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Black Angus Bull Calf Feeding program. Help!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="B&amp;amp;M Farms" data-source="post: 984915" data-attributes="member: 15666"><p>I would start him out on a 12 to 14% protein feed with moderate energy levels at no more than 1% of his body weight and free choice grass hay. If you are feeding sack feed, a creep or grower feed will work. I use a 13% grower ration for heifers. You can gradually increase the feed to 2% of his body weight over a couple weeks. You just want him gaining 2 to 2.5 pounds a day. He should be 1/2" his mature weight by 15 months old. If the hay is good quality you could decrease the feed a bit. Feeding a round bale to one calf would probably require a place to keep it sheltered because it will take him a while to eat it all. If you can't give him access to it in a shelter I would use small square bales.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B&M Farms, post: 984915, member: 15666"] I would start him out on a 12 to 14% protein feed with moderate energy levels at no more than 1% of his body weight and free choice grass hay. If you are feeding sack feed, a creep or grower feed will work. I use a 13% grower ration for heifers. You can gradually increase the feed to 2% of his body weight over a couple weeks. You just want him gaining 2 to 2.5 pounds a day. He should be 1/2" his mature weight by 15 months old. If the hay is good quality you could decrease the feed a bit. Feeding a round bale to one calf would probably require a place to keep it sheltered because it will take him a while to eat it all. If you can't give him access to it in a shelter I would use small square bales. [/QUOTE]
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