Stunting

[pjkjr4]

My son has a Sep. born steer that weighs around 650-670 and looks like he could get kind of tall. I have talked to several people who have told me we need to switch from a grower/developer to a finisher along with some extra fat. I'm not worried about hair, as we don't start reall getting concerned about hair coat until this fall.

So here's my questions. Do I feed him all the finisher he wants? Also, what do I want to use as an added fat to put in? Liquid, or rolled corn? Also, how much of that?

Thanks

 

[cowman 52]

  It will not take a whole lot of energy to slow him down,  adding corn to your grower might be enough-  don't put on the self feeder unless you really want to slow him down-  would not do the liquid fat till cooler weather  or if it is not too warm feed like it was mid fall on corn and then pull back a little on energy in the heat then go back to putting on finish when weather permits

 

[showsteer11]

we feed our fall borns finisher fomt the day we get them until the day we sell them the trick is to know how much to feed at 650 lbs i would  say somewhere between 15-20 lbs a day if he wil eat it.

 

[pjkjr4]

Could someone explain to me how extra fat stunts them? I was under the impression that only cigarettes and coffee were the only things that did that!!

 

[Dozer45]

When the body starts taking in more fat then protein it acts as a singnal to the body to stop growing and to start storing