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Pedigree Calf Ration

  • 11-02-2017 09:00PM
    #1
    ford4610
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    Hi Guys,

    I am wondering what is the best ration on the market for feeding young pedigree bull calves? Opinions welcome.


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  • #2
    charolais0153
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    ford4610 wrote: »
    Hi Guys,

    I am wondering what is the best ration on the market for feeding young pedigree bull calves? Opinions welcome.

    Like as in a couple of weeks . just a general one with eighteen percent protein and flaked maize and soyabean near the top of the ingredients


  • #3
    ford4610
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭ford4610


    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Like as in a couple of weeks . just a general one with eighteen percent protein and flaked maize and soyabean near the top of the ingredients

    2/3 months old


  • #4
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,578 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    When I was breeding beef pbr's I only ever fed Autumn born calves rolled oats plus minerals during the Winter. The theory in those days was to encourage skeletal growth and development. I introduced a higher protein feed when they were on creep prior to weanling and thereafter increased the quantity.
    I'm from the old school where I preferred to see a pbr bull/heifer in their working clothes rather than some breeder pumping them with nuts and sometimes trying to disguise their natural shape/frame :)


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