Steer not eating at all!! Only 90dys till fair HELP!

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Cowgirl94

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My Amen calf is extremely picky about what he eats... he eats lots of hay and drinks plenty of water but has not been eating our show feed ration. We have tried switching him to Show Corn, adding regular flaked corn, addding Karo syrup and Molasses,adding alfalfa and winning fill we have tried EVERYTHING it

seems like and he just eats a bite or two then stops. Ive tried putting him with the other calf while eating to add some competition but he doesnt care at all. He isnt sick either his head is up and perky and has recently had a shot of ResFlor Gold and we just gave him a shot of MultiMin 90. What should i do? I

only have 90 days till fair and he is 1115lbs. and needs alot more finish any suggestions about what to feed him to get finish or to get him eating the grain again?????
 

obie105

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Have you given him any vita ferm or probiotics? He might need something to jump start his gut. The other thing with all the switching around of feed you may have turned him off to it. I would start from the beginning with basic show feed and see if he will eat just the feed. The other thing is how much hay? If he is filling up on hay he might not be hungary. Also some cattle dont get as big as others. He might be getting close to his end point as is just slowing down.
 

Ms Ray

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does he have free choice hay, if so you may want to limit the hay, give grain first after he eats that then give him some hay.  The bro biotics should help also
 

RyanChandler

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TAKE THE HAY AWAY!!! And only give him some once he's eatin his 2.5+% of his body weight of a finisher. If he doesn't eat all his grain the next feeding, you fed him too much hay the night before. 
 
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