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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: CarraghsBorderCollies on July 12, 2009, 11:59:18 am

Title: unusual feed
Post by: CarraghsBorderCollies on July 12, 2009, 11:59:18 am

im just watching rural tv and i was interested to hear that in california they often use left over orange and citrus peel as a high energy cattle feed!
the only drawback is that it is low in protein.
makes you wonder if the meat tastes different as a result?

do you know of any other unusual feed/feeding practises?

Title: Re: unusual feed
Post by: welshboy on July 13, 2009, 09:31:23 am

A large 1000 cow herd of cows near me gets lorry loads of biscuits and confectionary which have failed quality control. A rumour one load was mars bars- don't know how if they had paper on !

Title: Re: unusual feed
Post by: hexhammeasure on July 13, 2009, 01:21:24 pm

that kind of makes a mockery of the rule NO cooked foods to be fed to livestock....

Title: Re: unusual feed
Post by: Paul Sill on July 13, 2009, 05:53:39 pm

Cirus pulp is a standard ingredient in animal feed and blends, nothing unusual about it.

Title: Re: unusual feed
Post by: shetlandpaul on July 13, 2009, 08:42:59 pm

have a look at what makes up your average chuck /pig food i think theres a lot of biscuit in there sometimes.