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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1794060" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I wouldn't feed out a swiss unless I had silage to pour to him. They are slow growing, and the 3 I have finished were all tough. I did not have silage to finish them, hay and grain and grass and they ate alot of grain. They grow bone before they think about putting meat/muscle on. </p><p> I am a dairy person, and I have been eating jersey and jersey x meat for over 40 years. But one of my farmers I test for, had swiss and I got a couple bull calves over the years from him and after the third one, I just said never again. I can take a jersey to 3 yrs., and it will still be very tender meat.... and they have smaller bones so also put on meat compared to bone.... but the swiss were killed at 24, 25 and 27 months (different years) and I just was not impressed. </p><p>Several of my dairy farmers finish out some holsteins and they pour the silage to them and get them over 1200 at 18 months with some pretty good tasting meat. </p><p>This is just my experience.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1794060, member: 25884"] I wouldn't feed out a swiss unless I had silage to pour to him. They are slow growing, and the 3 I have finished were all tough. I did not have silage to finish them, hay and grain and grass and they ate alot of grain. They grow bone before they think about putting meat/muscle on. I am a dairy person, and I have been eating jersey and jersey x meat for over 40 years. But one of my farmers I test for, had swiss and I got a couple bull calves over the years from him and after the third one, I just said never again. I can take a jersey to 3 yrs., and it will still be very tender meat.... and they have smaller bones so also put on meat compared to bone.... but the swiss were killed at 24, 25 and 27 months (different years) and I just was not impressed. Several of my dairy farmers finish out some holsteins and they pour the silage to them and get them over 1200 at 18 months with some pretty good tasting meat. This is just my experience..... [/QUOTE]
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