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I have three steer calves ( 3 months old ) I was considering feeding ground oats to.My question is this enough protien and fat or should it be supplemented with other grains and soya? Will also be feeding a good quality mixed hay.
 

I think Oats & hay will be a good growing ration for several months but not enough protein for fattening for slaughter. My Dad creep feed calves while they were nursing their mothers with "whole oats".
 
oats is relatively high in protein but I would want some rolled or ground corn mixed in for energy especially with the cold months coming, you also need some protein supplement if you want them to gain very rapidly
 

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I have never raised beef cattle myself but while growing up Dad always had a few. He had ear corn ground cob and all along with oats. He had some type of supplement added. When we shut them up to fatten he also added molasses. Being over 55 years since I was around it I have no idea of the exact formula. We fed out a car load when I was in high school and lost out butts. Lost the profit to bloat before we switched from hay to straw for roughage. Still had to tap one or two a week for bloat. Two grain trucks of ground feed a week all in bags that had to be carried and dumped in a long cement bunk feeder. No bulk feed trucks. Dad switched to hogs to use our grain crops. Not big for now but he kept a total 500 feeder pigs in cycle. Best profit turn around for him and he sold them graded dressed to Eckrich.
 
I make my own mix for the calves and cattle, using ground oats, whole corn - cob and all, ground hay and supplement bought from the feed mill for vitamins and minerals. The supplement is cheap. The hay and cobs add bulk and fiber. They love it, but dont let them eat too much if they are young ones. Do you have access to any corn? Pretty expensive if you have to buy it for feed. I always thought it is funny that oats grind so hard, really makes the tractor on the mill snort !
 
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