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February 4, 2025 at 07:39 AM
✨️✨️ENSURE YOU FEED YOUR COWS WITH THIS TYPES OF FEEDS IN ORDER TO GET IN HEAT ON TIME✨️
To ensure your cow comes into heat on time, you need to provide a balanced and nutrient-rich diet that supports reproductive health. Here are key dietary considerations:
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1. Energy-Rich Feeds
Grains: Maize, barley, wheat bran
Molasses: Enhances energy intake
Good quality silage: Maize silage or sorghum silage
2. Protein Sources
Legume hay: Alfalfa, clover, or lucerne
Oilseed cakes: Cottonseed cake, soybean meal
Brewer’s grain
3. Minerals and Vitamins
Calcium & Phosphorus: Essential for reproductive function (add dicalcium phosphate or bone meal)
Trace Minerals: Zinc, copper, and selenium (mineral lick or supplement)
Vitamin A, D, and E: Found in green fodder or premixes
4. Flushing Feed (Before Breeding)
Feeding high-energy and high-protein rations 2-3 weeks before breeding can boost fertility
Example: Maize grain + soybean meal + mineral supplement
5. Good Quality Roughage
Green fodder (Napier grass, Rhodes grass)
Dry fodder (straw, hay)
6. Water and Salt
Always provide clean water and salt to improve metabolic function
Additional Tips:
Body Condition Score (BCS): Maintain a BCS of 2.5–3.5 for regular heat cycles
Avoid Moldy Feed: Mycotoxins can affect fertility
Proper Deworming: Parasites can affect nutrient absorption and delay heat
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