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<blockquote data-quote="faster horses" data-source="post: 1723356" data-attributes="member: 17524"><p>I know nothing about fescue except my company has a mineral designed to be fed when the forage is fescue.</p><p></p><p>10% protein hay is okay for range cattle. We have fed a lot of grass hay, we just made sure they had enough. If they couldn't digest it right away, we didn't cut them back to a lesser amount, but left it and they always cleaned it up in the afternoon. Cutting back on hay that is lesser quality doesn't work. I know producers that cut cattle back when they don't clean it up right away but that can be a big mistake. We tested our hay so we knew what we had nutrition wise. We didn't supplement anything except mineral. For 22 years we did this. I agree that a mixture of grass/alfalfa is desirable and we would have liked to have had that, but we didn't. Our hay was mostly dryland crested wheat and it was hard to get it all up at the optimum time. Boy, crested wheat can turn color fast in hot temperature! Our cattle always were in good shape, bred back really well and their health was excellent. I hope no one reading this thinks I am bragging, that is not my intention; rather, this is meant to show what worked for us without buying a lot of protein supplement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="faster horses, post: 1723356, member: 17524"] I know nothing about fescue except my company has a mineral designed to be fed when the forage is fescue. 10% protein hay is okay for range cattle. We have fed a lot of grass hay, we just made sure they had enough. If they couldn't digest it right away, we didn't cut them back to a lesser amount, but left it and they always cleaned it up in the afternoon. Cutting back on hay that is lesser quality doesn't work. I know producers that cut cattle back when they don't clean it up right away but that can be a big mistake. We tested our hay so we knew what we had nutrition wise. We didn't supplement anything except mineral. For 22 years we did this. I agree that a mixture of grass/alfalfa is desirable and we would have liked to have had that, but we didn't. Our hay was mostly dryland crested wheat and it was hard to get it all up at the optimum time. Boy, crested wheat can turn color fast in hot temperature! Our cattle always were in good shape, bred back really well and their health was excellent. I hope no one reading this thinks I am bragging, that is not my intention; rather, this is meant to show what worked for us without buying a lot of protein supplement. [/QUOTE]
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