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I am thinking to have our 50 replacement type hiefers palpated, preg checked, pelvic sized, check for freemartins etc. Is this a worth while venture? We plan to market them in the end of March. Is this of interest to you guys that buy new to you hiefers? Or is it just as well to sell them as?

We bought some Red Angus/Semi cross replacement type hiefers weighing average of 600#. We are feeding 1St. cut grass/alfalfa hay in round bale feeders. Also a lick tub. of mineral-protien. Other years we have fed about 4# whole oats. This year we have barley of our own. Plan to roll some and...

A few weeks back I posted about a fella wanting to buy his hiefers that we bought last fall at an auction from him, back when spring came , but now he wants to pick them because he thinks there may be twins in the bunch (thinking freemartins) Told him I had another guy who would take all and...

Last fall we bought some hiefers to feed over the winter and sell in the spring, hopfully to the replacement market. Before I had them paid for the seller came up and thanked me for buying them and to see him in the spring as he might be interested to buy them back. Now it's nearing the time to...

We are buying 6oo# replacement type hiefers and are feeding them alfalfa and mostly orchard grass hay. Also have some oats. Should they be fed whole or lightlty rolled or not required atall. Any experiences or comments would be welcomed.

Has anyone had experience using lick bloat blocks when feeding alfalfa hay? Any comments would be welcomed. Thank you.

We have some 650# replacement hiefers. We have some rained on 3rd cut grass/alfalfa not good enough to sell, so my plan is to feed it to these calves. I realize its pretty rich, so want to water it down with straw. We have our own wheat straw, but would we be better feeding barley straw? Or not...

We usually buy hiefers to background and sell in the spring for replacements. Have been feeding alfalfa/grass hay and a little barley to get 1.5- 1.7 # gain. This year with the price of hay being higher, I'm thinking of buying oats and feeding 5#'s either lightly rolled or whole to supliment the...