Question: I have 3 market lambs, the one has plenty of condition. All three were handling great but within a week they all are feeling soft and do not feel as they have the same muscle coming out of the point of the shoulder like they had. Currently they are getting 8 oz of fitter 35 and 4 oz of champion drive. Should I increase the champion drive and back the fitter 35 down to 6? Our fair is 2 weeks away.
Answer: Kate,
Thank you for your question and for choosing High Octane show supplements.
Many things can influence the touch or handle of a lamb. Including the base feed and even the weather. High Octane Fitter 35 will produce a firmer or harder handling lamb than High Octane Champion Drive.
Champion Drive does a great job at adding muscle shape over the lambs rack, but Fitter 35 is designed to make the lamb harder. So, I am not sure what is transpiring in your lambs.
You mentioned that all lambs were feeling great, then within a week all are soft. Can you tell me if anything happened during that week? Is that when you began feeding Fitter 35? I am a bit confused on how long you have been feeding both Fitter 35 and Champion Drive.
Question: We have a wether that is 7 months old and weighs 110 lbs. He is large framed, big boned, and has massive muscling. We are currently feeding 1.25 lbs Exclamation and 1.25 lbs Champion Drive that are divided into 2 feedings (2.5 lbs total per day). The last judge stated the he needs more toning and lose a little cover. We exercise him with a chariot. We are thinking about switching over to the new Fitter 35. What type of feeding regimen would you suggest to limit weight gain, maintain muscle mass, and tone up?
Answer: Lenny,
Thank you for your question and for choosing HONOR Show Chow show goat products.
High Octane Fitter 35 will help burn fat and tone muscle. I suggest adding Fitter 35 to the XClamation and Champion Drive.
Champion Drive will help put more shape over the goat’s rack. Fitter 35 will help trim fat, harden muscle, and increase the overall total volume of muscle.
I am not sure how much Champion Drive you are currently feeding, but I suggest a 50:50 mixture of Champion Drive and Fitter 35 fed at about 1 to 1 1/2 lbs per day. The more help, and the faster that help needs to be, then the more of the topdress combination should be fed.
Question: I have a lamb that is starting to put a little too much cover on his ribs, but still needs to fill in over his loin. How can I feed him to burn fat off his ribs, but fill in over the loin?
Answer: Jay,
Thank you for your question.
I do not believe there is a product on the market that will burn fat over the ribs and not over the loin. However, you may be able to accomplish this by exercising the lamb.
I suggest a good exercise program that consists of a minimum of 3 days per week. If you are walking the lambs to exercise them, then I suggest building up to about 1 hour twice per day (on the days you exercise).
High Octane Fitter 35 will help your lamb put down a firmer finish. I suggest adding 8 to 12 ounces per day along with the lambs regular feed.
Question: I have a southdown that has gotten a little soft with too much finish. What amount of feed and/or supplements would you suggest to help reduce his excess cover. Obviously the feeding should be combined with adequate excercise.
Answer: James,
Thank you for your question.
For trimming some fat on Southdown lambs and keeping them growing/developing I suggest the following diet:
(TOTAL FEED PER DAY; DIVIDE INTO TWO (OR MORE) EQUAL FEEDINGS:
HONOR Show Chow Showlamb Grower DX (18%) 2 lbs
High Octane Fitter 35 8 to 12 ounces
This can be tweaked or adjusted. If the lamb begins losing too much condition, then reduce Fitter 35 and increase Showlamb Grower.
Question: My daughter has two market lambs that need more muscle. Would she benefit from feeding all three high octane supplements? Her fair is in 30 days.
Answer: Thank you for your question and interest in High Octane supplements.
Yes the lamb will benefit from all 3. Fitter 35 will help increase muscle. Champion Drive will help put more shape in the added muscle, and Power Fuel will provide the energy to fuel all of it.
I suggest feeding:
(per day)
Power Fuel 4 to 8 oz
Champion Drive 8 oz
Fitter 35 8 oz
Question: For the last few years we feed Honor NTimidator to our show wethers with very good success. Last year I noticed the Honor name was replaced on the bags with just NTimidator but figured the formula was still the same as the feed looked the same and we were having the same good . This year I notice the feed does not look the same as the color appears to be dark brown and our show wethers this year are not wanting to eat it. My question is simple, has the formula changed?
Answer: Scott,
Thank you for your question and for choosing HONOR Show Chow.
The NTimidator formula is the same as last year, and the year prior to that, and the year before that and so on. It is the same. We did change the bag last year, as our brand HONOR was discontinued and replaced by HONOR® Show Chow®.
XClamation Goat feed is an HONOR® Show Chow® product. The name and formula of NTimidator is actually owned by another party. We manufacture this feed according to his specifications. And, those specifications have not changed.
Feed ingredients do change color etc and that maybe what you are seeing. But the formula itself has not changed.
