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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 158048" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Hurt them? I'm thinking not. They're beef calves... As one fellow on the forum put it, "...raise 'em on fescue and rocks". :lol: But even the pair of twin <em>holstein </em>calves I have (350lbs or so) don't get grain. They're on a cow, and they eat hay at the feed bunk with her, and they don't need more than that. If my holstein calves can do fine like that, your beef calves certainly don't <em>need </em>grain. To be honest, at 500lbs and 5 months of age they'd prolly be fine even without the cow.</p><p></p><p>I agree with msscamp on the grain too... sudden feed changes really mess them up. Slowly increase the grain, slowly decrease the grain, just a few pounds per head per week, no more, and you shouldn't have problems. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 158048, member: 852"] Hurt them? I'm thinking not. They're beef calves... As one fellow on the forum put it, "...raise 'em on fescue and rocks". :lol: But even the pair of twin [i]holstein [/i]calves I have (350lbs or so) don't get grain. They're on a cow, and they eat hay at the feed bunk with her, and they don't need more than that. If my holstein calves can do fine like that, your beef calves certainly don't [i]need [/i]grain. To be honest, at 500lbs and 5 months of age they'd prolly be fine even without the cow. I agree with msscamp on the grain too... sudden feed changes really mess them up. Slowly increase the grain, slowly decrease the grain, just a few pounds per head per week, no more, and you shouldn't have problems. :) [/QUOTE]
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