dun":cprwc6ms said:I still don;t agree with the concept of feeding heifers better then the cow herd. We never have and until this year I can;t remember when the last heifer (first calver) didn;t breed back on schedule. The one that didn;t this year was a bought heifer and has alwasy been rough coated from I assume, the fescue since she came from up north. This year she's raising a dandy calf but is still rough coated, losing condition and hasn;t cycled yet. She's not keeping up her end of the bargain so she'll be heading down the road come weaning time. Registered cow, great genetics, just don;t work in our environement.
dun
We always liked to "baby" the heifers. They got the better field, more hay, they were more likely to get grain, their hay was always barned hay, if we had a rye grass field they were in it. That may not be the best way to go for everybody; but there are people now who have taken that to extremes and are feeding mixed ration 3-5 lbs a day two times a day. We in the cow business NOT the hog business a cow is SUPPOSED to do some work.