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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1051117" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>rego,</p><p>Raised a bunch of Holstein steers - and heifers - back in the past; was not in the dairy business, just a calf-raiser. </p><p>Feeding milk replacer is the most expensive and labor-intensive part of getting those calves going. I wanted 'em off the bottle as quickly as possible. Most steers would be eating enough grain by 4 weeks that I could stop bottle feeding and bump up their grain ration. </p><p>I will admit that I usually bottle-fed the heifers out to 6 weeks (I just like heifers better, I guess) before I cut 'em off. Don't know how mine panned out in the milking string, as I usually sold 'em as bred heifers - but they looked better than some of the rough-coated pot-bellied things I saw some of my dairy clients raising.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1051117, member: 12607"] rego, Raised a bunch of Holstein steers - and heifers - back in the past; was not in the dairy business, just a calf-raiser. Feeding milk replacer is the most expensive and labor-intensive part of getting those calves going. I wanted 'em off the bottle as quickly as possible. Most steers would be eating enough grain by 4 weeks that I could stop bottle feeding and bump up their grain ration. I will admit that I usually bottle-fed the heifers out to 6 weeks (I just like heifers better, I guess) before I cut 'em off. Don't know how mine panned out in the milking string, as I usually sold 'em as bred heifers - but they looked better than some of the rough-coated pot-bellied things I saw some of my dairy clients raising. [/QUOTE]
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