![]() ![]() I think it would bridge up with cracked corn and 500# hay. S205 if I remember we used whole shelled corn in our mix to help it flow better with only 400# hay per ton. I'm thinking 1,000 pds of cracked corn, 500 pds whole oats, and remainder of alfalfa square bales ground up. I have a 2 ton grinder mixer, I am going to mix a 1 ton batch Wednesday of cracked corn, whole oats, and ground alfalfa. Then they head to the "meals on wheels" creep feeder, from mid April to Sept. There bunk feed on a small wooden feeder in the creep pen. I creep feed my calf crop from feb (start calving ) till first of April (last calves ). Whats in your creep feed you are feeding? Try to replicate the energy and protein content.Ingreedients can vary as long as the content of them is aimed toward your needs. Easy peasy but pricey!!! And not NAT approved. Now I use 80/20 Purina accuration and just pull creep feeder in with the calves when I wean them along with grass hay. Really liked it but got rid of the grinder with the hay grinder attachment so quit doing it. When I first started farming we ground a mix that contained 200# protein 36% ? 400# Ground alfalfa hay 600# whole oats and 800# shelled corn. They ate a lot of it but they were really cheap back then. I once creeped on all soy hulls and it didn't work too bad. Try 1/3 corn, 2/3 soy hulls, pellet with bovatech if you think you need it. Maybe the alfalfa instead of oats since you have it just don’t know how good it would flow out of your feeder. Maybe corn pellet and oats I don’t know are your fines corn or bees wings with a couple kernels in it. Posted 16:48 (#6622290 - in reply to #6622190) Subject: RE: Home made calf creepĭo you have whole corn I’d try whole corn and your pellet switching to a more grinder mix ration. Looking for a good homemade creep ration. Has anyone ever had any luck using these ingredients to make calf creep ? I can source other ingredients such as oats if I have to. Feeds I have on hand are ground alfalfa, grass hay, corn fines, SB meal and mineral. I own a grinder mixer and would like to make my own batch this time. I filled it previously with 14% commercial pelleted creep feed, containing bovatech. I am a fall calver, and my creep feeder is about empty. ![]() Posted 15:54 (#6622190) Subject: Home made calf creep ![]()
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