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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1466552" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I have never heard of LANO PREMIX. The "3-4 ounces per head per day" tells me this might be something that gets mixed INTO their milk replacer.. Are you in the states or maybe Canada? You say that you are reading it as liters. </p><p></p><p>According to my conversion charts: </p><p>As conversions go, 1 liter is pretty close to 1 quart. Say in soda (pop) a 2 liter bottle is about the size of a 2 qt or a half gallon. A liter is just a little more than a quart. Yes there is a little difference but for this it is close enough. An ounce or two isn't going to make or break it.</p><p></p><p>An American pint is 16 ounces, quart is 32 ounces and 2 qts or a half gallon is 64 ounces. </p><p> </p><p>So you should be feeding 2 liters a feeding. 2 feedings a day. Or break it up into smaller amounts per feeding. Many dairy farmers will feed UP TO 6 quarts a feeding for BIG calves. 2 feedings a day. </p><p></p><p>So yes, Mira should be getting 4 quarts or _4_ liters a day TOTAL. Break it up into however many feedings you want. 3 or 4 feedings is fine but the way you are converting it you are making a liter equal to a pint and it is more equal to a quart. A calf nipple bottle in the US is normally 2 quarts. That is nearly the same as 2 liters. 2 bottles per day. I feed 2 quarts ( which is 1/2 gallon) 2 times a day to my "bottle calves". They are drinking directly out of a bucket...their choice, they were into the bucket before I could pour it into the bottles so I just said go to it.</p><p></p><p>Milk replacer here is sold in usually 25 or 50 lb bags and has a "cup" inside. You use one "cup"; which actually holds about 10 oz of dry milk replacer; per 2 quart bottle of warm water. So one measuring cup provided in the bag, per 2 quarts or 1/2 gallon of warm water. I mix 2 gallons at a time for my 4 calves; and that is 4 cups per 2 gallons of warm water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1466552, member: 25884"] I have never heard of LANO PREMIX. The "3-4 ounces per head per day" tells me this might be something that gets mixed INTO their milk replacer.. Are you in the states or maybe Canada? You say that you are reading it as liters. According to my conversion charts: As conversions go, 1 liter is pretty close to 1 quart. Say in soda (pop) a 2 liter bottle is about the size of a 2 qt or a half gallon. A liter is just a little more than a quart. Yes there is a little difference but for this it is close enough. An ounce or two isn't going to make or break it. An American pint is 16 ounces, quart is 32 ounces and 2 qts or a half gallon is 64 ounces. So you should be feeding 2 liters a feeding. 2 feedings a day. Or break it up into smaller amounts per feeding. Many dairy farmers will feed UP TO 6 quarts a feeding for BIG calves. 2 feedings a day. So yes, Mira should be getting 4 quarts or _4_ liters a day TOTAL. Break it up into however many feedings you want. 3 or 4 feedings is fine but the way you are converting it you are making a liter equal to a pint and it is more equal to a quart. A calf nipple bottle in the US is normally 2 quarts. That is nearly the same as 2 liters. 2 bottles per day. I feed 2 quarts ( which is 1/2 gallon) 2 times a day to my "bottle calves". They are drinking directly out of a bucket...their choice, they were into the bucket before I could pour it into the bottles so I just said go to it. Milk replacer here is sold in usually 25 or 50 lb bags and has a "cup" inside. You use one "cup"; which actually holds about 10 oz of dry milk replacer; per 2 quart bottle of warm water. So one measuring cup provided in the bag, per 2 quarts or 1/2 gallon of warm water. I mix 2 gallons at a time for my 4 calves; and that is 4 cups per 2 gallons of warm water. [/QUOTE]
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