I've seen them in my creep feeders as young as a week or two and some do actually eat.What age will calves normally start using a creep feeder?
We use palletized feed and they have their own hay ring.Any suggestions on what to start them on?
MoGal":e3ghidxe said:If you have a MFA dealer close by (we've got a feed store every 10 miles so its easy to get coop, nutrena, purina, mfa, etcc.... in about any direction you want to travel)
Cattle Charge with AS700 runs about $13.00 per hundred or $246.00 ton)
Unless you've got first calving heifers or are keeping replacements I wouldn't feed them from a feeder (provided you had enough grass).
blueridge":3ld761x4 said:I have already purchased a feeder. The calves range from 4 to 8 weeks old and I have tried pelletized feed as well as ground feed and they wont touch either one. They will go into the feeder but don't eat anything. They actually eat the grass inside the feeder that the cows can't get to.
Limomike":3bsbuiuc said:I never knew that creep feeding replacement heifers did anything to reduce the milk when they are older. Is that a fact? I have held back many replacements over the years.. and fed them creep... and when they calved.. always seemed to have plenty of milk for the calves. could it be that different breeds are just poorer milk producers ??
Limomike":3cozgw44 said:I never knew that creep feeding replacement heifers did anything to reduce the milk when they are older. Is that a fact? I have held back many replacements over the years.. and fed them creep... and when they calved.. always seemed to have plenty of milk for the calves. could it be that different breeds are just poorer milk producers ??
TheBullLady":2e0jxrf3 said:We creep feed all our calves, and I've never had a problem with the heifers not milking well. On a 10 -12% ration you're not talking about putting a lot of fat on them.