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Breeding / Calving Issues
Old Cow...can I keep her alive long enough to calve?
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<blockquote data-quote="aprille218" data-source="post: 1120457" data-attributes="member: 19484"><p>You could feed them more milk replacer as long as you do it gradually. Add a 3rd feeding at half strength then gradually increase to full strength (over 10-14 days). We always feed our bottle calves more than the bag says. Current bottle calf is almost 2 months old and gets 1 gallon 3 times a day. Looks as good as if he was on mom. We'll keep up this amount until he's 3 months and then reduce the strength of the milk replacer until he's weaned at around 4 months. Aprille</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aprille218, post: 1120457, member: 19484"] You could feed them more milk replacer as long as you do it gradually. Add a 3rd feeding at half strength then gradually increase to full strength (over 10-14 days). We always feed our bottle calves more than the bag says. Current bottle calf is almost 2 months old and gets 1 gallon 3 times a day. Looks as good as if he was on mom. We'll keep up this amount until he's 3 months and then reduce the strength of the milk replacer until he's weaned at around 4 months. Aprille [/QUOTE]
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