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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 214607" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>I read a study that was done on creepfed heifers. According to that study anyways, creepfed heifers deposited too much fat in the udder, and did not milk as well as the control group. We have creepfed our calves, but we separated anything we were interested in keeping. I didn notice that the creepfed heifers would "develop and udder" where they would deposit fat in that area. The steer calves would do the same thing. I cannot say if it made any difference in milking ability, as we didn't keep any of the creepfed ones.</p><p></p><p>We feed our replacements grass hay for the first month after weaning and then transfer them onto good alfalfa. They also get about 10 lbs of rolled oats. They will weigh about 800# in March and are turned out on grass mid Apr - May and bred in June.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 214607, member: 2308"] I read a study that was done on creepfed heifers. According to that study anyways, creepfed heifers deposited too much fat in the udder, and did not milk as well as the control group. We have creepfed our calves, but we separated anything we were interested in keeping. I didn notice that the creepfed heifers would "develop and udder" where they would deposit fat in that area. The steer calves would do the same thing. I cannot say if it made any difference in milking ability, as we didn't keep any of the creepfed ones. We feed our replacements grass hay for the first month after weaning and then transfer them onto good alfalfa. They also get about 10 lbs of rolled oats. They will weigh about 800# in March and are turned out on grass mid Apr - May and bred in June. [/QUOTE]
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