Whole fodder beet to sucker Cows

[Lazy Eric]

What’s everybody’s opinion on feeding beet whole? Is it ok or not. We don’t want to spend on a chopper if we can help it.
Do cows loose teeth crunching away at whole ones? And of course risk of chocking?
Thank in advance

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Have fed them whole for years . Cows soon learn to chew on them .

 

[Dog Bowl]

Anyone put fodder beet through a straw chopper type machine to chop them up??

 

[Skintagain]

Tip them in. it Only adds cost

 

[jed]

Same here all cattle have them whole we do clean them just to stop soil build up in bottom of feeder.Never had one choke teeth seem ok.
sheep have them via a marshal side spreader.

 

[Valmetal Inc]

 

[Valmetal Inc]

This machine will pulp beet at a fast rate ...

 

[jed]

What’s it like if The beet has a stone or two in it?

 

[Valmetal Inc]

the machine has a grate which protects the blades so a stone isn't a huge issue - small stones naturally go to outside of the drum and they drop through a stone trap....stones aren't really a big problem....

 

[wr.]

What’s everybody’s opinion on feeding beet whole? Is it ok or not. We don’t want to spend on a chopper if we can help it.
Do cows loose teeth crunching away at whole ones? And of course risk of chocking?
Thank in advance

Have you got a rear discharge spreader? We put the beet out for the sheep with ours and we'll put a load out through it into a heap
in the silage pit so we can feed it to the cows. Chops it nicely.

 

[Stw88]

Whats the best technique (revs and door position) for spreading with rear discharge to get it chopped up abit?

 

[deleted user 837354]

The above or a dual spreader chops em up well.

 

[wr.]

Whats the best technique (revs and door position) for spreading with rear discharge to get it chopped up abit?

Back door not open too much and plenty of revs IME.