Heifer Ration

[simangus guy]

Im just getting into showing. I was woundering what i should feed to my show heifers. I was told just to feed 1/3 corn to 2/3 oats with molasses and showbloom and mineral and work beat pulp in as needed is this any good. Thanks for the help

 

[Moocow11]

yeah i think that ration is about 360$ a ton

 

[rk]

Im just getting into showing. I was woundering what i should feed to my show heifers. I was told just to feed 1/3 corn to 2/3 oats with molasses and showbloom and mineral and work beat pulp in as needed is this any good. Thanks for the help

That ration's going to be seriously lacking in nutrition. Buy some type of formulated feed with better protein/amino acid profile and good mineral/vitamin fortification.

 

[simangus guy]

Ok thats good to know. We use kent feed what do they have long those lines that would work. Thanks again

 

[Moocow11]

kent has a product(actually made by evergreen) called wiining fill. and when you feed it and some of their calf grower the heifers will do pretty good. but for heifers i would definatly recomend Kalmbach Feeds, and high noon heifer developer

 

[Colorado2008]

High Noon does have a really good heifer developer.

 

[Moocow11]

i love it but we cant get it around here any more very steidly. unless we order 4 tons at a time

 

[Colorado2008]

So are you on the Eastern side of Kansas. It seems like it wouldn't be that far of a drive to Bird City. It's only like three hours or so away from where I am located so we just call Nick up and tell him what we need.

 

[Moocow11]

we are in south west ks

 

[SF]

If you are only feeding a few (less than 10) it may be more economical to purchase a complete ration. There are several good feeds out there. Purina Show Chow is good (kind of expensive), Acco makes some good show feed also. Any premixed feed ration that will achieve 12 to 14 percent protein and about 5% fat will work well for you. Make sure there is plenty of mineral in it and make sure you keep some roughage available.