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<blockquote data-quote="johnny25" data-source="post: 273627" data-attributes="member: 4738"><p>Yeah sorry about the oat confusion. As far as the gains, yeah the alfalfa is really nice hay. I throw in the oats to add in a different flavor and its a way of cutting back on alfalfa. I pretty confident that I can get what i want (1.6-1.9lbs a day)</p><p>as far as gain with the feed I have. My dad did it for decades and i will continue now with it. I guess my concern was how much to feed. But considering that a lot of heifers were getting the gains i wanted if not more, i think it was just a matter of the bigger dominant heifers picking on the smaller ones and not letting them eat what they wanted. By separating I think it will help. So I think I am going to go with 70 percent alfalfa to 30 percent oat hay. Getting them 2.5 - 3lbs per 100 pound and see what the results will be. With the scale that i have at my disposal maybe i'll weigh them in 2 weeks to see how the results work out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnny25, post: 273627, member: 4738"] Yeah sorry about the oat confusion. As far as the gains, yeah the alfalfa is really nice hay. I throw in the oats to add in a different flavor and its a way of cutting back on alfalfa. I pretty confident that I can get what i want (1.6-1.9lbs a day) as far as gain with the feed I have. My dad did it for decades and i will continue now with it. I guess my concern was how much to feed. But considering that a lot of heifers were getting the gains i wanted if not more, i think it was just a matter of the bigger dominant heifers picking on the smaller ones and not letting them eat what they wanted. By separating I think it will help. So I think I am going to go with 70 percent alfalfa to 30 percent oat hay. Getting them 2.5 - 3lbs per 100 pound and see what the results will be. With the scale that i have at my disposal maybe i'll weigh them in 2 weeks to see how the results work out. [/QUOTE]
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