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<blockquote data-quote="poultryrancher" data-source="post: 569877" data-attributes="member: 7064"><p>We were ESTIMATING his weight at 800. We weighed him on the leader's scale last weekend. The scale was pretty old, plus the steer would not hold still, so it kept bouncing between 1000 and 1020. I have been feeding him Purina Fitter's edge....And alot of timothy hay. My dad always says I "don't give him enough hay" so he would give him more...We found out from the leader that I was RIGHT. My dad was giving him TOO MUCH HAY!! :lol2: So we've cut back on hay.I weighed the feed scoop,and it holds about the same as a coffee can. I started back in March w/ just giving half a scoop, and working up slowing. He got screwed up in may (the feedstore ran out of fitter's edge) when he had to go without grain for a couple days, and then I had to work him back up slowly. He now gets 8 scoops a day. And where we live, it has been a rather HOT summer. He has alot of fur.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="poultryrancher, post: 569877, member: 7064"] We were ESTIMATING his weight at 800. We weighed him on the leader's scale last weekend. The scale was pretty old, plus the steer would not hold still, so it kept bouncing between 1000 and 1020. I have been feeding him Purina Fitter's edge....And alot of timothy hay. My dad always says I "don't give him enough hay" so he would give him more...We found out from the leader that I was RIGHT. My dad was giving him TOO MUCH HAY!! :lol2: So we've cut back on hay.I weighed the feed scoop,and it holds about the same as a coffee can. I started back in March w/ just giving half a scoop, and working up slowing. He got screwed up in may (the feedstore ran out of fitter's edge) when he had to go without grain for a couple days, and then I had to work him back up slowly. He now gets 8 scoops a day. And where we live, it has been a rather HOT summer. He has alot of fur. [/QUOTE]
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