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cow pollinater":7ct76xsu said::nod: Make them fat and they fall apart as soon as they hit the real world. They can't go from soda pop and candy bars to healthy food plus a full time job without having some major metabolic changes/problems along the way. The stupid thing about it is that the genetics are the same whether he's soggy or in working condition and yet so many insist on making them soggy just to prove that they can. :roll: The customer is the one that loses.Red Bull Breeder":7ct76xsu said:More than one way to put weight on calves Massey, calves getting all the feed they want with momma on high powered forage like Justa always talks about will get some big weaning weights. Problem i found with that is my bull buyers ain't gonna treat them that nice. Wind up with a train wreck.
I agree... And those fed that way are the first to have foot problems or no longevity when their liver goes...
All forage (Grass/hay) is the best way to get bulls ready for breeding season- altho I can't call my bulls forage only because I do walk thru them every day with a bucket of grain/pellets (whatever is cheap) and hand feed them in pans a 1/3 of a coffee can of "candy" just so they are totally used to people moving around thru them and get most to where I can scratch them on the back... I like quiet dispositions...