johnny25
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I have raised holstein heifers for 15 years with my dad and 3 years on my own. I recently put in a livestock individual scale at the farm to keep track of the monthly weight gain on my animals. I have 65 holstein.
1st pen is 600 and bigger, 2nd is 500-600 3rd pen is 400 to 500. I weighed the animals today and noticed in the 3rd pen that some animals put on considerably more weight then others. Some 2.5 pound to others .9 So I separated the pigs from the smaller animals and put them in there own corral. (The eaters make up the 2nd pen). The 1st pen are all my big girls. They all are nice a big, not fat but when I did a weight check today I noticed that most only put on a pound a day. Not really sure what I am do wrong. I guess i never noticed or cared before but now I have a scale and I watch every pound.
The feed at the house is very good quality alfalfa, good oats and for the small animals I feed grain.
1st pen ( 600 and up 24 animals) 315alf 80lbs Oat a day
2nd Pen (500-600 15 animals) 210alf 40lbs oats 20 grain a day
3rd pen 400-500 23 animals) 260 alf 40lbs oats 50 grain
This is what I have been doing for 1 month. The second pen is the only pen that almost put on 2 much weight. The other 2 pens havent put on enough. I guess with the 3rd pen you could say the 2nd pen what hogging the food when the were together put I can explain why the 1st pen really hasnt done to much weight wise. Do I need to eliminate some oats,add alfalfa? And I dont have access to silage, pretty much just hay, and maybe almond hulls. Sorry if this a long winded its my first post.
1st pen is 600 and bigger, 2nd is 500-600 3rd pen is 400 to 500. I weighed the animals today and noticed in the 3rd pen that some animals put on considerably more weight then others. Some 2.5 pound to others .9 So I separated the pigs from the smaller animals and put them in there own corral. (The eaters make up the 2nd pen). The 1st pen are all my big girls. They all are nice a big, not fat but when I did a weight check today I noticed that most only put on a pound a day. Not really sure what I am do wrong. I guess i never noticed or cared before but now I have a scale and I watch every pound.
The feed at the house is very good quality alfalfa, good oats and for the small animals I feed grain.
1st pen ( 600 and up 24 animals) 315alf 80lbs Oat a day
2nd Pen (500-600 15 animals) 210alf 40lbs oats 20 grain a day
3rd pen 400-500 23 animals) 260 alf 40lbs oats 50 grain
This is what I have been doing for 1 month. The second pen is the only pen that almost put on 2 much weight. The other 2 pens havent put on enough. I guess with the 3rd pen you could say the 2nd pen what hogging the food when the were together put I can explain why the 1st pen really hasnt done to much weight wise. Do I need to eliminate some oats,add alfalfa? And I dont have access to silage, pretty much just hay, and maybe almond hulls. Sorry if this a long winded its my first post.