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Feeding in the heat
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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1814553" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>A few years ago I asked a commission man at the OKC stockyards about bringing calves up there in the heat of the summer and how it effects their shrink. I was worried that they would wilt even with them being fed. He told me it was not so since they were hot and used to being hot and not going to eat much anyway. He said the key was that they knew how and were comfortable with drinking from a trough. I tried it later that summer and he was spot on. In fact I have found that the shrink was more predictable in the summer and has been at the lower range of the loads that I have been taking. It was a very steady 2 -3% for long weaned calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1814553, member: 5381"] A few years ago I asked a commission man at the OKC stockyards about bringing calves up there in the heat of the summer and how it effects their shrink. I was worried that they would wilt even with them being fed. He told me it was not so since they were hot and used to being hot and not going to eat much anyway. He said the key was that they knew how and were comfortable with drinking from a trough. I tried it later that summer and he was spot on. In fact I have found that the shrink was more predictable in the summer and has been at the lower range of the loads that I have been taking. It was a very steady 2 -3% for long weaned calves. [/QUOTE]
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