What's the most amount of cake in one go?

[Jdunn55]

As above really
What's the most amount of cake you'd be happy to feed in one go?

My feed rep thinks I'm probably there now but I'd like an extra kilo or two into them if possible

It's a maize based HDF cake so not particularly hot

My cows are just trying really hard to milk so I want to support them as best I can

Talking 40+ litres

 

[Kiss]

If your feed rep thinks your on enough your probably already on to much

 

[paddler]

As above really
What's the most amount of cake you'd be happy to feed in one go?

My feed rep thinks I'm probably there now but I'd like an extra kilo or two into them if possible

It's a maize based HDF cake so not particularly hot

My cows are just trying really hard to milk so I want to support them as best I can

Talking 40+ litres

We prefer to feed 3kg or less as a maximum per feed but in exceptional circumstances will go as high as 4kg. We are on a maize based 15% cake.

 

[Woody j]

As above really
What's the most amount of cake you'd be happy to feed in one go?

My feed rep thinks I'm probably there now but I'd like an extra kilo or two into them if possible

It's a maize based HDF cake so not particularly hot

My cows are just trying really hard to milk so I want to support them as best I can

Talking 40+ litres

What are you feeding atm ?

 

[Jdunn55]

What are you feeding atm ?

Top cows have just gone to 15kg a day so 7.5kg per feed

 

[DairyNerd]

What's your total DM intake per cow?

 

[Martyn]

Why don’t you drop there parlour intake and put it through Out of parlour feeders if you got them up and running? I’m just thinking of spreading that cake load, think of of massive PH rumen hit you must be getting feeding it just twice a day. Other option is blend into the wagon, the yields & input your talking aren’t really suited to cow your grazing well, just as well be close to your yard in & out

 

[Beef farmer]

Top cows have just gone to 15kg a day so 7.5kg per feed

Won't need to allocate much forage. So cows per Ha will be good.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

There was me thinking about getting the kettle on!! Clearly the wrong kind of cake.

 

[Jdunn55]

What's your total DM intake per cow?

Not sure

They're having half an acre of long grass (4500ish kgdm/ha)
Half an acre good grazing (2800kgdm/ha)
2 silage bales (probably 200kgdm in each)
Plus cake in the parlour

Milking 80ish and 10 bulling heifers in the group too

 

[Jdunn55]

Won't need to allocate much forage. So cows per Ha will be good.

They're not All having that!

 

[Jdunn55]

Why don’t you drop there parlour intake and put it through Out of parlour feeders if you got them up and running? I’m just thinking of spreading that cake load, think of of massive PH rumen hit you must be getting feeding it just twice a day. Other option is blend into the wagon, the yields & input your talking aren’t really suited to cow your grazing well, just as well be close to your yard in & out

In an ideal world yes, that was the plan atleast...

In reality getting someone to sort them just isn't happening, it will happen eventually but hasn't thus far
Made progress but still not running

 

[Martyn]

In an ideal world yes, that was the plan atleast...

In reality getting someone to sort them just isn't happening, it will happen eventually but hasn't thus far
Made progress but still not running

Can you get your hands on a cheap wagon for now?

 

[More to life]

7.5 kg would be uncharted territory for me.

 

[Beef farmer]

7.5 kg would be uncharted territory for me.

You have a wagon though

 

[Beef farmer]

What's a decent spec cake like that costing you please?

 

[serf]

Know FA about dairy but 15 kg sounds a lot , Is this the norm nowadays to feed this amount ?
Thought you usually make most of the spring grass this time of year

 

[Tasteless]

Top cows have just gone to 15kg a day so 7.5kg per feed

Thats a huge hit on the rumen, the best cake in the world will never be nice on the rumen fed like that. And my guess is your cake is far from being kind anyways. Molassed beet pulp might be expensive but sticking that in your cake could be much kinder, and for sure some kind of buffer, defo need to buffer the sh!t out of it.

 

[Princess Pooper]

Our nutritionist is reluctant to recommend above 9kg through the parlour ie 4.5 kg per feed. We fed 12 kg/head this year but only by doing 2 x 4 kg in parlour and 4 kg as a mid-morning feed sprinkled on the (grass) silage. (We don't have a waggon or OOPF). But wheat distillers, rapeseed extract, barley, wheatfeed, wheat are the first 5 ingredients listed so it's pretty hot. (that was in the winter, grazing now, so no mid-morning feed and parlour cake dropping a start drying off next month).

 

[Grassman247]

Won't need to allocate much forage. So cows per Ha will be good.

You’d feed that much cake per cow in a season no?