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Bottle calf....When to start weaning?
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<blockquote data-quote="MRRherefords" data-source="post: 1461170" data-attributes="member: 26804"><p>We actually just had one of our first experiences with a bottle calf and read a lot of the same things you did. What worked best with ours was to put a bowl of feed in front of it at about 3 1/2 months and let her curiosity take over. We did not take her off the bottle completely, but did decrease her milk. Over the course of the next month we increased her feed and decreased her bottle. Finally she was down to only a half a bottle a day and was relying quite heavily on feed. We then took the bottle away completely and she bawled every time she saw us for the week or two. She was totally on feed when we took her off and then went to a lot of hay and grass as well. I guess what I am saying is to get her on feed before taking it away from her and make sure to decrease the bottle, and it is probably old enough at four months to be relying on other food by now. About the poop on the rear, if it gets really matted to the point when you think there may be a problem I would zip it off. I had to do it once to ours and I used a small hand held clipper. Hope this helps and good luck with her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MRRherefords, post: 1461170, member: 26804"] We actually just had one of our first experiences with a bottle calf and read a lot of the same things you did. What worked best with ours was to put a bowl of feed in front of it at about 3 1/2 months and let her curiosity take over. We did not take her off the bottle completely, but did decrease her milk. Over the course of the next month we increased her feed and decreased her bottle. Finally she was down to only a half a bottle a day and was relying quite heavily on feed. We then took the bottle away completely and she bawled every time she saw us for the week or two. She was totally on feed when we took her off and then went to a lot of hay and grass as well. I guess what I am saying is to get her on feed before taking it away from her and make sure to decrease the bottle, and it is probably old enough at four months to be relying on other food by now. About the poop on the rear, if it gets really matted to the point when you think there may be a problem I would zip it off. I had to do it once to ours and I used a small hand held clipper. Hope this helps and good luck with her. [/QUOTE]
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