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Am back on line after a computer breakdown. Missed this forum. My two back yard heifers are now 2 month old. They are doing great. Susie beat the pneumonia! Have not been able to bucket feed yet The younger Charolais will bucket but the older Red Angus will not. Just does not get the idea of drinking with her head down. Trouble is that I leave around 6.30 am for work and will not get home between 5-7pm. I have been feeding them 125 grams of milk replacer to 2 litres of water early in the morning , I have my older son feed them the same when he gets home at 4pm and I feed them a bottle around 9pm to close them up for the night. They have also been eating grass all day, not drinking too much water but eating calf starter grain. So my question is what do you think that these calves require for being two months old and the only two cows in a back yard with a huge field to graze in? I know I should start to decrease the milk replacer. I know that they should already be on buckets but let me tell you it is way easier to feed a bottle at 6am than a bucket and then to have to rely on your 6 and 13 year old to feed them again by 4pm. How much grain should they be getting? I am so afraid of bloat because I read alot about that on this forum plus I am not around alot to moniter them. Thanks in advance for all your help. Cheers.