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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 945089" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>It's not unusual to see 3 week old calves begin to eat grass and begin to ruminate but don't expect much intake and not muck digestion of the hay. Just keep a good 18-20% protein calf starter in front of them from day one along with free choice water. Discard any leftover at the end of each day, wash the feed buckets and put new feed and water in them. They'll eventually begin to eat more and more. Old rule of thumb was to feed one 50 lb. bag of milk replacer and then wean. Still not a bad methoid. Good luck with your bottle babies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 945089, member: 6897"] It's not unusual to see 3 week old calves begin to eat grass and begin to ruminate but don't expect much intake and not muck digestion of the hay. Just keep a good 18-20% protein calf starter in front of them from day one along with free choice water. Discard any leftover at the end of each day, wash the feed buckets and put new feed and water in them. They'll eventually begin to eat more and more. Old rule of thumb was to feed one 50 lb. bag of milk replacer and then wean. Still not a bad methoid. Good luck with your bottle babies. [/QUOTE]
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