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<blockquote data-quote="Alice" data-source="post: 314984" data-attributes="member: 3873"><p>Don't over feed them. No all calves can handle the same amount of liquid. </p><p></p><p>I don't know what kind of milk replacer you are using, but it has to be at least 20% fat and 20% protein and made from milk and milk by products. </p><p></p><p>Give them probios at each feeding. Don't cut out the replacer when they scour...just make sure they get electrolytes about 2 hours after they've had the milk replacer.</p><p></p><p>Put out calf feed when they've been there for 3 days. Cutting out the excessive liquid with the milk replacer will keep them a touch hungry and looking for water...and, for some reason, when they drink water, they begin nosing around in, then eating the calf feed.</p><p></p><p>I have had good luck feeding baby calves a full complement of replacer to 3 pints or less of water, depending on the calf's size. They get the nutrition they need, but their guts don't get so full. </p><p></p><p><em>In recent years, some farmers who routinely feed milk replacer have changed their formulation from 500 g of milk powder in 4 L water to 500 g powder in 2L of water. They have found this reduction in fluid volume, to provide the same quantity of milk nutrients to calves, has 2 beneficial effects. Firstly, it stimulates their appetite for concentrates at a younger age, because there is less distension in their abomasum after milk feeding. Secondly, it reduces scour problems, presumably because of reduced likelihood of undigested milk escaping into the intestine.</em> This was taken from the following link...I really, really like this article. Read the entire thing. You'll be glad you did.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dpi/nreninf.nsf/LinkView/D27D0C2A28D5E0F8CA256BCF000BBFEA323F5CFE0267D9674A256DEA00273B5A" target="_blank">http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dpi/nreninf.n ... EA00273B5A</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alice, post: 314984, member: 3873"] Don't over feed them. No all calves can handle the same amount of liquid. I don't know what kind of milk replacer you are using, but it has to be at least 20% fat and 20% protein and made from milk and milk by products. Give them probios at each feeding. Don't cut out the replacer when they scour...just make sure they get electrolytes about 2 hours after they've had the milk replacer. Put out calf feed when they've been there for 3 days. Cutting out the excessive liquid with the milk replacer will keep them a touch hungry and looking for water...and, for some reason, when they drink water, they begin nosing around in, then eating the calf feed. I have had good luck feeding baby calves a full complement of replacer to 3 pints or less of water, depending on the calf's size. They get the nutrition they need, but their guts don't get so full. [i]In recent years, some farmers who routinely feed milk replacer have changed their formulation from 500 g of milk powder in 4 L water to 500 g powder in 2L of water. They have found this reduction in fluid volume, to provide the same quantity of milk nutrients to calves, has 2 beneficial effects. Firstly, it stimulates their appetite for concentrates at a younger age, because there is less distension in their abomasum after milk feeding. Secondly, it reduces scour problems, presumably because of reduced likelihood of undigested milk escaping into the intestine.[/i] This was taken from the following link...I really, really like this article. Read the entire thing. You'll be glad you did. [url=http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dpi/nreninf.nsf/LinkView/D27D0C2A28D5E0F8CA256BCF000BBFEA323F5CFE0267D9674A256DEA00273B5A]http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dpi/nreninf.n ... EA00273B5A[/url] [/QUOTE]
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