How are feed lots able to finish hundreds of head at a time the way they do ?
So far most that I have talked to will stress how important it is to start out with a small ration and slowly increase that ration.
I don't see what would keep some cattle getting their ration and then most of the calfs ration feeding next to them at the feed bunk the way cattle do when you feed them at your farm.
It looks like it would be easy for a stronger calf to get more than it was intended for it to get and get acidosis because of it ?
Some of you who finish 6 to 12 head at a time . Do you feed all of them at the same time ?
If so have you ever had a calf die feeding that way ?
So far most that I have talked to will stress how important it is to start out with a small ration and slowly increase that ration.
I don't see what would keep some cattle getting their ration and then most of the calfs ration feeding next to them at the feed bunk the way cattle do when you feed them at your farm.
It looks like it would be easy for a stronger calf to get more than it was intended for it to get and get acidosis because of it ?
Some of you who finish 6 to 12 head at a time . Do you feed all of them at the same time ?
If so have you ever had a calf die feeding that way ?