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Newbie is feeding grain; how much?
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<blockquote data-quote="ny_grass" data-source="post: 606721" data-attributes="member: 8237"><p>Many members of forum have chimed in on my problems with my skinny cows (this thread: <a href="http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52911" target="_blank">viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52911</a>); the upshot was that I need to begin feeding my beef cows some grain to help them gain back their condition.</p><p></p><p>So, here are some pictures of the feeder I just built. I can already see that it's not ideal (the bottom board should have been 10" or 12" instead of 6", but that's all I had. It probably should be off the ground too (since I've already seen them step in it). But they had their first grain yesterday. This morning I fed about 18 lbs (as measured by weighing a 4/5 filled 5 gallon bucket). I'm going to try to work them up to about 4 lbs/day. Given that the calves will finally be separated from them by Wednesday, I think 4lbs/day per cow will be enough to help get them back in shape.</p><p></p><p>Anything I'm missing? Is 4lbs/day not enough? </p><p></p><p>Here's the breakdown of the grain I'm feeding them:</p><p>grain products</p><p>processed grain products</p><p>cane molasses</p><p>soybean meal</p><p>vit. A palmites</p><p>vit. D2 supp</p><p></p><p>They told me, at the mill, that this 16% mix contained: corn, oats, distillers by products, molasses.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/503/IMG_1799.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/503/medium/IMG_1798.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/503/medium/IMG_1806.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here's the analysis:</p><p>min crude protein: 16%</p><p>min crude fat: 3.5%</p><p>max crude fiber: 9%</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ny_grass, post: 606721, member: 8237"] Many members of forum have chimed in on my problems with my skinny cows (this thread: [url=http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52911]viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52911[/url]); the upshot was that I need to begin feeding my beef cows some grain to help them gain back their condition. So, here are some pictures of the feeder I just built. I can already see that it's not ideal (the bottom board should have been 10" or 12" instead of 6", but that's all I had. It probably should be off the ground too (since I've already seen them step in it). But they had their first grain yesterday. This morning I fed about 18 lbs (as measured by weighing a 4/5 filled 5 gallon bucket). I'm going to try to work them up to about 4 lbs/day. Given that the calves will finally be separated from them by Wednesday, I think 4lbs/day per cow will be enough to help get them back in shape. Anything I'm missing? Is 4lbs/day not enough? Here's the breakdown of the grain I'm feeding them: grain products processed grain products cane molasses soybean meal vit. A palmites vit. D2 supp They told me, at the mill, that this 16% mix contained: corn, oats, distillers by products, molasses. [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/503/IMG_1799.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/503/medium/IMG_1798.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/503/medium/IMG_1806.JPG[/img] Here's the analysis: min crude protein: 16% min crude fat: 3.5% max crude fiber: 9% [/QUOTE]
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