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<blockquote data-quote="Stepper" data-source="post: 182351" data-attributes="member: 3398"><p>norriscathy,</p><p></p><p>I am glad you posted this information. I have a question for you. I am very new to the cattle business and dont have allot of experience. I am tring to raise some heifer's. I bought them back last October. They weighed 550 lbs. I have been feeding them a 6lb ration of 12 to 14 % protein grain a day with all the hay and mineral they can eat. I am planning on graining them right up until they are in their last tri-mester. But i will be moving them to some different pasture that is about 13 miles from the house. So this method of putting a weeks worth of feed out at once would be an ideal method of feeding for me. So my question is this. How do i go about switching them over to this salt intake controled method of feeding ? And can you suggest a good feed mix ? And how many pounds a day should i feed them through the summer ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stepper, post: 182351, member: 3398"] norriscathy, I am glad you posted this information. I have a question for you. I am very new to the cattle business and dont have allot of experience. I am tring to raise some heifer's. I bought them back last October. They weighed 550 lbs. I have been feeding them a 6lb ration of 12 to 14 % protein grain a day with all the hay and mineral they can eat. I am planning on graining them right up until they are in their last tri-mester. But i will be moving them to some different pasture that is about 13 miles from the house. So this method of putting a weeks worth of feed out at once would be an ideal method of feeding for me. So my question is this. How do i go about switching them over to this salt intake controled method of feeding ? And can you suggest a good feed mix ? And how many pounds a day should i feed them through the summer ? [/QUOTE]
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