit of cheap blend to help keep litres up and like said on here previously it's cheap acres. The higher yielders can still have the cheap blend but have cake to top them up and fulfill what they're capable of doing. Some are 10,000 litre cows, they need a bit of extra help to fulfill that in comparison to a 5000 litre heifer which can manage off grass and blend

 

[Rossymons]

If you can wait till April there will be some delaval ones at a farm sale in Cornwall.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I think the op is looking feeders not be told how to run his farm!

He's in the wrong place then!

 

[Barmyfarmer]

I do not understand oopf? Another type of feed, another bin, another auger system and I'm guessing you need some id system for it to work aswell? Those litres must be very marginal

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Because cake is £300/t and blend is £180/t, and I need as much milk as I can reasonably get which means feeding plenty of concentrates. Heifers and lower yielding cows will be fine with grass and a blend, higher yielding cows will appreciate a cake on top. I'm happy to give them it if they'll provide me with the extra litres.

For my summer contract it was cake at £250 or blend at £230. The blend was marginally better ingredients but there wasn't a lot in it.

 

[Beef farmer]

For my summer contract it was cake at £250 or blend at £230. The blend was marginally better ingredients but there wasn't a lot in it.

Bought when?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

250ish and 230ish. Not priced long ago.

 

[pappuller]

Because cake is £300/t and blend is £180/t, and I need as much milk as I can reasonably get which means feeding plenty of concentrates. Heifers and lower yielding cows will be fine with grass and a blend, higher yielding cows will appreciate a cake on top. I'm happy to give them it if they'll provide me with the extra litres.

you are worse than me for wanting to spend money , but before you do if you are trying to maximise your output from forage you will find that once you start giving extra treats those cows will get lazy and will always be hammering those feeders to get that extra nut and not thinking about going to graze.

 

[Martyn]

Think there are some advertised in MVF news letter recently.

 

[farmboy]

How will they access OOPF if they are at grass?

 

[Sid]

Has anyone got any for sale? Ideally looking for half a dozen in cornwall but will go further abroad (over the tamar ) if need be.
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[Sid]

How will they access OOPF if they are at grass?

you need a lot of them to access when in for milking..................., and a slow parlour!

 

[Dealer]

Has anyone got any for sale? Ideally looking for half a dozen in cornwall but will go further abroad (over the tamar ) if need be.
Thanks

I have some customers using our feeders as out of parlour feeders,

Flat rate controlled feed rates from 1kg upto add lib

No collars no electrics can go in any field

Hopper sizes

1.2 ton
2.4 ton
4 ton

Advantage feeders .co.uk

Or give me a pm

Just an alternative suggestion

 

[farmboy]

you need a lot of them to access when in for milking..................., and a slow parlour!

Just wondering if it’ll be a bit
Of a scrum if they’re all trying to get in at once and if they’ll be keen after they’ve just had blend.