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Pregnant cow that lost her first
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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1612683" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>I would cut the grain off completely. She sure don't need it if she is as fat as you say and its only going to make the calf bigger and harder for her to get it out. Protein in late stage pregnancies tends to do more harm than good. You can resume feeding her after she calves if you think its necessary, I don't. </p><p></p><p>On my herd here at the main farm, I have 51 calves on the ground out of 58 cows. I lost one. None of them have been fed anything but hay. I do have some tubs out for them. I do realize you want to feed you animals to keep them gentle, but your effort to take good care of your cows may be part of the problem. On young cows and heifers. I prefer a not so fat animal hoping for a smaller live calf. Better small and alive than big and dead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1612683, member: 5381"] I would cut the grain off completely. She sure don't need it if she is as fat as you say and its only going to make the calf bigger and harder for her to get it out. Protein in late stage pregnancies tends to do more harm than good. You can resume feeding her after she calves if you think its necessary, I don't. On my herd here at the main farm, I have 51 calves on the ground out of 58 cows. I lost one. None of them have been fed anything but hay. I do have some tubs out for them. I do realize you want to feed you animals to keep them gentle, but your effort to take good care of your cows may be part of the problem. On young cows and heifers. I prefer a not so fat animal hoping for a smaller live calf. Better small and alive than big and dead. [/QUOTE]
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