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    Weight gain in show steers

    It has been 2 weeks how is the weight gain going?
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    Weight gain in show steers

    I really think it a combination of him being on his last growth spurt, he is a real laid back calf, and he likes his environment. The young lady raising him, has him at her fathers dairy, he gets about 20 pounds of finishing touch, 2 pounds of rice bran, and a few pounds of TMR, plus hay a day...
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    Weight gain in show steers

    The post was started on the 13 of April which gave them 93 days so they need 3.6 a day, not easy but not out of reach. If he was empty when he was weighed that is an easy 60 more pounds so they need 3.1 ADG to get close. We have a HGTA gaining 4 a day right now and he is not being pushed at all...
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    Bull Suggestions

    What type of heifer are you breeding, what are your goals for this calf? My first goal with a heifer is a live calf that hopefully comes easy, If registered than a calf I can register. If your looking for a show steer then something calving ease Main. Unless you use sexed semen calf's sex is...
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    Weight gain in show steers

    Hopefully he was fairly empty, you can pick up an easy 50 to 70 pounds if he was, I have seen it mentioned on this site in the past to feed him 3 times a day to help them gain, if that is possible for you you might try it, if you can start at 5 pounds a feeding upping it a half a pound a feeding...
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    Weight gain in show steers

    What is the nutritional value of the feed, how much fat, protean? You will probably need to push him up to 3 percent of his body weight but do it slowly. Alfalfa is to hot, you add that with the grain he will get loose on you, I would start him on 1 pound of Stabilized Rice Bran as well. Do you...
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    Steer training

    Amazon has them but they are 20 mg so you would only need to start with 5 and then go from there.
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    Steer training

    Melatonin, start him on about 100 mlg and see if it helps add from there if it does not seem to be working. we fed 33 of the melatonin 3 mlg. give it a week and see if it does not take the edge off.
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    60 days to show and my steer needs more fat

    Get him on Stabilized Rice Bran, 2 pounds a day, start at 1/2 a pound a feeding and work him up to 1 pound a feeding. It will help add fat as well as help with his hair and skin.
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    Overdue Recip

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    Overdue Recip

    I did not do it, the person who managed the recips did it,
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    Overdue Recip

    I had one go 12 days to long and they did end up educing her, in hind sight should have been induced right after her due date. Hard pull and took everything they had to get the calf up and going.
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    That was close

    At 3AM this morning my son woke me up saying one of your cows is making a bunch of noise, well nothing is due to calve so not sure what it could be. We head out there and take a look, the property slopes not a steep slope but has a slope and along the one fence line the water runs and has...
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    Looking for suggestions for bulls

    Their reply "His first calf crop looks awesome! I do not have any pictures currently, but there is a bull in the bull sale out of him we will video next week!"
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    Looking for suggestions for bulls

    I have 1335 marked in my favorites at STG just need to pull the trigger. "Unreal" probably has his second season of calves coming this year, I just thought with your Heifer being Cluby, a high percentage Calving ease with some eye appeal would hopefully get you a decent calf that comes easy. I...
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    Looking for suggestions for bulls

    Here is one that might work for you, he is low birth weight, high on the Docility scale, and has the right parts. I have not used him but have him marked to try, https://cattlevisions.com/schiefelbein-unreal-242/, another Angus on my list for next year...
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    Need advice on my first steer

    I would work him up to about 24 pounds a day of his grain along with the rice bran, it should take about a week or 2 to getting up there, add a pound a feeding and then watch for a few days if everything is right add another pound and watch, do this until you have him up to 24 pounds. If he...
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