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how much more hay will cows lactating eat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 994619" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>No. My spring dry cows eat 5-6 bales, in the winter (Nov 1-April 1).</p><p></p><p>The fall cows will eat that plus 1/4 to 1/2 extra, so 6.25-7.5 bales. The fall calves eat a bit, but its no more than 2/3 a bale the entire winter. I know that pretty precisely because in my feeding system, the calves leave the cows to go eat other bales, and so the consumption at the bale feeders is strictly cows. So a fall cow and her calf would eat a maximum of 2 additional bales over a dry cow, at least here.</p><p></p><p>Spring calves will eat 1/4 bale a month as weaned calves and work themselves up to 1/2 bale a month by the time they become yearlings. Of course bale weights and feed quality play a certain part in the figures. My bales are around the 1000 lb mark and average to below-average quality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 994619, member: 1682"] No. My spring dry cows eat 5-6 bales, in the winter (Nov 1-April 1). The fall cows will eat that plus 1/4 to 1/2 extra, so 6.25-7.5 bales. The fall calves eat a bit, but its no more than 2/3 a bale the entire winter. I know that pretty precisely because in my feeding system, the calves leave the cows to go eat other bales, and so the consumption at the bale feeders is strictly cows. So a fall cow and her calf would eat a maximum of 2 additional bales over a dry cow, at least here. Spring calves will eat 1/4 bale a month as weaned calves and work themselves up to 1/2 bale a month by the time they become yearlings. Of course bale weights and feed quality play a certain part in the figures. My bales are around the 1000 lb mark and average to below-average quality. [/QUOTE]
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