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<blockquote data-quote="Hasbeen" data-source="post: 306305" data-attributes="member: 3220"><p>Well, I've spent a year reading, listening and learning from this site and anyplace else I could get information. I formed my plan, put the bull with the girls and now I'm 6-8 weeks away from my first crop of calves and starting to doubt some of the decisions I made. My latest is supplementing feed for cold weather. Last winter I fed 2 lbs. of feed daily to each heifer in addition to all the free choice hay they wanted until the grass came in last spring. This year I decided to go with hay only until after they calve to minimize the chances of having too large a calf. All are due between 02/01 and 02/13 (plus or minus ten days). My opinion, and that of everyone else who has seen them, is that they are going into the winter in excellent condition. I watched the first calf crop from the bull they're bred to grow up and they were 50-60 lbs at birth but gained very well and were nice looking calves at 6 mos. old. Winters here are not normally extreme, although there will likely be many days (and most nights) below freezing. </p><p></p><p>Should I stay with the plan or supplement a little during particularly bad stretches? For those that don't remember, they are an angus cross, around two years old.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hasbeen, post: 306305, member: 3220"] Well, I've spent a year reading, listening and learning from this site and anyplace else I could get information. I formed my plan, put the bull with the girls and now I'm 6-8 weeks away from my first crop of calves and starting to doubt some of the decisions I made. My latest is supplementing feed for cold weather. Last winter I fed 2 lbs. of feed daily to each heifer in addition to all the free choice hay they wanted until the grass came in last spring. This year I decided to go with hay only until after they calve to minimize the chances of having too large a calf. All are due between 02/01 and 02/13 (plus or minus ten days). My opinion, and that of everyone else who has seen them, is that they are going into the winter in excellent condition. I watched the first calf crop from the bull they're bred to grow up and they were 50-60 lbs at birth but gained very well and were nice looking calves at 6 mos. old. Winters here are not normally extreme, although there will likely be many days (and most nights) below freezing. Should I stay with the plan or supplement a little during particularly bad stretches? For those that don't remember, they are an angus cross, around two years old. [/QUOTE]
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