Can't get enough fat cover on cattle

Duke92

Have bb blonde cross cattle coming near 30 months feeding as high engery ration can ad lib still hard to get 2+s

tismesoitis

Duke92 wrote: »

Have bb blonde cross cattle coming near 30 months feeding as high engery ration can ad lib still hard to get 2+s

Get some maize meal into the diet

Willfarman

Duke92 wrote: »

Have bb blonde cross cattle coming near 30 months feeding as high engery ration can ad lib still hard to get 2+s

Blonde cattle are late maturing. I don't think you can do much more than push the energy feeds into them. Steers heifers or Bulls?

Duke92

Have 40% maize meal in the diet.
Steers and heifers.

mf240

Duke92 wrote: »

Have bb blonde cross cattle coming near 30 months feeding as high engery ration can ad lib still hard to get 2+s

Bb cross blondes would be naturally lean cattle.

Is the ration good quality?.

Drop protien in ration to 12% and as said above lots of maize meal.

Willfarman

How long are you fattening them?

Duke92

Started feeding them in the middle of August and built them up to 10 lbs and went ad lib from the end of September.

grassroot1

I don't know what more you can do, would selling live in the mart be an option?

Duke92

No wouldn't go there be still better in factory
Was wondering was there any kind of additive

mf240

Your best bet is probably to feed them on for longer and forget about 30 months. They are probably putting on a lot of weight. Those kind of cattle are going to take time to flesh off.

blue5000

Any buffers or yeast in the ration? What sort of shed are they in slats/mats/straw? How many in a pen?
Are they getting enough water?
Stray electricity can be a problem too.

Duke92

There out acid buff and yeast in diet

leg wax

Duke92 wrote: »

There out acid buff and yeast in diet

get them in.

The Cuban

leg wax wrote: »

get them in.

+1 to that.
Nothing worse than heavy rain down on cattle you are trying to fatten

Parishlad

blue5000 wrote: »

Any buffers or yeast in the ration? What sort of shed are they in slats/mats/straw? How many in a pen?
Are they getting enough water?
Stray electricity can be a problem too.[/QUOTE]

??? What does this mean blue?

blue5000

Parishlad wrote: »

blue5000 wrote: »

Any buffers or yeast in the ration? What sort of shed are they in slats/mats/straw? How many in a pen?
Are they getting enough water?
Stray electricity can be a problem too.[/QUOTE]

??? What does this mean blue?

It causes stress in cattle, if dairy cows are feeling it when milked they have high cell counts. Noticed it last year the electric fence was earthing on one side of the yard and the earth for the fencer was on the opposite side of the yard. It was worse on a wet day. There was a cracked insulator on the fence. Instead of drinking normally the cattle were sort of licking the water because they were getting a shock off the metal barrier.

Parishlad

blue5000 wrote: »

Parishlad wrote: »

It causes stress in cattle, if dairy cows are feeling it when milked they have high cell counts. Noticed it last year the electric fence was earthing on one side of the yard and the earth for the fencer was on the opposite side of the yard. It was worse on a wet day. There was a cracked insulator on the fence. Instead of drinking normally the cattle were sort of licking the water because they were getting a shock off the metal barrier.

I get ya. Not something I have ever come across but good to know for future! Thanks!

farm14

Bread or chocolate would do d job on them. Want v high starch to get cover on bb cattle

Duke92

farm14 wrote: »

Bread or chocolate would do d job on them. Want v high starch to get cover on bb cattle

Where would ya get bread or chocolate

orm0nd

give Larry a buzz, heard he has a good source for both.

Duke92

orm0nd wrote: »

give Larry a buzz, heard he has a good source for both.

Goodman