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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1838185" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>That was originally [USER=22547]@daneg[/USER] 's figuring but I pretty much agree... except in this cold here we always feed more... PLUS dairy cattle have to have more since they do not carry the amount of body fat/ outside layered on fat cover... of a beef animal... so in the cold it helps to up their energy and corn helps to do that and put on some fat layer... I like them to have that extra on before going into the worst of the cold . But it seems to be the consensus that somewhere in the 30-40 lb range is average.. and they will eat as much as they can ahead of a real cold spell and the rumination will help to create body heat for them too... and the quality does matter... </p><p>but quantity is important in the cold too... </p><p>Congrats on the heifer being pregnant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1838185, member: 25884"] That was originally [USER=22547]@daneg[/USER] 's figuring but I pretty much agree... except in this cold here we always feed more... PLUS dairy cattle have to have more since they do not carry the amount of body fat/ outside layered on fat cover... of a beef animal... so in the cold it helps to up their energy and corn helps to do that and put on some fat layer... I like them to have that extra on before going into the worst of the cold . But it seems to be the consensus that somewhere in the 30-40 lb range is average.. and they will eat as much as they can ahead of a real cold spell and the rumination will help to create body heat for them too... and the quality does matter... but quantity is important in the cold too... Congrats on the heifer being pregnant. [/QUOTE]
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