My daughter, my neighbor's kid and 2 of my daughters friends have Apr. yearling Angus 4-H heifers that they want to show in about 75 days time. These heifers are out on a small orchard grass pasture by themselves and are in good breeding shape. They would weigh about 900 lbs. I know that to be reasonably competitive that we need to slog the feed to them, but I don't want to wreck them either. Kids are feeding them a concoction of ground oats and barley (75/25) and a little bit of linseed oil meal. I need to mix them up some new feed in the next few days. Feedstuffs that we can use are:
oats
barley
corn
soymeal
linseed oil meal
They have just been getting 5 lbs/head/day, but we will turn this up substantially. What are everybodies thoughts on a suitable mix for these calves. We are not going to be buying a prepared feed. I have a problem with selling grain in 45 tonne loads and buying it back in a bag!
oats
barley
corn
soymeal
linseed oil meal
They have just been getting 5 lbs/head/day, but we will turn this up substantially. What are everybodies thoughts on a suitable mix for these calves. We are not going to be buying a prepared feed. I have a problem with selling grain in 45 tonne loads and buying it back in a bag!