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<blockquote data-quote="VCC" data-source="post: 1069725" data-attributes="member: 6399"><p>The rule of thumb is they should be eating between 2 and 3 percent of their body weight; I would shoot for the middle 2.5. Just work the grain in over a period of time, they are 735 and 685, I would shoot for 18 pounds a day each.</p><p>I would add a half pound a feeding every 3 or 4 days until you get him there.</p><p>Just watch their stool and appetite, if you see any changes like Loss of appetite, loose or running stool back up a pound and keep him there for a few days more, then start increasing again. I have also used the powdered pro biotic, adding a scoop a day when ever changing feed, adding feed or environmental changes. If nothing is changing we just give it to them once or twice a week for insurance.</p><p></p><p>The thing to remember is once they start growing they are gaining 80 to 100 pounds a month, I think it is best to add feed a little at a time, as they seem to grow or you get a weight on them, adjust their feed. I like to add a half pound to a pound at a time to keep up with their growth, not wait and jump 3 or 4 lbs. to get them caught up to their weight.</p><p></p><p>We also put them on a worming schedule every 45 days, stopping at least 50 days from the show (most wormers say 45 days prior to slaughter.)</p><p></p><p>We try and work them up to 3% early and taper off to 2% (24-25 lbs) at the end. By feeding them 3% percent early they tend to grow out and not up. I read somewhere where marbling starts during the growing process and external fat is more at the mature stage, by getting them on full feed early they put on the weight, helps keep them from getting rangy.</p><p></p><p>Calf we fed last year beggining, end, and after picture</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/302190_2466607360383_615575914_n_640x480_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/2013-06-27_18-49-44_258_4_800x600_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/20130904_080431_800x600_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VCC, post: 1069725, member: 6399"] The rule of thumb is they should be eating between 2 and 3 percent of their body weight; I would shoot for the middle 2.5. Just work the grain in over a period of time, they are 735 and 685, I would shoot for 18 pounds a day each. I would add a half pound a feeding every 3 or 4 days until you get him there. Just watch their stool and appetite, if you see any changes like Loss of appetite, loose or running stool back up a pound and keep him there for a few days more, then start increasing again. I have also used the powdered pro biotic, adding a scoop a day when ever changing feed, adding feed or environmental changes. If nothing is changing we just give it to them once or twice a week for insurance. The thing to remember is once they start growing they are gaining 80 to 100 pounds a month, I think it is best to add feed a little at a time, as they seem to grow or you get a weight on them, adjust their feed. I like to add a half pound to a pound at a time to keep up with their growth, not wait and jump 3 or 4 lbs. to get them caught up to their weight. We also put them on a worming schedule every 45 days, stopping at least 50 days from the show (most wormers say 45 days prior to slaughter.) We try and work them up to 3% early and taper off to 2% (24-25 lbs) at the end. By feeding them 3% percent early they tend to grow out and not up. I read somewhere where marbling starts during the growing process and external fat is more at the mature stage, by getting them on full feed early they put on the weight, helps keep them from getting rangy. Calf we fed last year beggining, end, and after picture [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/302190_2466607360383_615575914_n_640x480_.jpg[/img] [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/2013-06-27_18-49-44_258_4_800x600_.jpg[/img] [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/20130904_080431_800x600_.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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