Yup Milkmaid... has happened here as well.....I see advantages from both methods. especially when one wants to monitor the amount of the milk the calves are drinking.......when adding meds or other products to the milk bottles, I KNOW that they have gotten the full amount when the bottle is empty.... often times the last bit of milk sits in the buckets forever, thus any additions do as also.
Plus during the summer I often see tons of flies floating in the milk that has not been drank(?) drunk (?) drunken (?) immediately...maybe not be so harmful, but cant be good, plus I have no desire to help feed any flies.
We pretty much have a good method of preparing and cleaning or bottles for use.......works well for us, in our case, if it ain't broke............
BUT on the other hand..... a dairy down the road always feeds in buckets, and would really not be able to feed via bottles.We both raise comparable calves.
Go figure. :cboy: