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Hay bad for calves?
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<blockquote data-quote="Medic24" data-source="post: 468440" data-attributes="member: 1101"><p>Oh no..did i start a debate................</p><p></p><p>The important thing here is we are talking about calves on the mother in a free range situation..... much different then feeding hay in place of, or more then grain and milk to bottle fed calves. A young gut simply does not have the ability to digest hay or straw efficiently to be of any benefit, and will take up room in the gut that should be filled with milk or grain.</p><p></p><p>Keep this important thing in mind also.....no matter how good the milk replacer is, it is still not nearly as good nutritionaly then being able to suck on momma when ever it wants to get a much richer and more complete milk then comes in a bag.</p><p></p><p>And trust me on this, even when a younger calf in a pasture situation eats hay or grass, it still is not getting much nutrition until they get a bit older.......they still are dependent on momma for most of their needs.. :cboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medic24, post: 468440, member: 1101"] Oh no..did i start a debate................ The important thing here is we are talking about calves on the mother in a free range situation..... much different then feeding hay in place of, or more then grain and milk to bottle fed calves. A young gut simply does not have the ability to digest hay or straw efficiently to be of any benefit, and will take up room in the gut that should be filled with milk or grain. Keep this important thing in mind also.....no matter how good the milk replacer is, it is still not nearly as good nutritionaly then being able to suck on momma when ever it wants to get a much richer and more complete milk then comes in a bag. And trust me on this, even when a younger calf in a pasture situation eats hay or grass, it still is not getting much nutrition until they get a bit older.......they still are dependent on momma for most of their needs.. :cboy: [/QUOTE]
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