How many animals can a fodder room feed?
We have set out a more detailed explanation of the feeding regime on other pages which you can link to by clicking on the species’ below.
Cattle | Sheep | Horses
However for a quick snapshot answer we provide the following examples:
Species | Weight (kg) | 1 bay room | 2 bay room | 3 bay room |
hd per day | hd per day | hd per day | ||
Cattle | 150 | 39 | 78 | 117 |
350 | 17 | 34 | 50 | |
550 | 11 | 21 | 32 | |
Sheep | 25 | 230 | 460 | 700 |
35 | 160 | 320 | 480 | |
45 | 130 | 260 | 390 | |
55 | 107 | 213 | 320 |
I f you produce 1 tonne (two 3 bay rooms), 2 tonnes (standalone shed) or 3 tonnes (standalone shed) of green feed fodder a day then each day you could feed…
Species | Weight (kg) | 1 tonne/day | 2 tonne /day | 3 tonne /day |
hd per day | hd per day | hd per day | ||
Cattle | 150 | 222 | 444 | 666 |
350 | 95 | 190 | 285 | |
550 | 61 | 121 | 182 | |
Sheep | 25 | 1,330 | 2,660 | 3,990 |
35 | 950 | 1,900 | 2,850 | |
45 | 740 | 1,480 | 2,220 | |
55 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,800 |