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<blockquote data-quote="suzorse" data-source="post: 867556" data-attributes="member: 17294"><p>I feed alfalfa to mine year around, grass is way more money as it is horse hay here, If I feed grass</p><p>I have to feed 2X as much or free choice it and all my cows lose weight on it (if they will even eat it ), stay away from any</p><p>late cuttings of alfalfa , as they can be powdery 3d or 4th, check to see, you could lose your heifer </p><p>to bloat caused by a wad of the fine stemmed powdery hay getting caught in the throut and causing a blockage, I had it happen to 1 cow but caught it in time , neighbor lost 2 from it , the COB with some calf manna is fine, my weaned calves are getting a small amount of allstock 1X aday and their alfalfa 2Xs a day ,and the other group of calves get pasture and allstock once a day, my heifers that will be calving never got grain at weaning just alfalfa and look great, I will start them on a small amount of COB 1 month before calving, these are also milk cows, and will get grain only in the stanchion Suzanne</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="suzorse, post: 867556, member: 17294"] I feed alfalfa to mine year around, grass is way more money as it is horse hay here, If I feed grass I have to feed 2X as much or free choice it and all my cows lose weight on it (if they will even eat it ), stay away from any late cuttings of alfalfa , as they can be powdery 3d or 4th, check to see, you could lose your heifer to bloat caused by a wad of the fine stemmed powdery hay getting caught in the throut and causing a blockage, I had it happen to 1 cow but caught it in time , neighbor lost 2 from it , the COB with some calf manna is fine, my weaned calves are getting a small amount of allstock 1X aday and their alfalfa 2Xs a day ,and the other group of calves get pasture and allstock once a day, my heifers that will be calving never got grain at weaning just alfalfa and look great, I will start them on a small amount of COB 1 month before calving, these are also milk cows, and will get grain only in the stanchion Suzanne [/QUOTE]
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