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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1664048" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Drives me nuts to see animals that are "left to earn a living" when there isn't anything for them to start with.... With a bid over pound price, you really can't go wrong. I think she will come along....she's probably thinking she fell off the truck just this side of heaven. She does look rough. I have bought a few like that over the years too. My son gets on me but I just hate to see them when you know they might very well be a diamond in the rough. Many of them seem to also be pretty good dispositioned too... almost like they are appreciative of getting fed a few "squares" instead of starvation rations. Many just don't realize that dairy cross cattle HAVE to have some extra inputs..... They will do good but you have to feed them. </p><p>If anyone will give her a chance, I think you are the best thing that has happened to her in awhile. </p><p>I feed a 14 % sweet feed to the dairy cows that I have calves on. Sometimes mix it 1/2 and 1/2 with the 17% stocker pellets we feed the weaned calves. If they have like 3 calves, they get 10-15 lbs grain a day for the first 4-5 months ... a little less if the grass is good. I just feed according to how many they have nursing them, and their condition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1664048, member: 25884"] Drives me nuts to see animals that are "left to earn a living" when there isn't anything for them to start with.... With a bid over pound price, you really can't go wrong. I think she will come along....she's probably thinking she fell off the truck just this side of heaven. She does look rough. I have bought a few like that over the years too. My son gets on me but I just hate to see them when you know they might very well be a diamond in the rough. Many of them seem to also be pretty good dispositioned too... almost like they are appreciative of getting fed a few "squares" instead of starvation rations. Many just don't realize that dairy cross cattle HAVE to have some extra inputs..... They will do good but you have to feed them. If anyone will give her a chance, I think you are the best thing that has happened to her in awhile. I feed a 14 % sweet feed to the dairy cows that I have calves on. Sometimes mix it 1/2 and 1/2 with the 17% stocker pellets we feed the weaned calves. If they have like 3 calves, they get 10-15 lbs grain a day for the first 4-5 months ... a little less if the grass is good. I just feed according to how many they have nursing them, and their condition. [/QUOTE]
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