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<blockquote data-quote="IluvABbeef" data-source="post: 454802" data-attributes="member: 3739"><p>Angus in Texas and Cow Cop: We do precondition them prior to them going to the feedlot...so that pretty much means that we background them. They are fed over winter to mid-spring and pastured from when the silage pile is cleaned up and the grass is at a good enough grazing height--so typically from spring through to fall. Then they're sold to the local feedlot when they're ranging from 900 to 1000 lbs. So in total thats....almost 12 months of preconditioning/backgrounding til they hit the feedlot.</p><p></p><p>They are a nice bunch of calves, but time will tell of how much meds we might have to use on potential sick ones...and how many we might lose this year. But I'm getting too pessimistic, they're a real quiet bunch, they settled in pretty quickly, and we've made an effort to check for bulls and dehorn way earlier than usual to limit stress. I did find one of the Angus calves down and seemed to be a little homesick, but last time I checked him he was up and busy eating.</p><p></p><p>Sure glad there ain't as many Limo's as there where last year. ;-) ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IluvABbeef, post: 454802, member: 3739"] Angus in Texas and Cow Cop: We do precondition them prior to them going to the feedlot...so that pretty much means that we background them. They are fed over winter to mid-spring and pastured from when the silage pile is cleaned up and the grass is at a good enough grazing height--so typically from spring through to fall. Then they're sold to the local feedlot when they're ranging from 900 to 1000 lbs. So in total thats....almost 12 months of preconditioning/backgrounding til they hit the feedlot. They are a nice bunch of calves, but time will tell of how much meds we might have to use on potential sick ones...and how many we might lose this year. But I'm getting too pessimistic, they're a real quiet bunch, they settled in pretty quickly, and we've made an effort to check for bulls and dehorn way earlier than usual to limit stress. I did find one of the Angus calves down and seemed to be a little homesick, but last time I checked him he was up and busy eating. Sure glad there ain't as many Limo's as there where last year. ;-) ;-) [/QUOTE]
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