
Posted by Jordan, southwest wisconsin on June 29, 2009, 11:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Making weight"
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he is purebred angus and i live in southwewst corner near the illinois and iowa border, as of now he is on full feed
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: I have a steer that weighed in at 750 lbs on
: june 20th and i need to have him at 1000 lbs
: by august 18th. i need help putting weight
: on and was wondering what people out there
: thought would be best to put more weight on.
: right now he is on full feed of cracked corn
: and oats with as much hay and water as he
: wants. also whats a good feed to finish out
: show steers. any info is appreciated thanks
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: What breed of steer. where bouts do you
: live. How many pounds a day? First off keep
: him unstressed and cool. I would Give him
: Little oats maybe a pound. 5 pounds of corn.
: then ask where you get your feed if they
: have like club calve feed or sweet feed or
: creep ration (its all the same diff place
: all diff things) give him about 12lbs of
: that maybe 12% protein. Corn makes him fat
: thats why you dont want to give him to much
: of that. also feed that twice a day. you
: want him eating 21 pounds a day. make
: changes slow.
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