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I weaned and kept my calves this year for the first time. I don't have much experience feeding calves. They have been weaned nearly 30 days and are doing well. I'm feeding soy hull pellets at 5 lbs/day and about 15 lbs of loose hay. I've started them on sorghum/millet hay--I planted it together and with the dry summer it didn't get real tall so it is pretty fine and leafy and the calves eat it well. My question is this: I only have about 10 days of this hay left and then will have to switch them over to either pretty good alfalfa, alfalfa grass mix, or some first cutting alfalfa that is fairly weedy. Which feed is best for calves and do I have to gradually switch them over to the new feed? They've been doing quite well and I'd hate to screw up their systems now.
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