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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1467415" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>That calf feeder is quite the thing. The only thing I would worry about is some getting too much milk and scouring.</p><p>Several of the dairies that I have tested for, have a multiple calf nipple feeder, one is called a milk bar I think. Has 5 nipples, hangs over a fence board. The inside is divided off partway up so that the calves each get approx the right amount of milk. The biggest problem that I have with having multiple bottle babies housed in the same pen is they will suck each other, and get on the navel area and the ears etc. </p><p>Milkmaid has the right idea, going directly to a dairy. See if they have a couple of cows that don't make the cut as far as production goes. There are alot of decent milk cows that are being culled on somatic cell count or low production now because there are alot of replacements around and they can be had fairly cheap. Some scc can be dealt with and if it is going to be a calf feeder, and milked constantly, sometimes that can take care of it unless it is a chronic problem. One of the dairy farmers I test for has reg holsteins and reg brown swiss. He has sold 3 as family cows because they just weren't making the milk he needed to justify keeping them. They would have just gone to slaughter. I think 2 were bred and one just fresh. A holstein isn't a bad nurse cow. Just some make alot of milk and you might have to milk once a day as well as the calves nursing, for awhile when they first come fresh....or do what I did one time; had a holstein that was a great dispositioned nurse cow. Made alot of milk, I put 6 calves on her. Let 4 in, then pulled 2 off, put 2 more on, then pulled off the first 2 so that they all got a fairly equal amount of milk. She'd let anything nurse, so after a little while they all just stayed with her and everyone seemed to get plenty to eat. </p><p>Nurse cows are great if you have the patience to deal with them. And if you get a good one they are wonderful, if you get a b$#@% they need to have a big mac attack.</p><p>I bought a guernsey at the stock yards, years ago that was sold because the owner had had a stroke and couldn't milk her anymore. She was 8, I was her second owner, and I buried her at 16. Got another from a friend that had gotten mastitis on a dairy, got her cleared up, but she would get a mood and kick for no reason, just out of the blue, and after 3 months I told him she had to go, I'd tried everything. She went to the stockyards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1467415, member: 25884"] That calf feeder is quite the thing. The only thing I would worry about is some getting too much milk and scouring. Several of the dairies that I have tested for, have a multiple calf nipple feeder, one is called a milk bar I think. Has 5 nipples, hangs over a fence board. The inside is divided off partway up so that the calves each get approx the right amount of milk. The biggest problem that I have with having multiple bottle babies housed in the same pen is they will suck each other, and get on the navel area and the ears etc. Milkmaid has the right idea, going directly to a dairy. See if they have a couple of cows that don't make the cut as far as production goes. There are alot of decent milk cows that are being culled on somatic cell count or low production now because there are alot of replacements around and they can be had fairly cheap. Some scc can be dealt with and if it is going to be a calf feeder, and milked constantly, sometimes that can take care of it unless it is a chronic problem. One of the dairy farmers I test for has reg holsteins and reg brown swiss. He has sold 3 as family cows because they just weren't making the milk he needed to justify keeping them. They would have just gone to slaughter. I think 2 were bred and one just fresh. A holstein isn't a bad nurse cow. Just some make alot of milk and you might have to milk once a day as well as the calves nursing, for awhile when they first come fresh....or do what I did one time; had a holstein that was a great dispositioned nurse cow. Made alot of milk, I put 6 calves on her. Let 4 in, then pulled 2 off, put 2 more on, then pulled off the first 2 so that they all got a fairly equal amount of milk. She'd let anything nurse, so after a little while they all just stayed with her and everyone seemed to get plenty to eat. Nurse cows are great if you have the patience to deal with them. And if you get a good one they are wonderful, if you get a b$#@% they need to have a big mac attack. I bought a guernsey at the stock yards, years ago that was sold because the owner had had a stroke and couldn't milk her anymore. She was 8, I was her second owner, and I buried her at 16. Got another from a friend that had gotten mastitis on a dairy, got her cleared up, but she would get a mood and kick for no reason, just out of the blue, and after 3 months I told him she had to go, I'd tried everything. She went to the stockyards. [/QUOTE]
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