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Breeding / Calving Issues
Stop feeding grain prior to calving?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1420696" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>COWS should be able to breed back consistently in 12 months on grass & hay. Nothing more. My heifer CALVES get 5# shell corn/hd/day from shortly after weaning thru breeding. Once we have grass and they are turned out, they are not grained (unless they make it into the showstring LOL). I prefer growing my heifers out good before breeding, so that they are in good condition at breeding time (BCS 6) and maintain that condition thru calving. I keep my coming 2 & 3 year olds separate from the mature cows from fall thru calving until they are turned out on grass. 2 & 3 yr olds will lose condition thru the winter if they have to compete with mature cows for hay.</p><p>But, if you have thin cows, you are money ahead to grain them to try to improve their BCS before calving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1420696, member: 968"] COWS should be able to breed back consistently in 12 months on grass & hay. Nothing more. My heifer CALVES get 5# shell corn/hd/day from shortly after weaning thru breeding. Once we have grass and they are turned out, they are not grained (unless they make it into the showstring LOL). I prefer growing my heifers out good before breeding, so that they are in good condition at breeding time (BCS 6) and maintain that condition thru calving. I keep my coming 2 & 3 year olds separate from the mature cows from fall thru calving until they are turned out on grass. 2 & 3 yr olds will lose condition thru the winter if they have to compete with mature cows for hay. But, if you have thin cows, you are money ahead to grain them to try to improve their BCS before calving. [/QUOTE]
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