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<blockquote data-quote="GoWyo" data-source="post: 1718263" data-attributes="member: 38220"><p>The alfalfa being 3rd cutting is just too hot. Too much protein and not enough dry matter and it just seems hard on their guts to be on that diet for a long period of time -- like me trying to live on candy bars. If you can go to free choice on something pretty rough and even allow free choice on the alfalfa at the same time, they will eat enough of the rough stuff to balance things out and do well on it. Go buy a couple of grass bales and see how much of each they eat given the choice. They may not eat that much grass hay, but they need the extra dry matter. I feed alfalfa to my replacement heifers, but they have access to dormant grass pasture or a grass bale and they seem to like some of each.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoWyo, post: 1718263, member: 38220"] The alfalfa being 3rd cutting is just too hot. Too much protein and not enough dry matter and it just seems hard on their guts to be on that diet for a long period of time -- like me trying to live on candy bars. If you can go to free choice on something pretty rough and even allow free choice on the alfalfa at the same time, they will eat enough of the rough stuff to balance things out and do well on it. Go buy a couple of grass bales and see how much of each they eat given the choice. They may not eat that much grass hay, but they need the extra dry matter. I feed alfalfa to my replacement heifers, but they have access to dormant grass pasture or a grass bale and they seem to like some of each. [/QUOTE]
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