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Bloat in 4h calf! Help!!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 670646" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>:welcome: to the board.</p><p>Sorry about your problems - it's soooo frustrating. Milkmaid is really sharp & may have more input.</p><p>Alfalfa is #1 cause of bloat & Clover #2 (in grasses) and overfeeding grain is another.</p><p>Didn't quite understand your comment about how much you started them out with back on May 9th.</p><p>4# EACH or 4# to both in same feeder?</p><p>For future reference, you should start cattle out with hay for first day, then feed 1% of their body weight per day. So, 300# calf should get 1.5#/twice a day.</p><p>But, no matter what you do - this calf "may" be a cronic bloater. If he is, the only way I've known of someone able to finish one out is to put a permanent tube in their side. Not exactly what you want to hear since it is a 4-H project. Is it too late to substitute the calf? Some counties will take individual problems into consideration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 670646, member: 968"] :welcome: to the board. Sorry about your problems - it's soooo frustrating. Milkmaid is really sharp & may have more input. Alfalfa is #1 cause of bloat & Clover #2 (in grasses) and overfeeding grain is another. Didn't quite understand your comment about how much you started them out with back on May 9th. 4# EACH or 4# to both in same feeder? For future reference, you should start cattle out with hay for first day, then feed 1% of their body weight per day. So, 300# calf should get 1.5#/twice a day. But, no matter what you do - this calf "may" be a cronic bloater. If he is, the only way I've known of someone able to finish one out is to put a permanent tube in their side. Not exactly what you want to hear since it is a 4-H project. Is it too late to substitute the calf? Some counties will take individual problems into consideration. [/QUOTE]
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