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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 31071"><p>I had actually started splitting 2 flakes of hay between the 3 calves in the morning and the evening along with their corn ration and noticed that their grain/corn appetite improved. I have been watching their stools and appetite to try and determine the optimum mix of roughage and grain. The temeratures here in Texas have been warming recently which make the appitite metric more diffacult to judge since they usually eat less when its hot. However, their stools still seem a bit loose. </p><p></p><p>Last year I used a 50/50 mix of a beef builder and corn and adjusted the beef builder ration to keep the stools firmer. The calves were also on small pasture. The biggest problem then was getting them to finish the corn as the would pick out the feed pellets and leave to much corn. A neighbor said he had used corn only which is what I am trying this year with mixed success so far.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone know a better or other quick observation metric that would indicate the correct roughage/grain mix for a given calf?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 31071"] I had actually started splitting 2 flakes of hay between the 3 calves in the morning and the evening along with their corn ration and noticed that their grain/corn appetite improved. I have been watching their stools and appetite to try and determine the optimum mix of roughage and grain. The temeratures here in Texas have been warming recently which make the appitite metric more diffacult to judge since they usually eat less when its hot. However, their stools still seem a bit loose. Last year I used a 50/50 mix of a beef builder and corn and adjusted the beef builder ration to keep the stools firmer. The calves were also on small pasture. The biggest problem then was getting them to finish the corn as the would pick out the feed pellets and leave to much corn. A neighbor said he had used corn only which is what I am trying this year with mixed success so far. Does anyone know a better or other quick observation metric that would indicate the correct roughage/grain mix for a given calf? [/QUOTE]
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