Just a quick query. I have 4 Dexters, one cow in calf, one cow with 8 week old calf at foot, one heifer and one steer. They are outside and usually eat 2 small bales of hay per day with a few cattle nuts and sugar beet pellets as and when. The only problem is that I have had to take some bales of hay to my hoggets who are at a neighbouring smallholding and now find myself without for a few days as the people who I buy my hay off are on holiday. I can put them in a field with a bit more grass so they can get some roughage for the next couple of days but should I be feeding concentrates as well and, if so, how much? Any other suggestions?
Helen