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how much hay should i buy for winter?
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 563505" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Mature cow consumption is easy to estimate, but it's harder to mathmatically figure out how much hay to feed growing calves... because their rate of consumption changes as they grow. I can tell you what <u><strong>I</strong></u> put into my Holstein bottle calves though. I feed hay from Oct/Nov through April/May. If I purchase calves in Sept/Oct as day-olds and sell them in April/May, I usually go through 1/2 a ton to 1 ton of straight alfalfa hay per animal for the winter. Sometimes a touch more or less but it's largely dependent on if/how much grain they're getting and how fast I want them to grow. My calves usually end up around 400lbs in the spring when I sell, which is about 1.8lbs ADG. That translates to "not being pushed very hard."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 563505, member: 852"] Mature cow consumption is easy to estimate, but it's harder to mathmatically figure out how much hay to feed growing calves... because their rate of consumption changes as they grow. I can tell you what [u][b]I[/b][/u] put into my Holstein bottle calves though. I feed hay from Oct/Nov through April/May. If I purchase calves in Sept/Oct as day-olds and sell them in April/May, I usually go through 1/2 a ton to 1 ton of straight alfalfa hay per animal for the winter. Sometimes a touch more or less but it's largely dependent on if/how much grain they're getting and how fast I want them to grow. My calves usually end up around 400lbs in the spring when I sell, which is about 1.8lbs ADG. That translates to "not being pushed very hard." [/QUOTE]
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