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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1649050" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I would feed him 1-2% of his body weight. What does he weigh? If he is 1000#, 1% is 10#. So 9# corn & 1# 45%, should be about 12.5% which I would think is "just right" for protein. With good hay, that should be good to grow him out. 2% will help him grow out better - just watch for fat. </p><p>But, we all need "the eye of the master". You need to be able to look at your own cattle and be able to be critical and do a BCS.</p><p>Basically, the only thing that gets grain (corn) is my replacement heifers, show cattle and a few steers I feed out for freezer trade.</p><p>I am super cautious with my heifers. You never, ever, want ANY fat in their udder. Every cell in her udder that gets fat in it will NEVER produce milk. NEVER. So, you may have a heifer calve with a pretty decent size udder that is not producing much milk - fat cells.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1649050, member: 968"] I would feed him 1-2% of his body weight. What does he weigh? If he is 1000#, 1% is 10#. So 9# corn & 1# 45%, should be about 12.5% which I would think is "just right" for protein. With good hay, that should be good to grow him out. 2% will help him grow out better - just watch for fat. But, we all need "the eye of the master". You need to be able to look at your own cattle and be able to be critical and do a BCS. Basically, the only thing that gets grain (corn) is my replacement heifers, show cattle and a few steers I feed out for freezer trade. I am super cautious with my heifers. You never, ever, want ANY fat in their udder. Every cell in her udder that gets fat in it will NEVER produce milk. NEVER. So, you may have a heifer calve with a pretty decent size udder that is not producing much milk - fat cells. [/QUOTE]
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