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<blockquote data-quote="Alice" data-source="post: 314987" data-attributes="member: 3873"><p>I'm assuming that you are bottle feeding baby holstein bull calves, the most fickle, hardest to keep alive baby calves. And, I would just bet, you are told that the calves are getting colostrum from their mothers before you pick them up. Don't you bet on it! </p><p></p><p>Ask whomever you are buying them from to give you the colostrum that is milked out of the cow to continue to give the babies. And, if you get more than you need, freeze it. It'll come in handy. Also, you are most likely getting trash milk with who knows what kind of contaminants in it. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes I think it's better to use the milk replacer if you aren't certain about the sanitary conditions of the place you are buying the milk from.</p><p></p><p>And like Dun said, sanitize, sanitize, sanitize. Never, ever use the same nipple on different calves. I used to take a cooler full of hot soapy water with bleach in it if I had to reuse nipples to wash them off in. And, if I was using bottle racks, and didn't have enough, I'd dip them in the bleach water.</p><p></p><p>Also, the holes in those nipples need to be pretty small. Even if it appears the calf is taking awhile to finish the bottle, oh well. Big nipple holes on baby calves is asking for big trouble.</p><p></p><p>Keep the calves separated from one another so that they can't touch noses...and move their hutches regularly. If the ground gets contaminated, dig it down and burn it off before you put more calves on that ground. And wash out the hutches between calves, turn them over, and let the sun get to them.</p><p></p><p>Alice</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alice, post: 314987, member: 3873"] I'm assuming that you are bottle feeding baby holstein bull calves, the most fickle, hardest to keep alive baby calves. And, I would just bet, you are told that the calves are getting colostrum from their mothers before you pick them up. Don't you bet on it! Ask whomever you are buying them from to give you the colostrum that is milked out of the cow to continue to give the babies. And, if you get more than you need, freeze it. It'll come in handy. Also, you are most likely getting trash milk with who knows what kind of contaminants in it. Sometimes I think it's better to use the milk replacer if you aren't certain about the sanitary conditions of the place you are buying the milk from. And like Dun said, sanitize, sanitize, sanitize. Never, ever use the same nipple on different calves. I used to take a cooler full of hot soapy water with bleach in it if I had to reuse nipples to wash them off in. And, if I was using bottle racks, and didn't have enough, I'd dip them in the bleach water. Also, the holes in those nipples need to be pretty small. Even if it appears the calf is taking awhile to finish the bottle, oh well. Big nipple holes on baby calves is asking for big trouble. Keep the calves separated from one another so that they can't touch noses...and move their hutches regularly. If the ground gets contaminated, dig it down and burn it off before you put more calves on that ground. And wash out the hutches between calves, turn them over, and let the sun get to them. Alice [/QUOTE]
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