This saves so much fuel and equipment use, we do the same thing, works great cows eat when their hungry and not when we feel like feeding them

It was a great system too, dead simple to operate and it suited precision chop silage as the cows couldnt waste it, the secret was keep the pit low and long, its easy manage that type feed face and it didnt get time to heat

@colmanlong1032

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but allot of time spent sraping yard.

I see what you mean! We do self feed silage on our farm also, we also get the overhang and use the loader but it can make a mess!! And i am a big fan of your videos and farm it is fairly similar to mine!

Great video mate, thanks again.

those are some very nice cows you have there

@thefunkyfarmer

10 жыл бұрын

thankyou Mathew

Good video 📹

brings back momeries , works very well with cows as they are trained for life ...... we had bullocks ad to be trained every winter ... cost effective feeding ,,,, keeps you fit also ,,,,

Did this for many years when i was younger. We had a one inch pipe running the full lenght of the face. Maybe simpler was best ? I also remember the silage barriers that were common at that time.

@thefunkyfarmer

10 жыл бұрын

interesting.

haha last few seconds i thought that cow was going to push you ,your brother or who ever it was into the electric fence then lol

@farmerjones5269

3 жыл бұрын

Lol me to

do you feed them concentrates as well or just silages

anouther great vid well done

@thefunkyfarmer

10 жыл бұрын

thanks Charlie

thank you

nice looking animals :)

plenty

we used to have a pole , on the ground so they could not pull the silage out under there feet

Fantastic video

I don't know what be cheaper for u buying bagger or remoddify ur silage barn so 1st crop be presented first like installing a roller door in back so u can back in to unload? Hope this helps.

I used to have an old top and bottom bar from an old gate knocked into the silage at waist height on each side as near to the clamp wall as poss, with a piece of old inner tube to tension the electric fence, mark the wall with chalk and move the fence on 4 inches every day, making another mark with chalk, write down every friday with an F and sledge forward the pole each side every 4-5 days, cushty really!!

@thefunkyfarmer

10 жыл бұрын

nice one. We use a home made piece of kit that hangs from the walls and moves along. 4 inches a day sounds about right

@georgedoorley5628

6 жыл бұрын

we used buckrake tines , good and springy kept the wire tight , 4 " a day each side with a sledge hammer fast way of feeding no machinery .... but strict pollution laws locally made us go to all indoors in slatted sheds no yards to scrape ,,,, do not miss that job

How wide is the face and how many cows eat off it? Thanks from Canada

@thefunkyfarmer

10 жыл бұрын

hi Hans, the face is 45 feet wide. 25 cattle can happily feed from it

Is your herd geared toward Butterfat percentage verses getting as much milk as you can from them?

@thefunkyfarmer

9 жыл бұрын

Yes we have quite a high butterfat

@MrMagnum7220

9 жыл бұрын

We're only about 3.6 bufferfat here in the states. But 70 lbs per cow production.

@thefunkyfarmer

9 жыл бұрын

Ours is 4.1

How much left

nice

Doesnt it go bad with a big and allways open surface? Because of oxyjen

@peternelly3879

10 ай бұрын

Saw somewhere that you need to dimension it for the nr of cows. They aimed for 15 cm eaten per day.

I have been reading abouf silage feeding. One item i read talked face management to reduce spoilage losses. How much of your face is eaten in one day

@thefunkyfarmer

9 жыл бұрын

maybe a few inches a day

@philipblass6544

9 жыл бұрын

thefunkyfarmer from what i have read, if you put a wall down the middle of your clamp and only feed one side at a time, your daily milk production might increase as there would be less spoilage. You should check with your local agricultural expert.

@thefunkyfarmer

9 жыл бұрын

Philip Blass you could be right but with self feed like this we need the width to allow all the cows to get to the clamp

What sIlage are they eating?

@thefunkyfarmer

9 жыл бұрын

grass silage

mooo I like silage

What is it?

Too bad you can't have an "edge" to push up with the silage. Keep silage away from feet.

@thefunkyfarmer

9 жыл бұрын

Yes I know what you mean. Luckily the electric fence keeps them back enough to stop them trampling the silage they are eating

and how long time does it need?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+zaqro samsonashvili a few months to pickle

@itzz_liam3154

7 жыл бұрын

thefunkyfarmer I want to work at your farm when I'm older it looks really peaceful

How many clamps do you have

@thefunkyfarmer

10 жыл бұрын

2,one for grass silage, the other for maize

how do you prepare silage?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+zaqro samsonashvili take a look at the silage making videos on my channel

@scottkelly1665

3 ай бұрын

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Are you still self feeding? 🐄🐄🐄. Good idea. That means you don't have to feed.

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Rita O'Neill yes we are , simple and works for us

great videos could you give me a shout out

Silage

why dont you buy feeding barriers on wheels rather than a electric fence

@thefunkyfarmer

5 жыл бұрын

how much would that cost

What wellies are you wearing lately

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

just the cheap screwfix ones for the summer. thermal for winter

Why don't you just use the tractor? It would save so much time and effort, just flick a bit at a time!!!

@thefunkyfarmer

10 жыл бұрын

hi Tom, sometimes i use the loader to flick a bit out but it can make a mess of the silage face doing it that way

Are you the owner of the Farm or do you just work There?

@thefunkyfarmer

7 жыл бұрын

Owner

Sorry man i do know whats wrong with your silage the way your storing it first crops being eaten last,it should be eaten first that cut down your feed loss.Eaten in order of harvest would shorten its store time.Sorry my head wasn't on straight. You wouldn't drink milk from newest to oldest lol.My guess your butter fat pretty good than tappers down.My appologies again just came to me.Switch to bagging mark bags in order of crop feed in order .1st,2nd,3rd,fourth.If it was corn ur storage would smell like wiskey.

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@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

***** fkar whats that in English?

This seems like a very imprecise, inefficient and limited method of feeding cattle. Plus, the cattle don't look all that impressed.

@thefunkyfarmer

10 жыл бұрын

its not perfect but it works ok along with the other feed they get