Hello people,
I haven' been raising cattle very long, so let me fill you in real quick. I have a 1year old Holstein heifer, a 5 month old Holstein steer, and a 5 month old Jersey bull. I also have 20 goats. I am trying to get them more on free choice feed. I'e seen several creep feeders around and they just eat when they want, or at least that's what it looks like. I keep fresh hay and they have plenty of grass around. I have been feeding them producer's pride "all stock" from tractor supply, mixed with cracked corn, on a 50/50 ratio. The local grain elevator only offers 3 types of feed, whole corn, Milo, and wheat. I was told to feed them wheat and corn. So I've been slowly introducing the wheat into their feed rations, in the hopes of being able to pull my creep feeder in and letting them have free access. Have any of you had issues with doing this, will it be ok to allow them free choice ? What should I do?
I haven' been raising cattle very long, so let me fill you in real quick. I have a 1year old Holstein heifer, a 5 month old Holstein steer, and a 5 month old Jersey bull. I also have 20 goats. I am trying to get them more on free choice feed. I'e seen several creep feeders around and they just eat when they want, or at least that's what it looks like. I keep fresh hay and they have plenty of grass around. I have been feeding them producer's pride "all stock" from tractor supply, mixed with cracked corn, on a 50/50 ratio. The local grain elevator only offers 3 types of feed, whole corn, Milo, and wheat. I was told to feed them wheat and corn. So I've been slowly introducing the wheat into their feed rations, in the hopes of being able to pull my creep feeder in and letting them have free access. Have any of you had issues with doing this, will it be ok to allow them free choice ? What should I do?