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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 623837" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Rule of thumb - 10% of calf weight per day, usually split into two feeds (40 kg calf gets two, 2 ltre feeds each day).</p><p></p><p></p><p>They can do well on much more milk than that - I know rearers successfully feeding 20% of calf weight in milk daily. It's not something I'd advise to an inexperienced calf rearer because of the risk of nutritional scours. Restricted milk feeding and early introduction of grain and hay appears to be safer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 623837, member: 9267"] Rule of thumb - 10% of calf weight per day, usually split into two feeds (40 kg calf gets two, 2 ltre feeds each day). They can do well on much more milk than that - I know rearers successfully feeding 20% of calf weight in milk daily. It's not something I'd advise to an inexperienced calf rearer because of the risk of nutritional scours. Restricted milk feeding and early introduction of grain and hay appears to be safer. [/QUOTE]
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