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A question for the experts. creep feeding pure bred calves
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 43500" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>We are not a "cooperative breeder", so I don't know how relevant this is, but we don't creep feed our registered Angus calves. There have been some very bad years that we've weaned them early because there wasn't any grass and we were feeding cows hay. It just didn't make any sense to feed the cows hay so they could continue to nurse the calf. I think we weaned them at about three months old and they had acceptable 205 day weights. </p><p></p><p>This year we weaned five registered bull calves to get them ready for taking to the bull test station. Their average adjusted 205 day weight was 766 lbs., so I don't see any need to creep. We don't necessarily have weights like that every year, but we had more grass this year and fewer cows than we've ever had. It's been a remarkable summer here.</p><p></p><p>How does your agreement with the breeder you're cooperating with work?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 43500, member: 13"] We are not a "cooperative breeder", so I don't know how relevant this is, but we don't creep feed our registered Angus calves. There have been some very bad years that we've weaned them early because there wasn't any grass and we were feeding cows hay. It just didn't make any sense to feed the cows hay so they could continue to nurse the calf. I think we weaned them at about three months old and they had acceptable 205 day weights. This year we weaned five registered bull calves to get them ready for taking to the bull test station. Their average adjusted 205 day weight was 766 lbs., so I don't see any need to creep. We don't necessarily have weights like that every year, but we had more grass this year and fewer cows than we've ever had. It's been a remarkable summer here. How does your agreement with the breeder you're cooperating with work? [/QUOTE]
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