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<blockquote data-quote="chippie" data-source="post: 998184" data-attributes="member: 5644"><p>Kathie,</p><p>I will tell you what I am doing. I have one calf that I am bottle raising because we milk his mother. He was born Feb. 1. He goes out in a pen during the day and I put him in a stall at night. I gave him a calf dose of probiotics one time when he was a couple of days old. I feed him one calf bottle twice daily and he has access to fresh water and a little hay. When he was about 10 days old I offered him a mouthful of an all natural 12% creep feed (no urea) after his bottle. He would mouth a little bit and got a taste for it. When he was about 2 weeks old, after his bottle I put out a little coastal hay. He nibbled at it. Then I started giving him about a cup of feed in a pan after his night bottle.</p><p>He is now 4 weeks old and is still getting one bottle in the morning and one at night. I am giving him more feed to nibble on during the day and he has hay all of the time in addition to access to fresh water.</p><p></p><p>He is thriving.</p><p></p><p>I do not agree with automatically giving antibiotics to calves that you know the background and do not come from an auction barn. People cause more problems by overdoing the antibiotics. That is one reason why penicillin and LA200 do not work like they used to.</p><p></p><p>Tractor Supply carries an all milk replacer made by Dumor. Dumor isn't the best brand, but it is all that is available here and the calf is doing fine on it. Usually he gets milk replacer in the morning and real milk at night. Right now the cow is at fairs and I am feeding just the milk replacer.</p><p></p><p>Don't worry that the calf seems to be starving. It should be hungry. You can tell when it is full because the area at it's left flank (the triangle hollow spot at the hip bone) will fill out after being fed. </p><p></p><p>Good luck with it. I know that people enjoy bottle calves, but I don't. I feed through the gate. The calf that we have now will suck on your knees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chippie, post: 998184, member: 5644"] Kathie, I will tell you what I am doing. I have one calf that I am bottle raising because we milk his mother. He was born Feb. 1. He goes out in a pen during the day and I put him in a stall at night. I gave him a calf dose of probiotics one time when he was a couple of days old. I feed him one calf bottle twice daily and he has access to fresh water and a little hay. When he was about 10 days old I offered him a mouthful of an all natural 12% creep feed (no urea) after his bottle. He would mouth a little bit and got a taste for it. When he was about 2 weeks old, after his bottle I put out a little coastal hay. He nibbled at it. Then I started giving him about a cup of feed in a pan after his night bottle. He is now 4 weeks old and is still getting one bottle in the morning and one at night. I am giving him more feed to nibble on during the day and he has hay all of the time in addition to access to fresh water. He is thriving. I do not agree with automatically giving antibiotics to calves that you know the background and do not come from an auction barn. People cause more problems by overdoing the antibiotics. That is one reason why penicillin and LA200 do not work like they used to. Tractor Supply carries an all milk replacer made by Dumor. Dumor isn't the best brand, but it is all that is available here and the calf is doing fine on it. Usually he gets milk replacer in the morning and real milk at night. Right now the cow is at fairs and I am feeding just the milk replacer. Don't worry that the calf seems to be starving. It should be hungry. You can tell when it is full because the area at it's left flank (the triangle hollow spot at the hip bone) will fill out after being fed. Good luck with it. I know that people enjoy bottle calves, but I don't. I feed through the gate. The calf that we have now will suck on your knees. [/QUOTE]
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