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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1452058" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Group 1: No stock of mothers for calf production, they either buy heifer calves or grow heifers on contract for</p><p>other dairy farmers.</p><p></p><p>Group 2: Farmers rear their own or buy replacements usually bred heifers and start milking the same day as calving.</p><p>The milk is bottle fed to her calf and other calves for 2-3 days then the cow's milk goes into the bulk tank with the</p><p>rest of the herd and calves are switched to milk replacer or pasteurized waste milk. Calves may suck on mother for</p><p>first few hours after calving, but most want to measure calf intake to make sure they get enough colostrum, so they</p><p>measure it by bottle feeding or by esophageal feeding the calf's first meal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1452058, member: 14585"] Group 1: No stock of mothers for calf production, they either buy heifer calves or grow heifers on contract for other dairy farmers. Group 2: Farmers rear their own or buy replacements usually bred heifers and start milking the same day as calving. The milk is bottle fed to her calf and other calves for 2-3 days then the cow's milk goes into the bulk tank with the rest of the herd and calves are switched to milk replacer or pasteurized waste milk. Calves may suck on mother for first few hours after calving, but most want to measure calf intake to make sure they get enough colostrum, so they measure it by bottle feeding or by esophageal feeding the calf's first meal. [/QUOTE]
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