showstick09
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has anybody heard of adding a half of a cup of vegetable oil to your calf's feed to make its hair shinier?? i got that off of some other show forum, but i can't remember which one.
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OH Breeder
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Usually you add corn oil to the feed ration for few reasons. Is that what you are talking about? Most of the corn oil they will add a cherry smell to it.
showstick09
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i mean like the actual vegetable oil that you would fry food with
OH Breeder
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YOu can use a variety of oils- corn, vegetable, sunlfower etc. They point is to increase caloric intake. Too much oil will cause loose stools. Wheat germ oil is better for skin and hair. It doesn't take a bunch.
Jill
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When we ground our own feed we used to add vegtable oil to keep the oil down, does the same thing as the more expensive oils you can buy.
tackes
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The only time I've heard of veg. oil being used for cattle was to relieve bloat. I've never heard of putting it in feed, but while thinking about it; it could work. Let us know if it does.
Jill
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sorry, meant dustJill said:
CAB
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Does anyone know for sure if cattle like cherry flavored corn oil, or does it just smell good to us therefore we think that they like it? Every time I see that about the flavoring, I wonder, so I'm asking now. Is it a sales gimic?
CAB said:
Is it made in China? Gotta love the Chinese quality control on all their products - cherry flavor containing lead, eye of newt, melamin, and for good measure generic viagra
I have never had calves refuse to eat their feed with whatever the cheapest oil I can get dribbled on it - corn, vegetable, saflower, etc
