J & B Farms
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Just wanted other peoples thoughts on this. I have one I am feeding now its a 12% ration i think. 1/3 cracked corn 1/3 corn glutin and 1/3 alfalfa pellets. Along with good orchard grass and clover hay. Is this a good mix?
What do you start the animal on? There is no way you go straight to feeding them a ration that hot and not have major problems.somn":lnri4iwe said:We feed a mixture of 28 pounds shell corn and 1.5 pounds of 40% protien per day and 4 to 5 pounds grass hay per day. All of this feed is free choice. Seems to work real well. They yield very well. Meat is marbled well. We like it so do our local customers as well as IBP.
novaman":16zybmeb said:What do you start the animal on? There is no way you go straight to feeding them a ration that hot and not have major problems.somn":16zybmeb said:We feed a mixture of 28 pounds shell corn and 1.5 pounds of 40% protien per day and 4 to 5 pounds grass hay per day. All of this feed is free choice. Seems to work real well. They yield very well. Meat is marbled well. We like it so do our local customers as well as IBP.
Bez!":3iqftkqq said:Grass, minerals, water.
And yes they finish up nice.
Bez!
I find it interesting that the Angus had less fat then your Lim and that it was yellow. How old were these guys?Susie David":34e4hhbb said:We like to add cracked corn to the diet for the last 45-60 days of finishing IMO it gives a bit more marbling.
The two we did today were fed differently for the only reason that the angus was on hay all winter and the lim on feed. The fat difference was quite noticable, the angus on hay had a light layer of yellow fat while the lim had a nice 3/8" layer of white fat. We fed the lim corn a month longer than the angus but both were getting 7lbs twice a day.
My two bits worth...Dmc