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<blockquote data-quote="Medic24" data-source="post: 97737" data-attributes="member: 1101"><p>Hey CWT , sorry to hear about your cow dying.</p><p>But I hope I am not reading between the lines here..... you keep mentioning that he is eating alot of grass.....well thats fine and good, that means he's hungry.</p><p>BUT, underno circumstances thing that will in anyway sustain him for some time to come. The ruman of a 2 week old calf is just no where mature enuogh to be able to convert grass into feed. You ar looking at weeks and maybe even months before he will beable to get a good conversion of grass to protein etc.</p><p></p><p>The calf stomach is just not set up for anything like that yet. YOU MUST INSURE HE IS GETTING PROPER MILK, either from other cows or bottle or both.</p><p>As far as getting milk replacer, I am sure most will agree, buy the very best...gees, for the price that good cattle are bringing today, you would be a fool not too. Buy replacer that has dry milk protwin, and fat in it, NOT soy or vegtable protein, the usual givaway is the tag will state 12percent fat, 20 percent protein= soy. at least 20 percent fat, and at least 20 percent fat, is usually all milk replacer.</p><p></p><p>Good Luck! :cboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medic24, post: 97737, member: 1101"] Hey CWT , sorry to hear about your cow dying. But I hope I am not reading between the lines here..... you keep mentioning that he is eating alot of grass.....well thats fine and good, that means he's hungry. BUT, underno circumstances thing that will in anyway sustain him for some time to come. The ruman of a 2 week old calf is just no where mature enuogh to be able to convert grass into feed. You ar looking at weeks and maybe even months before he will beable to get a good conversion of grass to protein etc. The calf stomach is just not set up for anything like that yet. YOU MUST INSURE HE IS GETTING PROPER MILK, either from other cows or bottle or both. As far as getting milk replacer, I am sure most will agree, buy the very best...gees, for the price that good cattle are bringing today, you would be a fool not too. Buy replacer that has dry milk protwin, and fat in it, NOT soy or vegtable protein, the usual givaway is the tag will state 12percent fat, 20 percent protein= soy. at least 20 percent fat, and at least 20 percent fat, is usually all milk replacer. Good Luck! :cboy: [/QUOTE]
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