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novaman on page 1 wrote "The protein in the milk is being diluted out by the corn"

Thank you. Finally someone who understands :banana:

My largest steer I have right now is 285lbs @ 77 days old and he gets 16 pints a day.He also eats as much cracked corn as he wants. Someone told me that corn takes away the milk protien. They forgot to tell him that because hes a thick steer(not pot bellied).The cost for the calf at 2 days...

I sell at weaning.What else should I be feeding my Holstiens in the first 205 days ? How do you get 8% ? Milk alone is 288 grams of protien.Thank you Tripil7z

Thank you for looking out for me TexasBred.Milk everyday twice a day.The second best source of protien. Eggs are number 1. When my hens start to lay I'll throw some of those in there too. ;-)

As much whole/cracked corn as they want. I'm raising Holstiens though ( they need to be grained as soon as possible to get the rumen going).I buy corn in bulk and sell calves in fall.I then reload my bottle calves at the end of fall early winter and bottle feed hospital milk through winter (NOT...

Thank you Larry.I did exatcly that.Everything seems to be firming up.I also cut the milk back a tad bit.I should've acted faster on the one that died.Scours are no joke, you just cant sit back and hope it clears up.Promt action is needed once discovered before infections set in.Last year the...

Dirt nap.Now to not let the other 4 end up there.

Just lost him this morning.Whats the proper way to dispose here in Idaho ?

I may lose a month old Holstien bull calf tonight from scours.A storm rolled in today and freezing temps wont help either.I don't have a barn to put him in. I did make a shelter for him with clean dry straw and a heat lamp.It will be a miracle if he makes it through the night.At this point he...

I'm in SW near Caldwell.Anyone near here?

Any one on here from Idaho ? Or does anyone know of any members from Idaho ? Thanx

What is a good price per head profit at weaning.I'm friends with a local dairyman and I raise Holstien bulls. Sometimes I get them crossed with beef if I'm lucky.I then feed them up on plenty of cracked corn ( he says whole corn is better ) and milk untill weaning.I have about 1 acre for them to...

My neighbor has a noisey cow,shes been belly aching all night long. They recently reduced thier herd by 1/3. Is she crying because they sold off the lead bull and calves ? I don't know but, I'm about to take a trip up the road and ask them if they need my calves to put on her. She has a bag on...

Ha ha yeah she's like ohhhh dad do I have to hold it !!! That mud hole is the river that feeds the lake. I use to live in St George, Utah. That's where those pics came from. I now live in Marsing ,ID . I'm trying to figure out where to fish and hunt here. I'm going Elk hunting in the begining of...