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<blockquote data-quote="Mid South Guy" data-source="post: 926769" data-attributes="member: 17328"><p>When I use the term "finishing ration" I mean that to include everything the animal eats. It does have a roughage component to it, wheather it is a TMR or free choice hay. The last group I fed out was done on a self feeder with whole shelled corn and a Moormans supplement pellet, and free chocie average quality grass hay and mineral. They averaged eating about 2% of their body weight in the grain mix and about 0.5% or less in hay (which equals 20% roughage). They stayed full on the grain mix and nibbled at the hay. The grain is much more palatable to them than the hay. I suppose if you offered them really good high quality hay, they may eat more hay and less grain, which is not what I wanted them to do. If I was feeding a TMR I would look to use a higher quality roughage ingredient and balance it out with everything else. They way I did it was simple and effective, and it worked for me, as the capability to do a TMR was not feasible for me and I suspect not feasible for most people in small, on farm feeding operations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mid South Guy, post: 926769, member: 17328"] When I use the term "finishing ration" I mean that to include everything the animal eats. It does have a roughage component to it, wheather it is a TMR or free choice hay. The last group I fed out was done on a self feeder with whole shelled corn and a Moormans supplement pellet, and free chocie average quality grass hay and mineral. They averaged eating about 2% of their body weight in the grain mix and about 0.5% or less in hay (which equals 20% roughage). They stayed full on the grain mix and nibbled at the hay. The grain is much more palatable to them than the hay. I suppose if you offered them really good high quality hay, they may eat more hay and less grain, which is not what I wanted them to do. If I was feeding a TMR I would look to use a higher quality roughage ingredient and balance it out with everything else. They way I did it was simple and effective, and it worked for me, as the capability to do a TMR was not feasible for me and I suspect not feasible for most people in small, on farm feeding operations. [/QUOTE]
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