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<blockquote data-quote="Rafter S" data-source="post: 1355928" data-attributes="member: 21194"><p>Welcome to the forum. I'd have to agree with M-5. I'd recommend butchering one of the steers this fall and selling the other two calves. Buy some more steers next spring and repeat the process. That way you won't have to mess with hay during the winter, but if you want to anyway, I usually figure one 4' x 5' round bale per mature animal per month. That may vary depending on your location. I'm in southeast Texas where the winters are relatively mild.</p><p></p><p>I definitely wouldn't keep the cross-bred bull calf as a breeder.</p><p></p><p>One more friendly suggestion. Stop referring to anything bovine as a cow. Cow usually refers to a mature female bovine that's had at least one calf. It's not generally applied to steers, heifers, bulls, or calves of either sex. Again, I intend that suggestion to be helpful, not mean-spirited (sometimes it's hard to tell from typed text).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rafter S, post: 1355928, member: 21194"] Welcome to the forum. I'd have to agree with M-5. I'd recommend butchering one of the steers this fall and selling the other two calves. Buy some more steers next spring and repeat the process. That way you won't have to mess with hay during the winter, but if you want to anyway, I usually figure one 4' x 5' round bale per mature animal per month. That may vary depending on your location. I'm in southeast Texas where the winters are relatively mild. I definitely wouldn't keep the cross-bred bull calf as a breeder. One more friendly suggestion. Stop referring to anything bovine as a cow. Cow usually refers to a mature female bovine that's had at least one calf. It's not generally applied to steers, heifers, bulls, or calves of either sex. Again, I intend that suggestion to be helpful, not mean-spirited (sometimes it's hard to tell from typed text). [/QUOTE]
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