Feeding replacement heifers?

[tom4018]

What would a suggested ration be to feed weaned heifers that are being kept for replacements this winter? The calves we bottle raise get a mix of soyhulls, distiller grain and corn that is about 14 %. Just thought I would ask the thoughts of others

 

[greenwillowherefords]

I feed Tindle Superstock and some 20% breeder creep. Superstock is 12%. A large coffee can per day per head.

 

[Dee]

What do you have available for feed stuffs? Hay, distillers, silage, grains? Make sure they are getting the proper mineral supplement also.

 

[TLCfromARK]

Once they've been on the 12% creep during the weaning process we switch them over to 20% range cubes, ~ 2# a day per head. Feeding them for about 3 months until the spring green up sure does make them easy to catch, just rattle a sack and they'll follow you anywhere. Free choice hay, salt & mineral, also we keep them on a pasture that has pretty good grass left from the summer. After they get a bull turned in on them they're on their own except for rare sack of cubes when we're wanting to get them up to work.

;-)

 

[TheBullLady]

We feed at milled 12-13% feed, about 2-3 lbs per head, plus free choice mineral / soybean meal, decent coastal bermuda pasture and coastal hay.

 

[fellersbarnoneranch]

Just ran across this--great info here!
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cc-corner/archreplace.html