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    Show Steer not gaining weight (suggestions)

    I agree with show stopper. the term hot he is referring to is the amount of corn (carbohydrates in the diet) carbohydrates are converted to glucose (sugar) and stored as fat.(to much carbohydrates will "burn up" the good bugs in the rumen causing rumen acidosis)  the calf needs to grow before...
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    rubber mulc for cool rooms

    I think I got it now. you guys still have cedars on top of the flooring. the flooring just allows it to run  through and allow it to be washed away rather than piling up at the bottom and creating stink and mess over the years.
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    I need ideas.

    All of the deals above sound great id say its all about shaking hands and meeting people  trying to find the right connections. The guy I farm for runs about 100  and his two boys are young and just getting started showing cows.  I found him a guy whom had a bunch of embryos and all he needed...
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    rubber mulc for cool rooms

    is it not hard on the cattle to stand on it all  day?
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    rubber mulc for cool rooms

    Tender foot as in what they use for hog flooring/ wire coated with rubber? im a little confused hows that work? or maybe I have the wrong idea in my head
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    rubber mulc for cool rooms

    Thanks for all the input. Im still thinking on it.
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    rubber mulc for cool rooms

    I'm not too worried about cleaning and such, I realize ill have to make a cleaner of some sort for it, but  cedar fibers or rubber the shit will get scooped immediately, so cleaning will be minimal.  and I don't think the hock issues can be attributed to one surface or another that was probably...
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    rubber mulc for cool rooms

    ive been reading on people using rubber mulch (the type used in kids playgrounds and such) for bedding in their cool rooms or stalls.  from what I can figure out youd have a concrete pit a foot or so deep with drains in it. then youd fill it full of said rubber mulch. urine would go through it...
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    rubber mulch for cool rooms??

    ive been reading on people using rubber mulch (the type used in kids playgrounds and such) for bedding in their cool rooms or stalls.  from what I can figure out youd have a concrete pit a foot or so deep with drains in it. then youd fill it full of said rubber mulch. urine would go through it...
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