Make sure you give the calf 10% of his body weight in milk per day. Feeding the wrong forages to new calves. Well, the current price in 1978 for day-old calves in this area (Broadwater, Nebraska) is about $50. 13. And keep hi on the grain, throughout his life. On the other hand, weak calves will struggle through the stress of bucket training and may need more time with the bottle. Hay just let it stay there the calf will start to nibble on it in time, but the main thing is get him started on good calf starter Grain~!

What are the important qualities of a calf starter? 3. What does a calf cost? Then what I have been doing for the past 20 years is feed nothing BUT Grain for the last 4 months to butcher time~! From there they are switched to a ‘calf grower’ ration. Start feeding Ultimate 20% Calf Starter when calves are receiving milk, wean calves once they are consuming approximately 2 kg of Ultimate 20% Calf Starter per 100 kg of body weight. 2. But that’s not a … _____ In general, we expect to see calf starter intake delayed as milk replacer intake increases. Our calf is 6 weeks old and we are bottle feeding him Mom's milk twice a day. Skip to main content ... Calf Success: Feeding whole milk to calves: Is this option right for you? In general, calves are fed a ‘calf starter’ ration up to 12-16 weeks of age.

When weaning calves, gradually reduce the volume fed over seven-to-10 days. 4. 12.
Hubbert notes that alfalfa in starting diets can increase lipopolysaccharides and endotoxins, and Sudan hay can have nitrates. I started giving him calf starter about 2 weeks ago but he's not interested. Starter quality and the milk replacer feeding program have a big impact on starter intake in pre-weaning calf growth.

Between that time you can slowly change the milk formula from colostrum to normal calf-milk formula. Check starter quality each milk feeding and replace starter if it becomes wet or soiled. Once your calf is strong enough and drinking from the bottle regularly, you can start bucket training. 5. Simple partitions between the water and starter grain bucket aid in keeping starter grain dry. Bottle or bucket-feed the calf every two to three hours until it is a few days old. After that you can start feeding the calf three times a day: morning, noon and night. We don’t like to keep them on bottles too long, or they become attached to them. Start feeding ProStock 20% Calf Starter when calves are receiving milk, wean calves once they are consuming approximately 2 kg of ProStock 20% Calf Starter per 100 kg of body weight.

Feed ProStock 20% Calf Starter until at least two to six weeks after weaning. Grass hay is great, he says, and hulls have great palatability. This changes the supporting role of calf starter feed in early growth. Managing weaning. When feeding milk replacer, consider the age of the calf you are feeding.Calves less than four weeks of age cannot digest the same ingredients as older animals. I've been giving him unlimited 18% textured calf starter, unlimited fresh hay, and a bottle of 22/20 milk replacer everyday.