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Calf is coughing and weak?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1385473" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>So very glad to hear that lowering the height of the nipple bucket seems to have taken care of the coughing problem. He was probably getting it too fast, and up higher it was getting a little into his lungs. Calves can be "little pigs" when they are getting a bottle. Have had some actually pull the nipple off the bottle when they are in a big rush and want to butt the bottle and pull....</p><p></p><p>Sounds like you are doing fine with him...and he is doing better too. I think that you will find that the all milk milk replacer will help him to round out a little better. Most all recomendations are to start tapering off and stop the milk replacer by about 8 weeks, but I think that you would be better off feeding him a little longer. I usually feed mine 10-16 weeks, depending on the time of year, and how they are eating. I feed milk longer in the winter to help them keep up their body condition, and the warm milk is like a cup of hot cocoa or coffee is to us on a cold day. Usually I cut back to one bottle a day after about 8-10 weeks and do once a day for 2-4 weeks. Just make sure he is eating grain good. About 2-3 lbs a day by the time you take him off milk completely.</p><p> Let's face it, they stay on their momma's until they are 5-7 months old under normal conditions and even though the milk consumption lessens as they are eating more grass/hay etc., they are still getting that extra from the milk until they are in the 400-600 lb range. It can get expensive so that is one reason most places try to stop it earlier and it is less work to feed grain than milk.</p><p>Keep us posted...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1385473, member: 25884"] So very glad to hear that lowering the height of the nipple bucket seems to have taken care of the coughing problem. He was probably getting it too fast, and up higher it was getting a little into his lungs. Calves can be "little pigs" when they are getting a bottle. Have had some actually pull the nipple off the bottle when they are in a big rush and want to butt the bottle and pull.... Sounds like you are doing fine with him...and he is doing better too. I think that you will find that the all milk milk replacer will help him to round out a little better. Most all recomendations are to start tapering off and stop the milk replacer by about 8 weeks, but I think that you would be better off feeding him a little longer. I usually feed mine 10-16 weeks, depending on the time of year, and how they are eating. I feed milk longer in the winter to help them keep up their body condition, and the warm milk is like a cup of hot cocoa or coffee is to us on a cold day. Usually I cut back to one bottle a day after about 8-10 weeks and do once a day for 2-4 weeks. Just make sure he is eating grain good. About 2-3 lbs a day by the time you take him off milk completely. Let's face it, they stay on their momma's until they are 5-7 months old under normal conditions and even though the milk consumption lessens as they are eating more grass/hay etc., they are still getting that extra from the milk until they are in the 400-600 lb range. It can get expensive so that is one reason most places try to stop it earlier and it is less work to feed grain than milk. Keep us posted... [/QUOTE]
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