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Re: scales are expensive but really informative
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2014, 11:40:55 AM »
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I only have a few cows so it has been hard to scrape together enough funds to buy a scale and chute system but finally got it done this spring.. I think I have about 7 K in the set up and even more if you count the barn it lives in
we have a few steers , heifers and bull calves at my place for the fall.
I have weighed them several times over the last couple of months and got some 2 month data this weekend... gains are all over but 2 bulls out of GVC Suh gained 3-4 pounds per day last 2 months ... A heifer out of I-80 gained 2.5 per day...
we are feeding a limited edition steer as a backup show steer... he gained 2.6 pounds daily and currently weighs 786
since there are just a few kinda hard to draw conclusions but it is really nice to know they are growing ( and how fast)
it is really easy to run them thru to weigh that helps
is 2.5 lbs/day reasonable?
was the limited edition steer out of the maine bull limited edition? if so, that gain seems a little disappointing. make sure to weigh at the same time of day to account for fill of water and feed differences.
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I only have a few cows so it has been hard to scrape together enough funds to buy a scale and chute system but finally got it done this spring.. I think I have about 7 K in the set up and even more if you count the barn it lives in
we have a few steers , heifers and bull calves at my place for the fall.
I have weighed them several times over the last couple of months and got some 2 month data this weekend... gains are all over but 2 bulls out of GVC Suh gained 3-4 pounds per day last 2 months ... A heifer out of I-80 gained 2.5 per day...
we are feeding a limited edition steer as a backup show steer... he gained 2.6 pounds daily and currently weighs 786
since there are just a few kinda hard to draw conclusions but it is really nice to know they are growing ( and how fast)
it is really easy to run them thru to weigh that helps
is 2.5 lbs/day reasonable?
was the limited edition steer out of the maine bull limited edition? if so, that gain seems a little disappointing. make sure to weigh at the same time of day to account for fill of water and feed differences.
