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Calf will not drink!
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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 136008" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>I believe you are. There are people on this board that will argue with me, but I personally wouldn't do what you are doing. I would either have that calf on a bottle or a nipple-bucket. Probably a bottle. When it comes to drinking from a bucket some calves catch on and some don't. I've read a few articles that said drinking from a bucket is not really the way to go. There is something about actually nursing that causes a fold of tissue to unfold, thus blocking the milk from going into the rumen and allowing it to go straight into the stomach. I'm not absolutely clear on what I read, but it made enough sense at the time that I would not train a calf to drink milk from a bucket.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 136008, member: 539"] I believe you are. There are people on this board that will argue with me, but I personally wouldn't do what you are doing. I would either have that calf on a bottle or a nipple-bucket. Probably a bottle. When it comes to drinking from a bucket some calves catch on and some don't. I've read a few articles that said drinking from a bucket is not really the way to go. There is something about actually nursing that causes a fold of tissue to unfold, thus blocking the milk from going into the rumen and allowing it to go straight into the stomach. I'm not absolutely clear on what I read, but it made enough sense at the time that I would not train a calf to drink milk from a bucket. [/QUOTE]
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