thorp wi. | MNBEEF - 2/4/2013 09:23 Right now, I have 1ft/hd (holsteins) and am feeding once a day. I never see any pushing at all. They seem content to lay in the cornstalks and wait their turn. This might change once they are 1000+lbs but we'll see. I think I am going to try closer to 9-10in/hd with my next group. Garvo, I think what happens is people run out of space...I adapted my building to work for bunk feeding so I have too much building for my bunk space. I am at 90-100ft2/head right now. My building is 120x45 with ~50ft of concrete. I am toying with the idea of pulling the feed bunks out, pouring a curb and just feeding on the concrete. Then I can use the bunks on my new building (when I build it). The one issue with having a curb and then feeding on concrete is that you will have to push up feed every once in a while . thats my bigest gripe about my setup , feeding along curb . but on the plus side if it snows you just scoot along trough with the skidloader and your ready to feed . |
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