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<blockquote data-quote="CreekAngus" data-source="post: 1599406" data-attributes="member: 38224"><p>Excess protein is really rough on the feet, it's one reason dairy's have the foot trimmer out every month. Mix wheat straw into the alfalfa or completely switch out to grass hay. My Dad who operated in a very similar environment like you, had to cut his grass/alfalfa with wheat straw. In your part of the world, irrigated grass hay has all the protein a cow or bull needs. Here, where our grass hay is lacking, I put my bulls on a 75/25 ration hay to alfalfa and I feed them 5lbs a day of 75/25 ration of grass and distiller grain pellets and whole corn. When they get close to their year mark, the grain goes away, alfalfa is replaced with protein tub (only 17%) and they will be sold at 15 months. I don't want to sell a bull that is going to fall apart, because the new owner doesn't feed as we do. At the same time, I don't want to runt my bulls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CreekAngus, post: 1599406, member: 38224"] Excess protein is really rough on the feet, it's one reason dairy's have the foot trimmer out every month. Mix wheat straw into the alfalfa or completely switch out to grass hay. My Dad who operated in a very similar environment like you, had to cut his grass/alfalfa with wheat straw. In your part of the world, irrigated grass hay has all the protein a cow or bull needs. Here, where our grass hay is lacking, I put my bulls on a 75/25 ration hay to alfalfa and I feed them 5lbs a day of 75/25 ration of grass and distiller grain pellets and whole corn. When they get close to their year mark, the grain goes away, alfalfa is replaced with protein tub (only 17%) and they will be sold at 15 months. I don't want to sell a bull that is going to fall apart, because the new owner doesn't feed as we do. At the same time, I don't want to runt my bulls. [/QUOTE]
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