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    best way to supplement poor hay ?

    It is second cutting on the timothy but I didn't have it tested I guess I should have. I kept thinking spring would come and she would fatten up on some good pasture but as for now we still have snow cover and condition appears to be getting worse. I wish I would have shipped her last fall...
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    best way to supplement poor hay ?

    I have 3 heifers and a bred cow. My heifers look good in my opinion. Not fat but not skinny the cow is a different story she is due in July and I will cull her in late fall but she is slowly loosing condition. I feed free choice Timothy hay. And I know that that isn't great but its...
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    what kind of supplement for heifers

    Yes the timothy hay is mine I plan on planting some different alfalfa blended pasture mixes but for now its what I have they are out to pasture but we have a foot of snow so they only use a small area where hay water and shed are I appreciate the advice just want to make sure there nutritional...
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    what kind of supplement for heifers

    i have 3 heifers from last spring that I plan to breed this year and also a cow that will calve this spring. I am feeding them free choice timothy hay. I have been using myneral lyx replacement heifer lick tubs as a supplement but I think they are hitting them harder than they need. I havent...
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    what vaccines are a must

    I am new to beef cows I am starting with a cow and 3 replacement heifers. I bought them from a neighbor who is a large dairy farmer with a small hobby heard of beef (30 Cows). He told me that he vaccinates them once when he weans them of the cow and that is it. Never has a problem and has...
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    skinny cow

    I have a older cow I purchased this fall. She has started to get a little thin so I weened her calf (5 1/2 months) and would like to put some weight on her berfore she calves again. She is on timothy hay I havent had it tested so I don't know how good it is and have a mineral lyx replacement...
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