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novaman on page 1 wrote "The protein in the milk is being diluted out by the corn"

Thank you. Finally someone who understands :banana:

My largest steer I have right now is 285lbs @ 77 days old and he gets 16 pints a day.He also eats as much cracked corn as he wants. Someone told me that corn takes away the milk protien. They forgot to tell him that because hes a thick steer(not pot bellied).The cost for the calf at 2 days...

I sell at weaning.What else should I be feeding my Holstiens in the first 205 days ? How do you get 8% ? Milk alone is 288 grams of protien.Thank you Tripil7z

Thank you for looking out for me TexasBred.Milk everyday twice a day.The second best source of protien. Eggs are number 1. When my hens start to lay I'll throw some of those in there too. ;-)

As much whole/cracked corn as they want. I'm raising Holstiens though ( they need to be grained as soon as possible to get the rumen going).I buy corn in bulk and sell calves in fall.I then reload my bottle calves at the end of fall early winter and bottle feed hospital milk through winter (NOT...

I'm in SW near Caldwell.Anyone near here?

Any one on here from Idaho ? Or does anyone know of any members from Idaho ? Thanx

What is a good price per head profit at weaning.I'm friends with a local dairyman and I raise Holstien bulls. Sometimes I get them crossed with beef if I'm lucky.I then feed them up on plenty of cracked corn ( he says whole corn is better ) and milk untill weaning.I have about 1 acre for them to...