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Bottle calf....When to start weaning?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1700990" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>It is a tossup. I use ONLY all-milk milk replacer and do good with it. I have a friend that uses only whole milk from the store. But most of the calves I raise are grafted on a nurse cow so it is a moot point for me. If I have a bottle calf now, and a milking cow, then they get natural raw milk from the cow. Most dairies that I test milk for use milk from the bucket cows. Several have gone to pasteurization of the bucket cow milk due to it often being from cows that have a high cell count or mastitis... but many still feed it just plain, raw milk. </p><p>Store bought milk is also pasteurized so not alot of germs to get through. I have no problem with it if it works for you. I am not sure of the difference in cost between milk replacer and store milk. I do buy the very best milk replacer that I can because if they don't like it it won't do any good. And if it is soy based you may as well expect the calf to #1, not like the taste; and #2, not do well on it as they cannot assimilate the protein from the soy.... they will scour and have stinking smelling manure and just not do as well. It ought to be outlawed in my opinion...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1700990, member: 25884"] It is a tossup. I use ONLY all-milk milk replacer and do good with it. I have a friend that uses only whole milk from the store. But most of the calves I raise are grafted on a nurse cow so it is a moot point for me. If I have a bottle calf now, and a milking cow, then they get natural raw milk from the cow. Most dairies that I test milk for use milk from the bucket cows. Several have gone to pasteurization of the bucket cow milk due to it often being from cows that have a high cell count or mastitis... but many still feed it just plain, raw milk. Store bought milk is also pasteurized so not alot of germs to get through. I have no problem with it if it works for you. I am not sure of the difference in cost between milk replacer and store milk. I do buy the very best milk replacer that I can because if they don't like it it won't do any good. And if it is soy based you may as well expect the calf to #1, not like the taste; and #2, not do well on it as they cannot assimilate the protein from the soy.... they will scour and have stinking smelling manure and just not do as well. It ought to be outlawed in my opinion... [/QUOTE]
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