Wet silage dry silage dilemma

[JPB]

Morning. Just after some advice, half of my silage in 1st cut ( rocket fuel cut in May) and the other half was some grazing land we tidied up in July so obviously stalky and dry and not the same quality as 1st cut. My question is, is it best to alternate between the 1st cut and older stuff alternate days, put a bale out of each at the same time (they will probably all push in for the 1st cut and leave the other bale to last) or should I use up 1st cut then go on to dryer stuff.
They go mad for the new stuff but bedding soon gets wet as the silage is making their muck a bit sloppy, they quite happily munch away on dryer stuff aswell but I know the quality won t be there. Cattle range from 4 months to 14months in different sheds.
Shame I can't justify a mixer wagon then I wouldn't have this problem!

Cheers

 

[Derrick Hughes]

give the best stuff tithe younger cattle

 

[DrDunc]

Shake a bit of each out and mix it.

The rocket fuel will go straight through them without them getting the benefit. Mixing with stemmier dry stuff will slow down the speed through their gut and give them the benefit of it.

I'm mixing 11.8me 18.3% protein bales with hay for my young stock.

Would you like you eat runny curry one day and dry bread the next all the time?

 

[Old Tip]

Fed mix it as best you can, I find they will eat a bit of both, the tasty stuff will go faster but they still clean the stalky stuff up ok. As @DrDunc says they need the fibre, like us having a nann with our curry

 

[JPB]

Ok will try that, sounds good advice. Thanks

 

[steveR]

Doing similar here and popped 2 rings in the yard. The nice stuff is gone PDQ, but then they move to the poorer quality. I find that a bale will last long enough to allow all the bunch to eat the quality and then move on.

 

[Coximus]

How are you feeding them? I tend to layer my feeders up when Im forced to feed (sheep admittedly). Can be a faff but it works and forces them to eat a layer of rough to get to the good.

 

[steveR]

Single bale in each ring (cattle) but I do sometimes stack a bale of better silage on top of haylage/hay, usually after some of the bottom bale has been eaten and spread about in the ring a bit