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<blockquote data-quote="MoGal" data-source="post: 626432" data-attributes="member: 1346"><p>You could be right, perhaps the alfalfa hay would be plenty. But the girls seem to be in really good shape (maybe there's a reason my Dad has always told me if he had to come back as an animal, he'd want to be one of mine) and are breeding back 32-35 days after calving. </p><p></p><p>We didn't fertilize the alfalfa last year (because of the cost) but I thank God we were able to always bale it at the right time and it always rained the very next day after it was baled. We haven't had the protein tested.</p><p></p><p>We normally feed ground corn in the winter (2- 5 gallon buckets for about 30 head so its not a significant amount either) with free choice hay but we didn't grow corn last year (wheat instead). We have 37 head running on about 10 acres so I consider them being drylotted as grass is not growing. We have 11 calves 1 day to 2 months old and have 10 more (mostly heifers and 2nd calvers) due between the 10th and 28th of this month. We always end up keeping about 10 heifers per year and many of our cows give plenty of milk. </p><p></p><p>I believe the cows need the extra nutrition right now, whereas if the calves were 4-5 months old, I wouldn't be giving the lick tubs but would instead be feeding creep to the calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoGal, post: 626432, member: 1346"] You could be right, perhaps the alfalfa hay would be plenty. But the girls seem to be in really good shape (maybe there's a reason my Dad has always told me if he had to come back as an animal, he'd want to be one of mine) and are breeding back 32-35 days after calving. We didn't fertilize the alfalfa last year (because of the cost) but I thank God we were able to always bale it at the right time and it always rained the very next day after it was baled. We haven't had the protein tested. We normally feed ground corn in the winter (2- 5 gallon buckets for about 30 head so its not a significant amount either) with free choice hay but we didn't grow corn last year (wheat instead). We have 37 head running on about 10 acres so I consider them being drylotted as grass is not growing. We have 11 calves 1 day to 2 months old and have 10 more (mostly heifers and 2nd calvers) due between the 10th and 28th of this month. We always end up keeping about 10 heifers per year and many of our cows give plenty of milk. I believe the cows need the extra nutrition right now, whereas if the calves were 4-5 months old, I wouldn't be giving the lick tubs but would instead be feeding creep to the calves. [/QUOTE]
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