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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 31033"><p>We buy 3 day old holstein calves and feed them until slaughter. If I were you, I would finish them out, because there is more money in finishing them out than there is in selling them as feeders. When you buy calves, you can never be sure they have had grain before and holsteins are more apt to bloat than beef cattle are. Build them up until they are not cleaning all the grain you give them up, or better yet, get a self feeder. Give the poor quality hay or even straw. This will keep their rumens going and won't cause a problem with bloat. Also it's better not to put them on grass because with holsteins, you want to keep frame down as little as possible, and putting them on grass instead of grain builds the frame up and delays them finishing out sooner. Longer ago we had some on pasture and some in the feedlot. Those in the feedlot were much more fleshy and finished out quicker. Another thing is that holsteins aren't effecient grazers and therefore with walking around grazing, they won't gain as quickly. Last, be carefull when putting them on grass that has clover in it. If they over eat, clover is real bad about causing bloat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 31033"] We buy 3 day old holstein calves and feed them until slaughter. If I were you, I would finish them out, because there is more money in finishing them out than there is in selling them as feeders. When you buy calves, you can never be sure they have had grain before and holsteins are more apt to bloat than beef cattle are. Build them up until they are not cleaning all the grain you give them up, or better yet, get a self feeder. Give the poor quality hay or even straw. This will keep their rumens going and won't cause a problem with bloat. Also it's better not to put them on grass because with holsteins, you want to keep frame down as little as possible, and putting them on grass instead of grain builds the frame up and delays them finishing out sooner. Longer ago we had some on pasture and some in the feedlot. Those in the feedlot were much more fleshy and finished out quicker. Another thing is that holsteins aren't effecient grazers and therefore with walking around grazing, they won't gain as quickly. Last, be carefull when putting them on grass that has clover in it. If they over eat, clover is real bad about causing bloat. [/QUOTE]
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