Milk replacer

[TravisStormer]

I have a Jersey bull calf that I am raising for beef. It is by itself/with our horses. My question is, how long do I give it milk replacer? We've gone through one bag, and not sure if I should get another. The calf is about 8 weeks old. We have been feeding in the morning and at night. He is in the pasture all day eating grass, etc. We also give him a small amount of calf starter grain in the evenings. I'm new to this, and anything will help.

 

[robinb]

we have always figured one bag of milk replacer per calf. we dont feed any hay to bottle calves until they weigh close to 500 pounds.

 

[tom4018]

Really depends on the amount of started it is eating. If it is eating enough you can wean it.

 

[msscamp]

The general rule of thumb for weaning any species of bottle baby is that they should have doubled their birth weight and are eating at least 1 lb of grain/starter/grower pellets.

 

[jerry27150]

when we had the dairy the rule from colleges was ( you can wean when they are eating 2 lbs of grain a day & they need good hay) done it for years. we weaned at 6 weeks