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Weights

badgerhowlin · 2019-11-03 21:53:31

Hi, I have just weighed my weanling bullocks 10-11 months old. What are these weights like. Calves were fed 1 bag of milk replacer, Given 1 kg meal up until mid April nothing but grass all summer back on about .85kgs of meal for the past 4 weeks. Average weights for AAX 266kg HEX 264kg FR 245kg Thanks

03-11-2019 9:53pm

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badgerhowlin

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Hi,

I have just weighed my weanling bullocks 10-11 months old.

What are these weights like.

Calves were fed 1 bag of milk replacer,
Given 1 kg meal up until mid April
nothing but grass all summer
back on about .85kgs of meal for the past 4 weeks.

Average weights for
AAX 266kg
HEX 264kg
FR 245kg

Thanks

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#2 04-11-2019 7:44am

Goeasy123

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Work out their ADG by getting how many days old they are on date of weighing. Subtract 40-45kg (birth weight) from the weight and then divide it by how many days old they are. Anything around 0.7 to 0.8kg/day is good. Higher is excellent and below 0.6kg/day would be below average for an early born calf.

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