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<blockquote data-quote="rla442" data-source="post: 1291746" data-attributes="member: 13688"><p>I have bottle fed both Holstein and jersey's as that's the way I started out. They have to be the hardest animals to try to keep alive. Eat fine one day and the next day they tailspin down. If you search the archives here there's been a ton of info on bottle raising Holsteins. One thing that I learned was don't over feed them. I think some of my problems with scours was actually just getting too much milk. Another thing, is get the best milk replacer you can. loose the Soy based. If your buying the milk replacer from Tractor Supply or one of the other box stores, it may pay you to go to the local feed mill and see what they carry. You'll pay more but its better quality--you can smell the difference. Once I stopped using TSC's milk replacer I had better luck. I also mix a little electrolytes -I think its called Power Punch (its a liquid) in with the milk replacer at each feeding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rla442, post: 1291746, member: 13688"] I have bottle fed both Holstein and jersey's as that's the way I started out. They have to be the hardest animals to try to keep alive. Eat fine one day and the next day they tailspin down. If you search the archives here there's been a ton of info on bottle raising Holsteins. One thing that I learned was don't over feed them. I think some of my problems with scours was actually just getting too much milk. Another thing, is get the best milk replacer you can. loose the Soy based. If your buying the milk replacer from Tractor Supply or one of the other box stores, it may pay you to go to the local feed mill and see what they carry. You'll pay more but its better quality--you can smell the difference. Once I stopped using TSC's milk replacer I had better luck. I also mix a little electrolytes -I think its called Power Punch (its a liquid) in with the milk replacer at each feeding. [/QUOTE]
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