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<blockquote data-quote="Raeleigh26" data-source="post: 1314489" data-attributes="member: 24922"><p>Dude is finally up to 3 lb a day, I don't have a way to creep feed them so he's fed after nursing and just wasn't that interested. </p><p>They all look good except the baldy, I bought her in bad shape, she's already looking much better, losing the potbelly and putting on some meat. </p><p>Maggie is fat. I'm weaning dude@ 4 months(he'll be dehorned, castrated, vaccinated Monday, I'll give him a couple weeks to recoup) for her comfort, and to turn her onto pasture where hopefully she'll drop the feed fat and be ready to breed in June. </p><p>But dexters are like bassett hounds, lol, so easy to get fat on almost nothing. </p><p>This is my first time dealing with a junk calf (Yubie) and these two don't look nearly as good as the ones I've raised from birth. </p><p>I'm not feeding enough? It's about 1-2%of their body weight, by my estimate. Yubie is stunted enough that she's smaller than dude and a month older, I'll admit I'm not great at judging cattle weight, I'm going by my vets estimate and plan to increase according to growth. And she is gaining, was skin and bones, I'm not kidding, 3 weeks ago, she's put on 30 lbs. </p><p>The grower is textured, corn, soybean meal, what mids, oat, and they don't seem to clean it up as well as pellets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raeleigh26, post: 1314489, member: 24922"] Dude is finally up to 3 lb a day, I don't have a way to creep feed them so he's fed after nursing and just wasn't that interested. They all look good except the baldy, I bought her in bad shape, she's already looking much better, losing the potbelly and putting on some meat. Maggie is fat. I'm weaning dude@ 4 months(he'll be dehorned, castrated, vaccinated Monday, I'll give him a couple weeks to recoup) for her comfort, and to turn her onto pasture where hopefully she'll drop the feed fat and be ready to breed in June. But dexters are like bassett hounds, lol, so easy to get fat on almost nothing. This is my first time dealing with a junk calf (Yubie) and these two don't look nearly as good as the ones I've raised from birth. I'm not feeding enough? It's about 1-2%of their body weight, by my estimate. Yubie is stunted enough that she's smaller than dude and a month older, I'll admit I'm not great at judging cattle weight, I'm going by my vets estimate and plan to increase according to growth. And she is gaining, was skin and bones, I'm not kidding, 3 weeks ago, she's put on 30 lbs. The grower is textured, corn, soybean meal, what mids, oat, and they don't seem to clean it up as well as pellets. [/QUOTE]
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