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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 137641" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>Well if you will reread I said...."I like a minimum of 55 lbs of gain per month of age for heifers in the first year." Doing the math, (12months x 55 lbs per month)+75 pounds of birth wt equals a goal of 735 pounds. Chester can forget that number and better shoot for 685 pounds because he will mess up those heifers if he throws that much grain at them. If you refer back to the Nebraska article (and I don't know what the year has to do with anything), a 685 lb yearling heifer should be cycling and she should be gaining right on pace (without any pushing) to be big enough to breed at 15 months. Chester's heifers are already weaned and they weigh 400 pounds so I am guessing they are neither growthy nor large framed. For Chester's heifers to weigh 685 by April 30 they need to gain 285 pounds or 1.6 lbs per day, which is very ambitious. It is a lot easier when they wean off the mama at 600 lbs and you can get to 700++ over the winter with just good hay, ryegrass and a little whole cottonseed. Chester's calves (if he is not understimating their wts) are lite and are going to need a daily mixed ration to reach that (normally) not very demanding 685 pound goal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 137641, member: 2095"] Well if you will reread I said...."I like a minimum of 55 lbs of gain per month of age for heifers in the first year." Doing the math, (12months x 55 lbs per month)+75 pounds of birth wt equals a goal of 735 pounds. Chester can forget that number and better shoot for 685 pounds because he will mess up those heifers if he throws that much grain at them. If you refer back to the Nebraska article (and I don't know what the year has to do with anything), a 685 lb yearling heifer should be cycling and she should be gaining right on pace (without any pushing) to be big enough to breed at 15 months. Chester's heifers are already weaned and they weigh 400 pounds so I am guessing they are neither growthy nor large framed. For Chester's heifers to weigh 685 by April 30 they need to gain 285 pounds or 1.6 lbs per day, which is very ambitious. It is a lot easier when they wean off the mama at 600 lbs and you can get to 700++ over the winter with just good hay, ryegrass and a little whole cottonseed. Chester's calves (if he is not understimating their wts) are lite and are going to need a daily mixed ration to reach that (normally) not very demanding 685 pound goal. [/QUOTE]
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