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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1580821" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Our calves don't get creep feed, but do eat alongside the cows a couple times a week average though during the summer and almost daily in winter. They don't get a lot feed that way but are introduced to it so they are used to eating when weaned. We wean our calves and background a while before selling. I start them out with maybe 3 to 4 lbs a day and then work up to 5 to 7 lbs depending on weather and available forage quality. The ones that we have fattened for beef have so far been wintered with young bulls their age and only fed once a day and toward the lighter amount cause they were on another farm. I put them in a lot to fatten and then gradually build them up to about maybe 25 lbs or more per day depending on how much they will eat. I back off if they start leaving it. I feed pretty heavy for about 90 days. I just feed puts the same ration that we use for everything else, a house mix that our local feed store mixes, made up of corn gluten pellets, soy hulls, cracked corn and dried distillers grain. I think it is 12% protein. I also select for bulls that are larger framed, and most of our cows are upper end of moderate to larger framed and most will weigh between 1250 to 1450. With a few a little larger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1580821, member: 24816"] Our calves don’t get creep feed, but do eat alongside the cows a couple times a week average though during the summer and almost daily in winter. They don’t get a lot feed that way but are introduced to it so they are used to eating when weaned. We wean our calves and background a while before selling. I start them out with maybe 3 to 4 lbs a day and then work up to 5 to 7 lbs depending on weather and available forage quality. The ones that we have fattened for beef have so far been wintered with young bulls their age and only fed once a day and toward the lighter amount cause they were on another farm. I put them in a lot to fatten and then gradually build them up to about maybe 25 lbs or more per day depending on how much they will eat. I back off if they start leaving it. I feed pretty heavy for about 90 days. I just feed puts the same ration that we use for everything else, a house mix that our local feed store mixes, made up of corn gluten pellets, soy hulls, cracked corn and dried distillers grain. I think it is 12% protein. I also select for bulls that are larger framed, and most of our cows are upper end of moderate to larger framed and most will weigh between 1250 to 1450. With a few a little larger. [/QUOTE]
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