cypressfarms
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I have a steer from last years crop that I'm feeding out, and he's been brought to the front and put in a small paddock to be fattened for butchering. Just bought a couple sacks of cracked corn to give him - thought I'd start giving him a few pounds a day.
This steer comes when called, and runs to the feed bucket. I pour the corn in, and he takes one bite, and then leaves it. It stayed all day. He ate old hay, standing dead grass, but wouldn't eat the corn. Is this guy just retarded? That corn cost me $10/sack!
Seriously, should I slowly start to mix the corn in with other feed? He will eat other types of feed, but I want to get him going on corn to finish him for butchering. I've seen cows that won't eat cubes because they don't know what it is, but when they find out they go at it. (This is fresh corn from the feed store) Still amazing to me, a cow that won't eat corn. What's the world coming to?
This steer comes when called, and runs to the feed bucket. I pour the corn in, and he takes one bite, and then leaves it. It stayed all day. He ate old hay, standing dead grass, but wouldn't eat the corn. Is this guy just retarded? That corn cost me $10/sack!
Seriously, should I slowly start to mix the corn in with other feed? He will eat other types of feed, but I want to get him going on corn to finish him for butchering. I've seen cows that won't eat cubes because they don't know what it is, but when they find out they go at it. (This is fresh corn from the feed store) Still amazing to me, a cow that won't eat corn. What's the world coming to?