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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 596832" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>Start out at 1 to 2% of his body weight, and build him up from there slowly to give the microbes in his rumen time to adjust. We usually increased the feed by a lb or so over the course of 2 or 3 days. Keep an eye out for diarrhea, and/or going off feed. Both are an indication that you've increased the grain too fast. When we were feeding out steers for slaughter, we built them up to a 5 gallon bucket of ground corn per day over the course of several weeks. I'm not sure exactly what that would weigh, but I'm thinking around 10-15 lbs, maybe a little bit more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 596832, member: 539"] Start out at 1 to 2% of his body weight, and build him up from there slowly to give the microbes in his rumen time to adjust. We usually increased the feed by a lb or so over the course of 2 or 3 days. Keep an eye out for diarrhea, and/or going off feed. Both are an indication that you've increased the grain too fast. When we were feeding out steers for slaughter, we built them up to a 5 gallon bucket of ground corn per day over the course of several weeks. I'm not sure exactly what that would weigh, but I'm thinking around 10-15 lbs, maybe a little bit more. [/QUOTE]
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