How much do cows feed a day? Do you know? Qingfeng, Shandong


Release time:

2019-05-24

Young calves: The rumen of young calves is not yet fully developed, and supplementary feeding is supplemented by feeding. When the supplementary feeding is started at the age of 1 to 2 months, it should be fed 4 to 6 times a day. As the age and weight of the calf increase, the digestive ability will continue to increase, and the feeding times can be gradually reduced.

 

1How many times a day do cows feed?

Depending on the size, use and season of the cow, one day needs to be fed.2~4Times, and the interval between two feedings should be6~8Hours, in order to give cattle enough rumination, digestion time.

breeding cow: Breeding cows during the empty pregnancy and pregnancy can be fed twice a day in the morning and evening to meet their nutritional needs, while lactating cows have higher nutritional needs and are best fed every day.3Times.

young calves: The rumen of young calves is not yet fully developed, supplemented by feeding mainly with milk,1~2At the beginning of the month, it should be fed every day.4~6As the age and weight of the calf increase, the digestive capacity will continue to increase, and the number of feeding can be gradually reduced.

 

Fattening cattle: Calves fed daily after entering fattening period2~3Times can be. There are also cattle farmers in the late stage of fattening using all-day continuous feeding fattening method, this fattening method in the short term weight gain effect is more obvious, but the impact on the cattle gastrointestinal is relatively large, so not long-term use of this feeding method.

2. How to feed?

Mixing material: before feeding, mix the forage and refined material evenly according to the proportion, and it is better to add water for mixing. the ratio of general material (dry material) to water1:1That is, cattle prefer to eat better feed palatability after mixing with water. Farmers can try to mix feed jujube powder with grass, which has a sweet smell, which can stimulate animal appetite and improve the palatability and conversion rate of feed.

Feeding amount: According to the size and use of cattle and other different to develop a reasonable feeding amount, such as fattening cattle daily intake of dry matter weight.2.8%~3%About, of which concentrate accounts for the total amount of feed.35%~40%Around, calculate down a head1000The weight of the fattening cattle to feed a day28~30Jin of dry matter quality feed, of which the concentrate feed is.9.8~12Jin. In general, the ratio of feeding amount in the morning and evening is2:3, Daily Feed30In the case of dry matter quality feed, feed in the morning.12Jin, feed at night18Jin.

Feeding method: feeding should follow the principle of less feeding and frequent addition, each feeding points2~3After the feed is added, less feed in the feed tank can keep the cattle good appetite, and the cattle are not picky and eat more cleanly. After feeding1.5~2The leftover material in the feeding trough should be cleaned up in hours, so that the cattle can maintain a good appetite and will not affect the normal feeding during the next feeding, and the feed can be prevented from staying in the feeding trough for a long time and causing corruption and mildew. After cleaning up the leftover material in the feeding trough, sufficient water can be put into the cattle for drinking, especially in summer, sufficient water supply must be available.