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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 653803" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>Cheers Larry and rego, those are my thoughts exactly. I havent had huge problems with suckers but then again I dont do it on as large a scale as you. The very few suckers I had always stopped once they were eating feed. </p><p></p><p>Funny, the one time I did have quite a bit to do with calf rearing in large numbers, we had a home made calfeteria on a trailer, 60 teats on it, it was great, I'd hook it on to the four wheeler and fill it up at the dairy, drive it down to the calf barn. I'd do three runs because this place ran the calves in three batches according to age - between 30 and 60 in each batch. I know it is better if you pen them individually or even in small groups but this is how that place did it and it worked for them. After the three runs with the calfeteria all I had left were the very young calves - they were fed by hand with a bottle and kept in individual pens. But boy, that calfeteria on the trailer made things easier. Wish I had a pic of it. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You are very lucky. My nephews lose interest after a day or two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 653803, member: 3195"] Cheers Larry and rego, those are my thoughts exactly. I havent had huge problems with suckers but then again I dont do it on as large a scale as you. The very few suckers I had always stopped once they were eating feed. Funny, the one time I did have quite a bit to do with calf rearing in large numbers, we had a home made calfeteria on a trailer, 60 teats on it, it was great, I'd hook it on to the four wheeler and fill it up at the dairy, drive it down to the calf barn. I'd do three runs because this place ran the calves in three batches according to age - between 30 and 60 in each batch. I know it is better if you pen them individually or even in small groups but this is how that place did it and it worked for them. After the three runs with the calfeteria all I had left were the very young calves - they were fed by hand with a bottle and kept in individual pens. But boy, that calfeteria on the trailer made things easier. Wish I had a pic of it. You are very lucky. My nephews lose interest after a day or two. [/QUOTE]
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