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Deer like them.

I think your a bit too far north of the Mason/Dixon line to grow cow peas, black eye peas would be another variety people would be familiar with.

They'll gain about equal to being on wheat pasture and bloat is possible.

I've always thought that the rumen microbes needed protein to increase numbers to digest low quality roughage/feed, and that the increased digestion rate led to increased feed consumption. I've looked at the information Riomi has put out but never seen anything that inspired me to try it out.

Look at her front shoulders and behind them, she has no fat cover, she is past questionable shape. Cow Body Condition Scoring

Possibilities She is older then you think. Low quality hay. What does the manure pats look like?

The freight might be a bit rough for gcreekrch to get csm to Canada.

use to get a calf pellet made partially with cookies, didn't take them long to start on them.

You have to be careful, some old cows are too far gone to do anything with.

1 1/2 to 2 lbs a day is all I ever feed when feeding 38% cubes, usually 3 lbs every other day.

Take the calves off of them would be the cheapest and easiest. If just a little thin simply getting them on the gain should be enough.

Bottle calves need some starter feed along with their milk, they just don't do well on milk replacer and grass.

I would turn them in on it when it's dry from any morning dew and make sure they had access to something before turn in so they wouldn't over eat on it when turned in on it. The controlled grazing would be the way to go, making them eat a mixture instead of just the clover, maybe even cutting it...

We're fortunate to have green grass here for feed.

Not enough clues, but I'm thinking nutritional, parasites, and or sickness.

There is a lot of information on the internet and it doesn't hurt to look at different perspectives of how things are done. I try to be open minded about the information I find and glean what I can from it for my own use. Apparently Greg's plan works well for him and I've gleaned some...

There is no blanket answer it all depends upon your reasons and needs for feeding. I may stir the pot some on this question or start another post depending on how this goes after a bit.

Mine are strip grazing on stock piled sudex and what volunteer rye they can pick up. I did buy some 37% cubes and plan on giving them some a couple of times a week, about half of what I normally feed them. The strip grazing wasn't planned but the swather broke down, moving and the wife getting...

Hay and brewers grain isn't going to make a complete ration.

Tubs are a tool, just because they're for sale and the cows eat them doesn't mean you need them.