Wheatfeed through the parlour?

[Baling Hay]

Our cows are currently getting a standard 18% dairy nut through the parlour and a blend (barley, rapemeal, distillers, minerals) fed up the trough once a day at about 4kgs.

We are considering dropping the dairy nut (£210) and just feeding wheatfeed (£145) in the parlour at about 2kgs twice a day. Cows are mostly early lactation crossbreds and danish reds yielding 30kgs. What are people's thoughts?

Thanks

 

[pappuller]

how many kilos of cake av in the parlour ? dosent sound like your doing a bad job to me, depends if your going to increase the blend at the trough

 

[thunderballs]

Nut for wheat feed!! Is that not like swapping silage for straw?

 

[Baling Hay]

how many kilos of cake av in the parlour ? dosent sound like your doing a bad job to me, depends if your going to increase the blend at the trough

Still just 2kgs, nut ingredients include wheatfeed, palm kernel, rapemeal etc. Not that great a stuff so just thought about feeding top quality blend and then using wheatfeed in parlour.

 

[Beef farmer]

Are the cows early lactation but pregnant? Or being served?

 

[Baling Hay]

Are the cows early lactation but pregnant? Or being served?

Will be running with bull in 2 months, just started calving last few weeks.

 

[Beef farmer]

Will be running with bull in 2 months, just started calving last few weeks.

So spring calving, you won't need an 18% nut for very long, soon be turned out.

 

[Baling Hay]

So spring calving, you won't need an 18% nut for very long, soon be turned out.

Not in Ayrshire! May turnout.

 

[TomB]

We feed crackerfeed from kw through the parlour, cheap and cheerful, 13me, 15%cp

 

[pappuller]

With a feed rate of .2kg/l think id be inclined to leave things as they are especially if your approaching servicing

 

[pappuller]

We feed crackerfeed from kw through the parlour, cheap and cheerful, 13me, 15%cp

Is that the crisps ? How much is it ?

 

[TomB]

From ryvita I think. Just less than 150 for 18t/blown loads, might have gone up a bit since I booked it for the winter. Was 135 last winter.

 

[Beef farmer]

From ryvita I think. Just less than 150 for 18t/blown loads, might have gone up a bit since I booked it for the winter. Was 135 last winter.

Do you feed tmr aswel to your autumns?

 

[Baling Hay]

With a feed rate of .2kg/l think id be inclined to leave things as they are especially if your approaching servicing

feed rate isn't that low, currently get blend in trough and the 30 litres would be around peak, currently doing about 24-25 litres.

 

[TomB]

Do you feed tmr aswel to your autumns?

Yes tmr outside, although it's only really rape and soya going in with the silage.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Yes tmr outside, although it's only really rape and soya going in with the silage.

Do you ever feed any of your own cereals?

 

[TomB]

Do you ever feed any of your own cereals?

Yes, but didn't have enough of our own barley to get us through, cheaper to buy cracker feed than buy in barley or roll our own malting barley. Didn't make much grass silage so mostly feeding maize and whole crop so fairly starch loaded outside. Need to get some grazed grass in......

 

[dinderleat]

I would feed the blend through the parlour and get some maxamom wheat for outside at 2kg head should cheapen things up with out the loss of energy.

 

[Durry cows]

Yes, but didn't have enough of our own barley to get us through, cheaper to buy cracker feed than buy in barley or roll our own malting barley. Didn't make much grass silage so mostly feeding maize and whole crop so fairly starch loaded outside. Need to get some grazed grass in......

when you turn out to grass will you switch to just grazed grass and the cracker feed through the parlour?

 

[thewalrus]

Our cows are currently getting a standard 18% dairy nut through the parlour and a blend (barley, rapemeal, distillers, minerals) fed up the trough once a day at about 4kgs.

We are considering dropping the dairy nut (£210) and just feeding wheatfeed (£145) in the parlour at about 2kgs twice a day. Cows are mostly early lactation crossbreds and danish reds yielding 30kgs. What are people's thoughts?

Thanks

Is the wheatfeed palatable?