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Feeding barley straw to calves...racks?
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<blockquote data-quote="Clay52" data-source="post: 4005026" data-attributes="member: 41826"><p>My tip is don't feed calves straw if you want them to grow. It's just a gut filler for animals that are at their premium growth stage but have limited gut space. Get some good Lucerne hay. </p><p></p><p>I feed my weaned calves the highest ME baled silage I have on hand at the time. You just need enough calves to eat a bale in time. The growth rates of my calves shot up when I started feeding them baled silage. </p><p></p><p>Calf starter. Dont by a the grain mills "special" calf starter blend. They tend to charge way extra for no reason. My mill charged $200 ton more for their "award winning" calf starter than my custom blend and my custom blend had more canola meal in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clay52, post: 4005026, member: 41826"] My tip is don't feed calves straw if you want them to grow. It's just a gut filler for animals that are at their premium growth stage but have limited gut space. Get some good Lucerne hay. I feed my weaned calves the highest ME baled silage I have on hand at the time. You just need enough calves to eat a bale in time. The growth rates of my calves shot up when I started feeding them baled silage. Calf starter. Dont by a the grain mills "special" calf starter blend. They tend to charge way extra for no reason. My mill charged $200 ton more for their "award winning" calf starter than my custom blend and my custom blend had more canola meal in it. [/QUOTE]
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