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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1755802" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Thanks for the explanation...</p><p></p><p>The take away I'm getting is that you weaned your steers from milk(replacer?) and were feeding them TWO pounds per day with small amounts of supplements as they got larger. So not 6 pounds on small calves, and not free choice grain.</p><p>There's another thread here with someone asking why their 1000# steers suddenly stopped eating... and they had been feeding 25# of grain per animal and still had sixty days to feed them. (Assuming I'm remembering all the particulars accurately)</p><p>My personal experience is that feed is used to make up for poor genetic selection. When I finish my own beef I choose an animal that will finish choice on less grain. Those are the animals I breed and raise. I don't breed for animals I have to supplement and pound the grain to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1755802, member: 42463"] Thanks for the explanation... The take away I'm getting is that you weaned your steers from milk(replacer?) and were feeding them TWO pounds per day with small amounts of supplements as they got larger. So not 6 pounds on small calves, and not free choice grain. There's another thread here with someone asking why their 1000# steers suddenly stopped eating... and they had been feeding 25# of grain per animal and still had sixty days to feed them. (Assuming I'm remembering all the particulars accurately) My personal experience is that feed is used to make up for poor genetic selection. When I finish my own beef I choose an animal that will finish choice on less grain. Those are the animals I breed and raise. I don't breed for animals I have to supplement and pound the grain to. [/QUOTE]
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