trying to get fill in heifer????

CWC · Jul 25, 2011

I am haveing trouble getting fill into my heifer. we are 25 days from the fair what is the best way to get fill into the heifer. she is getting 18 pounds of complete show feed a day. What do you guys think i should do???

smo · Jul 25, 2011

feed alot of beet pulp or sales edge the sales edge is way better but a little harder to find its a show master product

angus214 · Jul 25, 2011

We use cottenseed hulls and it works great for us!

kfacres · Jul 25, 2011

smo said:
feed alot of beet pulp

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AAOK · Jul 25, 2011

angus214 said:
We use cottenseed hulls and it works great for us!

What are you feeding her now, how many pounds, and how many times per day?

I also prefer Cottonseed Hulls, but 25 days out is not a good time to change a ration. If you must, G R A D U A L LY mix in a smalll amount of your additive increasing daily for 7 days. We really need to know first about what she is consuming today.

FMF · Jul 25, 2011

Wet beet pulp, and Winning Fill. It's a great roughage to get them filled up and looking nice, plus I have never met a cow that has not loved it! It smells good and tastes good to them.
http://www.kentshowfeeds.com/products/beef/winning_fill.php

Also, if she can sometimes be a picky eater and since it is critical she stays on feed, try VitaCharge from Vita Ferm. I use it on my heifer who is (or was) a picky eater and now she eats like a horse and is never off feed.

Hope that helps... good luck

p.s- I keep editing this because everytime I look I find a new spelling mistake :

CWC · Jul 25, 2011

FMF said:
Wet beet pulp, and Winning Fill. It's a great roughage to get them filled up and looking nice, plus I have never met a cow that has not loved it! It smells good and tastes good to them.
http://www.kentshowfeeds.com/products/beef/winning_fill.php

Also, if she can sometimes be a picky eater and since it is ritical she stays on feed, try VitaCharge from Vita Ferm. I use it on my heifer who is (or was) a picky eater and now she eats like a horse and is never off feed.

Hope that helps... good luck

What VitaCharge are you useing the paste or the powder that you topdress???

FMF · Jul 25, 2011

I use the powder as a topdress. I had trouble getting her to eat her food with it in at first but then I started to take a handful of feed and covered it up so she wouldn't see it. I wouldn't suggest mixing it in though, just because it is a topdress and she may not get all of it if it is mixed in among the feed, because it might stick to the bottom of the feed trough or if you have wet beet pulp in the mix, it could dissolve.

CWC · Jul 25, 2011

FMF said:
I use the powder as a topdress. I had trouble getting her to eat her food with it in at first but then I started to take a handful of feed and covered it up so she wouldn't see it. I wouldn't suggest mixing it in though, just because it is a topdress and she may not get all of it if it is mixed in among the feed, because it might stick to the bottom of the feed trough or if you have wet beet pulp in the mix, it could dissolve.

What is all u feed is beet pulp and winners fill??? how much do u feed of each??

harrisonshowgurl · Jul 25, 2011

I have started using Depth Charge by Purina and I like what it is doing. My heifer is a picky eater and I've been feeding it for about two weeks. I can tell a difference in her and really like what its doing for her.

FMF · Jul 26, 2011

No we feed our show animals mixes from our local feed store. My heifers get a custom heifer mix and they are each getting about 3 scoops a day (I don't know how many pounds that is..), with the exception of my braunvieh heifer who does not need as much conditioning as my angus.

I mix a scoop of wet beet pulp in with each of their meals and then the one heifer gets the vitacharge.

Here is the website from our feed store:
http://www.farmerscoop.com/Feed_Division/FCA_Beef/FCA_Beef_Show_Feeds.htm
We feed our steers and bulls the 12% show and flake and then we have a custom heifer mix that is not listed

If you would like to know what is in our mix you can PM me but I'd have to call someone because I don't remember exactly...the bags don't come with tags since it is a custom mix.

We mostly only feed Winners Fill at shows, but sometimes about a week before a show we will start giving everyone about a scoop of it mixed in with their feed.

The Show · Jul 26, 2011

CWC said:
FMF said:

I use the powder as a topdress. I had trouble getting her to eat her food with it in at first but then I started to take a handful of feed and covered it up so she wouldn't see it. I wouldn't suggest mixing it in though, just because it is a topdress and she may not get all of it if it is mixed in among the feed, because it might stick to the bottom of the feed trough or if you have wet beet pulp in the mix, it could dissolve.

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What is all u feed is beet pulp and winners fill??? how much do u feed of each??

No. You feed that in addition to her normal ration.

kfacres · Jul 26, 2011

FMF said:
No we feed our show animals mixes from our local feed store. My heifers get a custom heifer mix and they are each getting about 3 scoops a day (I don't know how many pounds that is..), with the exception of my braunvieh heifer who does not need as much conditioning as my angus.

I mix a scoop of wet beet pulp in with each of their meals and then the one heifer gets the vitacharge.

Here is the website from our feed store:
http://www.farmerscoop.com/Feed_Division/FCA_Beef/FCA_Beef_Show_Feeds.htm
We feed our steers and bulls the 12% show and flake and then we have a custom heifer mix that is not listed

If you would like to know what is in our mix you can PM me but I'd have to call someone because I don't remember exactly...the bags don't come with tags since it is a custom mix.

We mostly only feed Winners Fill at shows, but sometimes about a week before a show we will start giving everyone about a scoop of it mixed in with their feed.

'scoops' tell nothing... around here, we use a 5 gallon bucket as a 'scoop', but I know people who use a film canister as a 'scoop' on certain feeds

FMF · Jul 26, 2011

Sorry, all I know is that it is a 3 qt. scoop. I don't weigh it out..

kfacres · Jul 26, 2011

FMF said:
Sorry, all I know is that it is a 3 qt. scoop. I don't weigh it out..

3 qt.. now that is getting somewhere.. according to my math, that 3/4 of a gallon. We usually figure a 5 gallon bucket to weigh b/w 25-30 lbs, depending on the feed ingrediants... you do the rest.

FMF · Jul 26, 2011

Okay I have a feeling my math may be wrong but 6 pounds in a 3 qt scoop? Because each quart is 32 oz, so 32 x 3 is 96 oz, 96 oz = 6 pounds.

Honkomp · Jul 26, 2011

This may not be right but, if you divide 30 by 5 you get 6lbs. then multiply 6 by.75 and you get 4.5 lbs. if you are feeding three scoops a day then you are feeding 13.5 lbs per day. What does your heifer weigh?

CCW · Jul 26, 2011

you can't accurately compare volume to weight. a scoop of cottonseed hulls is going to weigh a whole lot less than a scoop of corn.

kfacres · Jul 26, 2011

Honkomp said:
This may not be right but, if you divide 30 by 5 you get 6lbs. then multiply 6 by.75 and you get 4.5 lbs. if you are feeding three scoops a day then you are feeding 13.5 lbs per day. What does your heifer weigh?

maybe, that is if the feed bucket only weighs 25 lbs.

see where knowing poundage actually is important? I see this problem over and over, well I'm feeding xx scoops a day, but don't know pounds...

If you really want to get critical, maybe we need to know the percent moisture of the feed, as if it's some kind of texturized stuff, or wet as it might be.. then the actual intake is much lower as their just consuming something that's already free choice and irrelevant.

blinggirl · Jul 26, 2011

WINNING FILL!!!! that stuff is the bomb when it comes to putting fill on ! we feed it every day at both feedings (night and morning ) and at show more often and right before we show , it really gives her a bloom !

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