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<blockquote data-quote="El_Putzo" data-source="post: 174535" data-attributes="member: 1017"><p>This is what we do with ours. We wean 2 groups of 30-40 calves per year and background them for 100-120 days in a 4 acre lot with minimal grass (used to be our sow lot so there are lots of rocks). They get hand fed 5-7 lbs of grain per day, and all of the free choice brome hay they can eat. We have been keeping track of weights at weaning and sale time, and the calves seem to gain between 2-2.5 lbs per day doing this. I'd say we could get them to gain faster, but they seem to get too fleshy if you push them much harder than that. This is what has worked for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El_Putzo, post: 174535, member: 1017"] This is what we do with ours. We wean 2 groups of 30-40 calves per year and background them for 100-120 days in a 4 acre lot with minimal grass (used to be our sow lot so there are lots of rocks). They get hand fed 5-7 lbs of grain per day, and all of the free choice brome hay they can eat. We have been keeping track of weights at weaning and sale time, and the calves seem to gain between 2-2.5 lbs per day doing this. I'd say we could get them to gain faster, but they seem to get too fleshy if you push them much harder than that. This is what has worked for us. [/QUOTE]
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