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I will start off by saying I am very new to raising cattle. For the past 2 years, I have been buying steers, and raising them for my freezer. My neighbor is needing to reduce his heard, and is offering to sell me 2 of his commercial cows. One is a brangus, and I am not sure of the other. (...

How long should I let them eat free choice? Until they are 6 months old? Or can I let them eat free choice all the way until they go to the freezer (I am guessing about 15 months) Tim

So, if I decide to creep feed, do I just feed free choice? In other words, do I put out 2 or 3 bags of feed, and just let my calves eat as much as they want? Or do I measure the amounts I put out each day? Thanks Tim

Medic, Thanks for the advice. Question about creep feeding... Is there special creep feed that I can buy at the feed store, and just leave it out for them free choice along with hay? Would I do this until time to finish them a couple of months before they go into the freezer? How much feed...

These steers are not going to be sold to anyone. They will be going into the freezer for my family, and friends/extended family. If the horns will not get that long, then I guess I could leave them alone.

My two holstein bulls are now 9 weeks old, and off the bottle. I am feeding them 3 - 4 lbs of calf starter each per day, along with free choice hay and clean water. I plan to have each one cut and de-horned within the next month. With that said, here are my questions... 1. Should I be...

Right now the steers are still eating from a bottle. So I am not looking to finish them over the winter, I am just looking to grow them over the winter. I was just not sure how much protein they needed.

This winter I am going to be feeding out several steers. My plan is to give free choice coastal hay, along with loose mineral. I also will be giving them each about 2 -3lbs of some type of beef builder feed per day. My question(s) is this a good plan? Will this be enough protein? I can add...

I would say the consistency of pudding.

This is a question related to my milk replacer question. When my calves were on the soy replacer, they started having runny brownish-white stools. Is this considered scours? The reason I ask this is because at no time the the 2 calves look sickly. Every time I went to check on them they were...

Just to give an update on my original question.... I decided to go ahead and use up the Nurse Chow #200, since I already had it. Sure enough about 4 days into it, I started noticing loose brownish-white stools in their stalls. I then switched over to the Nurse chow #100 - no SOY!, and within...

Would it hurt to mix in some of the Nurse Chow 200 (which contains some SOY) with some of the Nurse Chow 100 or High energy 100 that doesn't contain SOY. That way this bag that I bought is not a total waste. Or should I just Throw it out?

So which one should I use. I take it the one I am using is the wrong one.

I have read on this board that Purina makes a good replacer. So I had my wife pick up some at the local feed store, and when she got home I read on the ingredients list, and it contains 22% protien, only 12% fat, and the first 3 ingredients are dried whey,dried whey protein concentrate, and SOY...

Yes, I am just wanting to finish my two larger ones. So should I pen them up now, and start pouring on the grain, or should I let them keep eating what's left of my pasture (supplemented with hay) for another couple of months, and then start them on grain? Thanks Tim

Take a look at the following steers and give your opinions on how they look, and if they are ready to start finishing out on grain yet. Please keep in mind, this is my first attempt at growing my own beef, and I also know that I didn't start out with the highest quality to begin with. I figure...

Quick question. What was the purpose of removing the salt block and putting out loose minerals. The reason I ask this is because I am supplementing my hay and pasture(which isn't the greatest) with a protein tub, and salt block. I also feed about 3 lbs of grain per animal per day. Is this...

I plan on holding on to them until they are ready for my freezer.:) Of the two new ones, I will keep one for beef, and sell the other when it reaches 500lbs or so.

Well, the buyer that I use just brought me 2 additional calves, and I have a couple of questions. 1. The two existing steers that I have now, (about 500 lbs each) do not get along with the two new ones (300lbs each). Every time the new ones get close to them, to try and eat or drink out of...

One more question... Would it hurt to put the baby calf in a large dog kennel in the back of my truck for the ride home, if I decide to buy one at a sale? Thanks Tim