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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1451421" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I agree with everyone. Leave them on for at least 1 month more. Bull will be 4 months old. You can feed them grain at 1% of their body weight. They will need about a 14-15% protein feed. You can buy a complete ration - or you can mix some feed. I feed whole shell corn (9% protein) and add some protein pellets to up the ration to about 14-15% . WSC is the cheapest grain you can get. You can feed as little or as much (up to 3% of their body weight) grain, depending on what quality hay you have. In order to feed cattle properly, you have to learn what a calf/cow should look like as far as body condition.</p><p>The first link gives really good pictures to help.</p><p><a href="http://www.cowbcs.info/photogallery.html" target="_blank">http://www.cowbcs.info/photogallery.html</a></p><p><a href="https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/400/400-795/400-795.html" target="_blank">https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/400/400-795/400-795.html</a></p><p>Next, you need to learn to watch their manure. The consistency of the manure tells you a lot about their stomach. The higher the protein in their diet, the looser their manure will be.</p><p>Cow on lush spring grass will have green, very loose manure - almost watery.</p><p>Cow on July/August cut hay will have hard turds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1451421, member: 968"] I agree with everyone. Leave them on for at least 1 month more. Bull will be 4 months old. You can feed them grain at 1% of their body weight. They will need about a 14-15% protein feed. You can buy a complete ration - or you can mix some feed. I feed whole shell corn (9% protein) and add some protein pellets to up the ration to about 14-15% . WSC is the cheapest grain you can get. You can feed as little or as much (up to 3% of their body weight) grain, depending on what quality hay you have. In order to feed cattle properly, you have to learn what a calf/cow should look like as far as body condition. The first link gives really good pictures to help. [url=http://www.cowbcs.info/photogallery.html]http://www.cowbcs.info/photogallery.html[/url] [url=https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/400/400-795/400-795.html]https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/400/400-795/400-795.html[/url] Next, you need to learn to watch their manure. The consistency of the manure tells you a lot about their stomach. The higher the protein in their diet, the looser their manure will be. Cow on lush spring grass will have green, very loose manure - almost watery. Cow on July/August cut hay will have hard turds. [/QUOTE]
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