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Yippee! On grass finally - pics
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 661103" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Thanks all - Bigbull, actually she has only given us 1 bull calf & that was steered because of the BW. She makes awesome heifers!</p><p>Robert - I really SHOULD have tidied up the pics. Oh well. Take what you get! :banana: Calves are growing like weeds (they're growing too!)</p><p>Cowboy43 - we get an average of 120" of snowfall in our area. NY grows grass/clover like crazy - but, we have a short summer. We usually have to start feeding baleage (or DRY big round bales if the weather lets us put some up) by November and continue to feed hay til end of April or first week in May. We were about 1 week later this year. </p><p>When we wean our heifer calves in the fall, they go on whole shell corn with a protein pellet + baleage and stay on that until they are bred & turned out on grass. They are still on baleage right now. After they get turned out, they are considered "cows" and never get grain again - unless they are one of the fortunate (or unfortunate) ones to be put in our showstring. Cows get grass in the summer & hay in the winter, plus a great mineral program high in Selenium. Bred Heifers & heifers coming with their 2nd calf get fed seperate from the cowherd. I give them the best hay if there is any difference, and I generally don't let them run out. I let the cowherd run out of hay for about 1/2 day, before I refill their feeders so that they clean up & don't waste much.</p><p>Good functional beef cows should NEVER need to be fed grain. We have a topnotch health program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 661103, member: 968"] Thanks all - Bigbull, actually she has only given us 1 bull calf & that was steered because of the BW. She makes awesome heifers! Robert - I really SHOULD have tidied up the pics. Oh well. Take what you get! :banana: Calves are growing like weeds (they're growing too!) Cowboy43 - we get an average of 120" of snowfall in our area. NY grows grass/clover like crazy - but, we have a short summer. We usually have to start feeding baleage (or DRY big round bales if the weather lets us put some up) by November and continue to feed hay til end of April or first week in May. We were about 1 week later this year. When we wean our heifer calves in the fall, they go on whole shell corn with a protein pellet + baleage and stay on that until they are bred & turned out on grass. They are still on baleage right now. After they get turned out, they are considered "cows" and never get grain again - unless they are one of the fortunate (or unfortunate) ones to be put in our showstring. Cows get grass in the summer & hay in the winter, plus a great mineral program high in Selenium. Bred Heifers & heifers coming with their 2nd calf get fed seperate from the cowherd. I give them the best hay if there is any difference, and I generally don't let them run out. I let the cowherd run out of hay for about 1/2 day, before I refill their feeders so that they clean up & don't waste much. Good functional beef cows should NEVER need to be fed grain. We have a topnotch health program. [/QUOTE]
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