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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1382758" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>We have two different types of hay we are currently feeding, one tests at 14% the other at 13%. We put out two bales every other day, one of each (one is alfalfa and one is a good grass mix). Cows have two different hay feeders to go to, so no worry about boss cows pushing lower ranking cows out. We are feeding 30 cows in this group, and when we run out of what we have, we will have to switch to this hay (likely Feb or March). I do not want to lower my protein, since our cows calve from Sept to March, so some are new pairs and some are getting close to calving. Remember, we strictly AI or put in embryos, so I want a higher plane of nutrition. Our cows are NOT fat, but sit at 5 to 5.5 BCS. Some drop down to 4.5, none are over 6. I manage them pretty closely. I really have no easy way to separate into smaller groups, since we have just one water system in the trap pen where we put them over the winter when we are off grass. </p><p>So, WHEN I have to feed the lower quality hay, what can I do to bring it up? Right now, we are feeding it to our horses and spring heifers. They do not eat much! And the horses are doing nothing, so the low protein should work for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1382758, member: 18809"] We have two different types of hay we are currently feeding, one tests at 14% the other at 13%. We put out two bales every other day, one of each (one is alfalfa and one is a good grass mix). Cows have two different hay feeders to go to, so no worry about boss cows pushing lower ranking cows out. We are feeding 30 cows in this group, and when we run out of what we have, we will have to switch to this hay (likely Feb or March). I do not want to lower my protein, since our cows calve from Sept to March, so some are new pairs and some are getting close to calving. Remember, we strictly AI or put in embryos, so I want a higher plane of nutrition. Our cows are NOT fat, but sit at 5 to 5.5 BCS. Some drop down to 4.5, none are over 6. I manage them pretty closely. I really have no easy way to separate into smaller groups, since we have just one water system in the trap pen where we put them over the winter when we are off grass. So, WHEN I have to feed the lower quality hay, what can I do to bring it up? Right now, we are feeding it to our horses and spring heifers. They do not eat much! And the horses are doing nothing, so the low protein should work for them. [/QUOTE]
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