What do mini cows eat?

Cows will eat approximately 2% of their body weight in grasses and/or hay each day. They’ll waste nearly as much when fed dry rations.  The dry feed should be a good quality grass or timothy hay that is free of mold and excessive dust. You can replace 20% of this with alfalfa hay for its added protein and minerals, or you can leave a protein / mineral lick out for them to self regulate those needs. 

Cows will still require supplemental minerals and you can get these as tubs, loose minerals or blocks.  We use all three.

Cows can eat a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits from your garden and they have a serious sweet tooth, but I don't recommend going overboard on these options as they can upset your cows digestive system.

Our cows have access to fresh pasture grasses about 6 months out of the year. We augment that seasonally with quality second cut timothy hay and 10-20% of this is a cut alfalfa. Our older cows consume / waste approx 25-30 lbs of hay/alfalfa each per day.  We will often times double this amount during the peak of winter when temps drop below zero.

 Once a day, I make a mix of oats & cracked corn sweetened with molasses, organic kelp, mineral max, organic flax meal, and salt with garlic. They each get approximately two cups of this mix. I also have various selenium and plain white salt blocks placed throughout the pastures. Our area is deficient in selenium which carries over to our hay.