fatten stock?????

[DRB]

Maybe you folks can help me..
Is it true that cattle, horses, and even pigs will become butterball fat if you take a small portion of the feed left in the trough the morning after they are fed and rub it between their ears just below the hairline? The feed need'nt be rubbed for very long each day, just enough to slightly stain the hair/hide... :?: Do this for about 6 weeks... I've heard it works.

 

[D.R. Cattle]

Sounds like an old wives tale to me.

 

[Jake]

Try it and let us know.

 

[dun]

Sounds like a STUPID old wives tale to me!

dun

Sounds like an old wives tale to me.

 

[la4angus]

Try it and let us know. It could really cheapen the gain cost.
Let us know what happens and Dun will try it next. :lol: :lol:

 

[Campground Cattle]

Do you need an aspirin

 

[txag]

Maybe you folks can help me..
Is it true that cattle, horses, and even pigs will become butterball fat if you take a small portion of the feed left in the trough the morning after they are fed and rub it between their ears just below the hairline? The feed need'nt be rubbed for very long each day, just enough to slightly stain the hair/hide... :?: Do this for about 6 weeks... I've heard it works.

i think they're getting butterball fat because of the feed that wasn't left in the trough, not the feed that was left. but i'm kind of like everyone else, i think you should try it & let us know.

 

[DRB]

I can't believe you don't get it!!!!

 

[la4angus]

I think deans mama must have sent him to bed.

 

[txag]

I can't believe you don't get it!!!!

enlighten us!

 

[DRB]

If there is feed left in the trough they'll get fat...

 

[la4angus]

Tell us more. I am dense.

 

[dun]

Keep in mind that there are equally as stupid statements that are taken as gospel by some folks. If a cow is facing north when she's bred she'll have a heifer, facing south it will be a bull.
The sad part is that there are people that sincerely believe it.

dun

If there is feed left in the trough they'll get fat...

 

[DRB]

Just a joke guys... thought this was the forum for it. WOW are ya'll on edge or what?

 

[fit2btied]

Keep in mind that there are equally as stupid statements that are taken as gospel by some folks. If a cow is facing north when she's bred she'll have a heifer, facing south it will be a bull.
The sad part is that there are people that sincerely believe it.

dun

Another good one says to feed your animals in the evening and 50% of them will calve during the daylight hours. I wonder when the other 50% will calve? Duh!

 

[dun]

They studies show that over 85% will calve during the day if fed late in the day.

dun

Keep in mind that there are equally as stupid statements that are taken as gospel by some folks. If a cow is facing north when she's bred she'll have a heifer, facing south it will be a bull.
The sad part is that there are people that sincerely believe it.

dun

Another good one says to feed your animals in the evening and 50% of them will calve during the daylight hours. I wonder when the other 50% will calve? Duh!

 

[nrs farm]

I think that you have to feed at around 9:00 PM or later though. From what I read, the theory is that they will eat through the night then rest during the day and that is when they would calve. I've tried it and it seems to work but I don't have too many cows to "prove" it with.

 

[DRB]

Look guys there were three points to the original message
1. The animal was getting fed every day for six weeks.
2. The animal was getting more feed than he could eat...
3. The animal was getting plenty of attention...
This will fatten stock....

It was called "stupid" , "wives tale". Truth is all of you bit on the fluf and didn't see the logic of the situation...

 

[dun]

We feed a very small portion of grain, about 1/2 lb per head at 5pm. Haven't had a night calving in three years. The have been genrally around 10am to 2 pm, one at 6am twins, 1 at 6pm. As a matter of fact the one that was born at 6 pm just calved at 2pm. Doesn't prove much, but it sure seems to help.

dun

I think that you have to feed at around 9:00 PM or later though. From what I read, the theory is that they will eat through the night then rest during the day and that is when they would calve. I've tried it and it seems to work but I don't have too many cows to "prove" it with.

 

[dun]

The point you seem to have missed is that we probably all saw that and recognized it. What you don't realize is that there are people dumb enough to actaully believe that the rubbing it in part would help, as in the direction a cow is pointing when she's bred, some bulls are so prepotent they can pass a horned gene and get horned calves from a homozygous polled Angus cows, etc.

dun

Look guys there were three points to the original message
1. The animal was getting fed every day for six weeks.
2. The animal was getting more feed than he could eat...
3. The animal was getting plenty of attention...
This will fatten stock....

It was called "stupid" , "wives tale". Truth is all of you bit on the fluf and didn't see the logic of the situation...