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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1364644" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Yes, roughage increases the butterfat. You also would be better milking her in the evening, butterfat seems to mostly be higher in the evening milk on most of the dairies that I dhia test. And milk all 4 quarters because when you milk only 3 she is holding milk and the highest butterfat is in the last part of the milking. The calf will really go after her but she will produce enough milk to feed it in a couple of hours. At 6 weeks the calf should be eating some grain, so feed the calf grain when you are sitting down to milk and when it goes out with the cow it won't be starving and although it will nurse alot for the first couple of hours it won't hurt her. I give my cows some grain and a flake or two of alfalfa hay when in the barn milking and it shows in the butterfat. Also, they make more milk and less butterfat early in the lactation; a cow that averages 4.5 or 5 % in her whole lactation will make 3.5% in the first 2-3 months and it will increase as her production goes down in most cases. My jersey makes about 4% early on and goes up to nearly 6% by the end of lactation.</p><p>I would also give her a 16-18% dairy feed not a grower ration. The mineral balance is different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1364644, member: 25884"] Yes, roughage increases the butterfat. You also would be better milking her in the evening, butterfat seems to mostly be higher in the evening milk on most of the dairies that I dhia test. And milk all 4 quarters because when you milk only 3 she is holding milk and the highest butterfat is in the last part of the milking. The calf will really go after her but she will produce enough milk to feed it in a couple of hours. At 6 weeks the calf should be eating some grain, so feed the calf grain when you are sitting down to milk and when it goes out with the cow it won't be starving and although it will nurse alot for the first couple of hours it won't hurt her. I give my cows some grain and a flake or two of alfalfa hay when in the barn milking and it shows in the butterfat. Also, they make more milk and less butterfat early in the lactation; a cow that averages 4.5 or 5 % in her whole lactation will make 3.5% in the first 2-3 months and it will increase as her production goes down in most cases. My jersey makes about 4% early on and goes up to nearly 6% by the end of lactation. I would also give her a 16-18% dairy feed not a grower ration. The mineral balance is different. [/QUOTE]
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