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<blockquote data-quote="farmer rich" data-source="post: 111635" data-attributes="member: 1952"><p>By feed efficiency I take it you mean feed conversion ratio or pounds of gain per unit of energy? Should be fairly easy to calculate knowing the weight of the ration fed and asuming you intend to regularly weigh the bulls.</p><p>Only drawback seems to be you will get an average FCR for the group, not each bull, which to me defeats the object of the calculation. The bulls with below average FCR will drag down the group, how do you then select animals with superior results for breeding?</p><p>The other drawback with going it alone is the results will not be indepdant, and though I am in no way questioning your honesty, this may be at the back of some buyers minds.</p><p></p><p>Hope it goes well for you though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmer rich, post: 111635, member: 1952"] By feed efficiency I take it you mean feed conversion ratio or pounds of gain per unit of energy? Should be fairly easy to calculate knowing the weight of the ration fed and asuming you intend to regularly weigh the bulls. Only drawback seems to be you will get an average FCR for the group, not each bull, which to me defeats the object of the calculation. The bulls with below average FCR will drag down the group, how do you then select animals with superior results for breeding? The other drawback with going it alone is the results will not be indepdant, and though I am in no way questioning your honesty, this may be at the back of some buyers minds. Hope it goes well for you though. [/QUOTE]
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