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Am I lacking anything supplement wise for heifers?
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<blockquote data-quote="j&amp;amp;lfarms" data-source="post: 998111" data-attributes="member: 20054"><p>I spend a little more money than I have to, but I partly do this because when I first bought my heifers they were a little behind other peoples so I bumped up what I fed. Also they were extremly crazy so I started feeding them sweet feed to get them to trust me. Now they are at the point where I can get them in the barn if I need to, yet they are cautious enough of me that they stay far enough away I dont have to worry about getting kicked or them running me over to get to the feed. The feed is like $16/hundred and it lasts me about a month, the protein block is $7 and last me about 2 or 3 months and when it runs out I just buy it next time I have a few extra dollars, and the salt block is $6 and it will probably last me longer than I have these heifers as it stays dry in the barn. With that being said when grass starts growing again I plan on taking them off the extra feed as I don't think its neccessary(I think they eat lesss hay when I feed. Once I tested it and had to buy another roll a week sooner than usuall.) </p><p></p><p>These heifers are nearing 15 months. I dont know exactly because the guy I bought them from had no clue he just put hay out everyonce in a while and let them be cows. They are 800-900 pounds now. I have read some stuff about the BCS but I'm not familiar enough to give a number. If you look at some of my other post I have a picture of 2 or 3 of them on there. I believe it was the one about seeing if they were ready to breed yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j&lfarms, post: 998111, member: 20054"] I spend a little more money than I have to, but I partly do this because when I first bought my heifers they were a little behind other peoples so I bumped up what I fed. Also they were extremly crazy so I started feeding them sweet feed to get them to trust me. Now they are at the point where I can get them in the barn if I need to, yet they are cautious enough of me that they stay far enough away I dont have to worry about getting kicked or them running me over to get to the feed. The feed is like $16/hundred and it lasts me about a month, the protein block is $7 and last me about 2 or 3 months and when it runs out I just buy it next time I have a few extra dollars, and the salt block is $6 and it will probably last me longer than I have these heifers as it stays dry in the barn. With that being said when grass starts growing again I plan on taking them off the extra feed as I don't think its neccessary(I think they eat lesss hay when I feed. Once I tested it and had to buy another roll a week sooner than usuall.) These heifers are nearing 15 months. I dont know exactly because the guy I bought them from had no clue he just put hay out everyonce in a while and let them be cows. They are 800-900 pounds now. I have read some stuff about the BCS but I'm not familiar enough to give a number. If you look at some of my other post I have a picture of 2 or 3 of them on there. I believe it was the one about seeing if they were ready to breed yet. [/QUOTE]
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