Adding Belly - precon, winning fill

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BRF

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Whats everyone like for adding extra belly on yearling heifers. Heard of people adding precon daily to add belly? anyone have experience? Weve used winning fill before too and like it just seeing what else is out there working
 

wjmcattle

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Depth charge by Purina, full tank by sunglo, expando by essential feeds ( from my kent dealer). Had luck with all of them. Expando is our current choice.
 

Spencer10218

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Wjmcattle, have you, or anyone on here ever used Express O by essential feeds
 

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70% of our heifer feed for show females on the road is composed of pre con and winning fill. Belly is largely genetic I won't undermine that but those products have treated us well
 

zac_norwood

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Show stopper 95 said:
70% of our heifer feed for show females on the road is composed of pre con and winning fill. Belly is largely genetic I won't undermine that but those products have treated us well
Any tips on what to look for in a young heifer for having a big belly as a big heifer? That would help greatly in picking a show heifer to buy!
 

Spencer10218

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I jut got started on it but its sups posses to open up the front end and add muscle to the top and rear
 

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Haven't used it but after 2 weeks of expando last year our show heifer looked so much softer and it made a world of difference. I'd believe that product would work as well but I'd make sure they don't get course upfront
 

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zac_norwood said:
Show stopper 95 said:
70% of our heifer feed for show females on the road is composed of pre con and winning fill. Belly is largely genetic I won't undermine that but those products have treated us well
Any tips on what to look for in a young heifer for having a big belly as a big heifer? That would help greatly in picking a show heifer to buy!

Well, it helps if they start with a pretty big belly.  But more importantly, it's a certain shape, and sweep to their ribcage, and a propensity for never really looking too full, at least on normal feed volumes. 

Honestly, the #1 key to finding a heifer with a big belly, is finding one with perfect feet and structure.  Very sound ones can add so much volume and mass as they mature, as they aren't fighting their bodies to add weight.  And they have a lot less stress due to being uncomfortable all of the time.  I'd say that our best heifers are the easiest ones to take care of from day one, from a structure and body standpoint.  It's insanely hard to get the big, sweeping, "larger than life" volume without structure. 

I can post pictures if you'd like, but I don't want to grandstand on someone else's post.
 

Spencer10218

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I contemplated putting him on oxysmooth for the longer time but I couldn't find enough info on it
 

JLH007

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Prime Rib by Protocol Technologies.  Here's a link to a YouTube video comparing it to Depth Charge and Full Tank.

https://youtu.be/RcGSaoIwrJo
 
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