Alfalfa Hay advice

[Isomade]

Well things are bad here as they are for many of us. I am short on hay and looking at options. I have a line on some Alfalfa hay but all the grass hay I have will be gone before winter. My question is can I winter cows on alfalfa alone? It's 18% protien. I fed a little Alfalfa hay a few years ago but I limit fed it with grass hay. I don't have much experience with the stuff and any advice would be appreciated.

 

[IL cow man]

You can feed the alfalfa just like grass hay, but you really need to drop the intake bake to 20 -25#/ day to be affordable. I would suggest feeding it along with the grass hay. 1 to 1 ratio or 2 to 1 ratio of grass bales to alfalfa depending on the quality of the grass. If the cows or calves start getting too loose from too much protein you will need to dilute it further. several guys feed cornstalk bales with alfalfa.

 

[Isomade]

You can feed the alfalfa just like grass hay, but you really need to drop the intake bake to 20 -25#/ day to be affordable. I would suggest feeding it along with the grass hay. 1 to 1 ratio or 2 to 1 ratio of grass bales to alfalfa depending on the quality of the grass. If the cows or calves start getting too loose from too much protein you will need to dilute it further. several guys feed cornstalk bales with alfalfa.

I won't have any grass hay. Can I make it thru the winter just limit feeding the alfalfa?

 

[dun]

You can feed the alfalfa just like grass hay, but you really need to drop the intake bake to 20 -25#/ day to be affordable. I would suggest feeding it along with the grass hay. 1 to 1 ratio or 2 to 1 ratio of grass bales to alfalfa depending on the quality of the grass. If the cows or calves start getting too loose from too much protein you will need to dilute it further. several guys feed cornstalk bales with alfalfa.

I won't have any grass hay. Can I make it thru the winter just limit feeding the alfalfa?

No reason you can;t we did it for 20 years in ca. Alfala is about the only thing available out there

 

[Isomade]

You can feed the alfalfa just like grass hay, but you really need to drop the intake bake to 20 -25#/ day to be affordable. I would suggest feeding it along with the grass hay. 1 to 1 ratio or 2 to 1 ratio of grass bales to alfalfa depending on the quality of the grass. If the cows or calves start getting too loose from too much protein you will need to dilute it further. several guys feed cornstalk bales with alfalfa.

I won't have any grass hay. Can I make it thru the winter just limit feeding the alfalfa?

No reason you can;t we did it for 20 years in ca. Alfala is about the only thing available out there

Thank you sir.