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What type of mineral block/tub????
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<blockquote data-quote="Texas PaPaw" data-source="post: 785821" data-attributes="member: 2905"><p>Am assuming these will be beef calves and not dairy breeds?</p><p></p><p>Your lowest cost of gain with corn gluten/soy hulls/grass will come with feeding all the cg/sh they will eat along with grass/hay. My only concern with this is getting them too fat putting that much (250#) gain on them. 2 things I would suggest in this situation is: 1. implant the calves. I use Ralgro on mine. This will help them grow more muscle/frame before putting on fat. 2. when they get above 400# keep a close watch on their condition and be prepared to sell them if they start getting the least bit fleshy. If they get too fleshy, the buyers will discount them and those extra pounds will be expensive. I've never taken them that big on full feed and it will also depend on the individual genetics of the calves. I've taken them to around 400# and the buyers loved them, but calves deemed fleshy get docked significantly. There is usually real strong demand for 4 wt calves, so I try to sell most of mine between 400 & 450# and so far that has worked really well.</p><p></p><p>BTW- if they are dairy breed calves, getting them too fat will be more difficult.</p><p></p><p>Just another 2 cents worth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texas PaPaw, post: 785821, member: 2905"] Am assuming these will be beef calves and not dairy breeds? Your lowest cost of gain with corn gluten/soy hulls/grass will come with feeding all the cg/sh they will eat along with grass/hay. My only concern with this is getting them too fat putting that much (250#) gain on them. 2 things I would suggest in this situation is: 1. implant the calves. I use Ralgro on mine. This will help them grow more muscle/frame before putting on fat. 2. when they get above 400# keep a close watch on their condition and be prepared to sell them if they start getting the least bit fleshy. If they get too fleshy, the buyers will discount them and those extra pounds will be expensive. I've never taken them that big on full feed and it will also depend on the individual genetics of the calves. I've taken them to around 400# and the buyers loved them, but calves deemed fleshy get docked significantly. There is usually real strong demand for 4 wt calves, so I try to sell most of mine between 400 & 450# and so far that has worked really well. BTW- if they are dairy breed calves, getting them too fat will be more difficult. Just another 2 cents worth. [/QUOTE]
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