{"id":55,"date":"2017-10-03T02:50:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T02:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2017-10-03T02:53:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T02:53:17","slug":"first-bull-weigh-of-the-new-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/2017\/first-bull-weigh-of-the-new-test\/","title":{"rendered":"First Bull Weight of the New Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We run our performance test on the bulls for 4 consecutive months, weighed every 4 weeks. \u00a0This allows for a wide range of environmental conditions, sorts out anomalies, and blends in the compensatory gain of the first few weeks. \u00a0We also try to spread out the processing events since we have to run them through the chute for weight. \u00a0This time, we took an ear notch for BVD PI testing, poured for lice, and trimmed sheath hair. \u00a0The long, twisted hairs below the sheath are often dirty and matted, which can cause irritation and even exacerbate warts. \u00a0We have had much better breeding soundness evaluations since we began this maintenance step.<\/p>\n

The group is at an average weight of 844 pounds, and has gained 4.3 pounds daily since weaning. \u00a0We really can see their rumen development during this first month. \u00a0The high fibre ration keeps the factory steaming along!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

We run our performance test on the bulls for 4 consecutive months, weighed every 4 weeks. \u00a0This allows for a wide range of environmental conditions, sorts out anomalies, and blends in the compensatory gain of the first few weeks. \u00a0We also try to spread out the processing events since we have to run them through the chute for weight. \u00a0This time, we took an ear notch for BVD PI testing, poured for lice, and trimmed sheath hair. \u00a0The long, twisted hairs below the sheath are often dirty and matted, which can cause irritation and even exacerbate warts. \u00a0We have had much better breeding soundness evaluations since we began this maintenance step.<\/p>\n

The group is at an average weight of 844 pounds, and has gained 4.3 pounds daily since weaning. \u00a0We really can see their rumen development during this first month. \u00a0The high fibre ration keeps the factory steaming along!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bull-sale-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opengateranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}