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Bottle Calf that coughes after taking bottle question?
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<blockquote data-quote="CottageFarm" data-source="post: 1262605" data-attributes="member: 16552"><p>Its aspirating milk when it drinks. You could try changing the angle of the bottle, but I would personally just put it in a bucket instead. He will either get the hang of it, or wean himself. The former is more likely in my personal experience. </p><p></p><p>Try mixing some sweet feed with the calf starter, they usually are real fond of those molasses.</p><p></p><p>Yes, you can sprinkle the milk replacer on his grain. Not sure if the nutritional absorption is the same as drinking it, but they do like it.</p><p>Someone else may be able to answer the nutrition question.</p><p> </p><p>A calf on the cow doesn't get weaned til its 6 months old or so. Keeping them on replacer longer is expensive, but can help reduce the chances for that hay belly usually associated with bottle calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CottageFarm, post: 1262605, member: 16552"] Its aspirating milk when it drinks. You could try changing the angle of the bottle, but I would personally just put it in a bucket instead. He will either get the hang of it, or wean himself. The former is more likely in my personal experience. Try mixing some sweet feed with the calf starter, they usually are real fond of those molasses. Yes, you can sprinkle the milk replacer on his grain. Not sure if the nutritional absorption is the same as drinking it, but they do like it. Someone else may be able to answer the nutrition question. A calf on the cow doesn't get weaned til its 6 months old or so. Keeping them on replacer longer is expensive, but can help reduce the chances for that hay belly usually associated with bottle calves. [/QUOTE]
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