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<blockquote data-quote="Dusty Britches" data-source="post: 298228" data-attributes="member: 1900"><p>I'm not saying I'm an expert and I only have had one cow do what you are talking about. I don't normally supplement except in the winter to help out with low quality hay.</p><p></p><p>The one cow I had was tested for Johnnes Disease - it was negative. After the second calf, her BCS was a 3. Poor shape. She raised good calves, so I thought I'd pen her for 30 days with extra rations when I weaned the calf. You cannot feed them enough to gain weight while raising a calf. After 30 days of a corn based ration, she picked up to a BCS 4. So, I kept her there another 2 weeks before I put her with the herd. She still had the runs, but it doesn't seem to affect her in any way, except that she loses a bunch of weight raising a calf. While I admire cows that put everything they got into the calf, I can't afford to supplement them when the wean out. In the spring when cull prices are higher, she'll go down the road. To cull her now in the winter will cost me more money than feeding her through the spring.</p><p></p><p>I also have a herd full of cows that raise quality calves that never need supplementing and push out a calf every 12 months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dusty Britches, post: 298228, member: 1900"] I'm not saying I'm an expert and I only have had one cow do what you are talking about. I don't normally supplement except in the winter to help out with low quality hay. The one cow I had was tested for Johnnes Disease - it was negative. After the second calf, her BCS was a 3. Poor shape. She raised good calves, so I thought I'd pen her for 30 days with extra rations when I weaned the calf. You cannot feed them enough to gain weight while raising a calf. After 30 days of a corn based ration, she picked up to a BCS 4. So, I kept her there another 2 weeks before I put her with the herd. She still had the runs, but it doesn't seem to affect her in any way, except that she loses a bunch of weight raising a calf. While I admire cows that put everything they got into the calf, I can't afford to supplement them when the wean out. In the spring when cull prices are higher, she'll go down the road. To cull her now in the winter will cost me more money than feeding her through the spring. I also have a herd full of cows that raise quality calves that never need supplementing and push out a calf every 12 months. [/QUOTE]
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