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Advice on body condition for breeding heifers

  • 05-11-2017 1:24pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,254 ✭✭✭


    have a few zagx & hkgx kept from this year for breeding next feb/march

    need to put a bit more of a frame on them

    was thing 300-400grms of soya bean & the same with a beef nut

    any advice if this is right or wrong- too much protein?


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Jez.... 'zagx', 'hkgx', '50HX'......just as well I know this IS the Farming Forum, otherwise it could be Cryptography! :)

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    greysides wrote: »
    Jez.... 'zagx', 'hkgx', '50HX'......just as well I know this IS the Farming Forum, otherwise it could be Cryptography! :)

    Or maybe he's just used of adding kisses :D xxx


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    Ya might be a bit too much but soya bean meal os high in energy aswell so it should be alright. As a word of warning hkg isnt a great maternal bull. Daughter calving difficulty is high at nearly 8%.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,254 ✭✭✭50HX


    Or maybe he's just used of adding kisses :D xxx



    LOL...i likes me kisses:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,254 ✭✭✭50HX


    Ya might be a bit too much but soya bean meal os high in energy aswell so it should be alright. As a word of warning hkg isnt a great maternal bull. Daughter calving difficulty is high at nearly 8%.



    thanks for the heads up

    we have a few older hkg cows here and they are super mothers


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