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<blockquote data-quote="Tod Dague" data-source="post: 721356" data-attributes="member: 61"><p>High fiber does not mean low energy. I figure your feed is about 70% TDN on an as fed basis, it's not straight corn but is pretty good as far as energy goes. If you were to switch out some of your feed with more corn but kept the TDN and protein the same I doubt you see much difference in your marbling or back fat. Personally I think your getting them fat enough. I've seen some bull sales where the bulls had a 1/2" of fat, those suckers are ready for the kill floor.</p><p></p><p>Frankie had a post a while back that stated that feeding more starches to calves at an early age would increase the marbling scores better than fiber feeds of the same energy, I think it was the way their digestive systems were able to utilize the available energy (not sure about that last part, it's been a while and I've slept since then). Maybe she'll bring it up again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tod Dague, post: 721356, member: 61"] High fiber does not mean low energy. I figure your feed is about 70% TDN on an as fed basis, it's not straight corn but is pretty good as far as energy goes. If you were to switch out some of your feed with more corn but kept the TDN and protein the same I doubt you see much difference in your marbling or back fat. Personally I think your getting them fat enough. I've seen some bull sales where the bulls had a 1/2" of fat, those suckers are ready for the kill floor. Frankie had a post a while back that stated that feeding more starches to calves at an early age would increase the marbling scores better than fiber feeds of the same energy, I think it was the way their digestive systems were able to utilize the available energy (not sure about that last part, it's been a while and I've slept since then). Maybe she'll bring it up again. [/QUOTE]
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