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First calf heifers- when to keep and sell.
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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 1078632" data-attributes="member: 637"><p>I would give them both a 2nd chance. The 2nd cow looks to be muscled nicely. It doesn't take a ton of milk to feed a calf in the beginning. If I had fall calves, I personally would put out a creep feeder as there is no clover to supplement the milk. In the spring time, the clover puts enough protein to take over where there is lack of milk. If you are dead set against creep feeding, I would establish an area in my pasture with Durana clover, and put up an electric fence around it so that the cows cannot get to it. But I would raise the fence up high enough that the calves can walk up underneath the wire to graze. Durana clover grows in the winter time as well, but more slowly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 1078632, member: 637"] I would give them both a 2nd chance. The 2nd cow looks to be muscled nicely. It doesn't take a ton of milk to feed a calf in the beginning. If I had fall calves, I personally would put out a creep feeder as there is no clover to supplement the milk. In the spring time, the clover puts enough protein to take over where there is lack of milk. If you are dead set against creep feeding, I would establish an area in my pasture with Durana clover, and put up an electric fence around it so that the cows cannot get to it. But I would raise the fence up high enough that the calves can walk up underneath the wire to graze. Durana clover grows in the winter time as well, but more slowly. [/QUOTE]
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