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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1636361" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p><<<As such, I've come to believe the advice my dad gave me -- "just feed beef cows enough to keep them alive over winter.">>></p><p></p><p>I somewhat agree with you up to a point. Mine get in pretty poor shape along about late February. Kind of embarrassing since a lot of my pastures are along the road. By that time they have big calves and not much to eat except the hay that I feed. My oats are ate down to not much of anything. Their ribs are showing and the manure piles stack up.</p><p> By late March the native Rye grass and rescue grass comes on and they recover their lost weight pretty quick. By late April and into May most of the calves get weaned off and the cows are butterball fat. They stay in good shape through the summer and into early fall when they calve again and the cycle starts over. </p><p></p><p>Its the nature of the beast on this marginal, highly erodible plot of land that I call mine. It helps to have some cows with a little ear. They hold up much better than the straight breds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1636361, member: 5381"] <<<As such, I've come to believe the advice my dad gave me -- "just feed beef cows enough to keep them alive over winter.">>> I somewhat agree with you up to a point. Mine get in pretty poor shape along about late February. Kind of embarrassing since a lot of my pastures are along the road. By that time they have big calves and not much to eat except the hay that I feed. My oats are ate down to not much of anything. Their ribs are showing and the manure piles stack up. By late March the native Rye grass and rescue grass comes on and they recover their lost weight pretty quick. By late April and into May most of the calves get weaned off and the cows are butterball fat. They stay in good shape through the summer and into early fall when they calve again and the cycle starts over. Its the nature of the beast on this marginal, highly erodible plot of land that I call mine. It helps to have some cows with a little ear. They hold up much better than the straight breds. [/QUOTE]
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