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Bottle calf! Some say I'm crazy...
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1796424" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Never heard of a calf starter feed that was not a "textured feed" ... grains and pellets and well coated with molasses... it smells good enough for a person to want to taste it.... I'm with [USER=8993]@kenny thomas[/USER] on that, the feed looks dry and not very appetizing to a little calf. If you can get her to eating the sweet on top, just mix it in to help keep the protein up...and when she cleans up a couple cups full at the feeding, then I'd go back and offer a little real good hay...since her system and gut tract bugs are already geared to digesting the hay.. it will keep the bulk up in her system so she continues to do manure regularly... any grass she can get will keep her a little looser.. good also to pass the manure through her system. The last thing you want is her manure to be hard lumps....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1796424, member: 25884"] Never heard of a calf starter feed that was not a "textured feed" ... grains and pellets and well coated with molasses... it smells good enough for a person to want to taste it.... I'm with [USER=8993]@kenny thomas[/USER] on that, the feed looks dry and not very appetizing to a little calf. If you can get her to eating the sweet on top, just mix it in to help keep the protein up...and when she cleans up a couple cups full at the feeding, then I'd go back and offer a little real good hay...since her system and gut tract bugs are already geared to digesting the hay.. it will keep the bulk up in her system so she continues to do manure regularly... any grass she can get will keep her a little looser.. good also to pass the manure through her system. The last thing you want is her manure to be hard lumps.... [/QUOTE]
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