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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 852210" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Yeah, Ya gotta feed 'em if you want 'em to grow. </p><p>Toughin' it out - even on some decent grass - won't provide the nutrition that growing calf needs to build bone and muscle and a functional immune system. </p><p>Gotta have some quality protein and energy in a form that they can use. That rumen won't reach full functionality to allow them to make it on forages alone for quite a few weeks.</p><p></p><p>That said, I've never had a beef calf perform like those dairy calves; every beef calf I ever had to raise on a bottle ('cept one) ended up as not much to look at. But somebody bought 'em when they went through the sale ring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 852210, member: 12607"] Yeah, Ya gotta feed 'em if you want 'em to grow. Toughin' it out - even on some decent grass - won't provide the nutrition that growing calf needs to build bone and muscle and a functional immune system. Gotta have some quality protein and energy in a form that they can use. That rumen won't reach full functionality to allow them to make it on forages alone for quite a few weeks. That said, I've never had a beef calf perform like those dairy calves; every beef calf I ever had to raise on a bottle ('cept one) ended up as not much to look at. But somebody bought 'em when they went through the sale ring. [/QUOTE]
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