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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1817479" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>How big are the bottles? 2 qt normal sized calf bottle??? 2 in the morning are too much all at once on his stomach.... what is happening the milk is filling the true stomach and then going into the other chambers that aren't developed yet (think 4 stomachs...1st true stomach is for milk as a baby and will "shrink down" as rumen develops) and just running out the other end... Calves do not drink a gallon at a time on momma.... Cut back to 1 bottle at a feeding... feed 3 times a day if you feel he needs it... but you are literally flooding his system... I bet if you cut back he will firm up fairly fast. </p><p>Some dairies will feed 3 qts a feeding but I have had best luck with a regular old 2 qt bottle at a time... </p><p>And 2 qts will encourage him to want to try some feed sooner... which will help his rumen to start to develop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1817479, member: 25884"] How big are the bottles? 2 qt normal sized calf bottle??? 2 in the morning are too much all at once on his stomach.... what is happening the milk is filling the true stomach and then going into the other chambers that aren't developed yet (think 4 stomachs...1st true stomach is for milk as a baby and will "shrink down" as rumen develops) and just running out the other end... Calves do not drink a gallon at a time on momma.... Cut back to 1 bottle at a feeding... feed 3 times a day if you feel he needs it... but you are literally flooding his system... I bet if you cut back he will firm up fairly fast. Some dairies will feed 3 qts a feeding but I have had best luck with a regular old 2 qt bottle at a time... And 2 qts will encourage him to want to try some feed sooner... which will help his rumen to start to develop. [/QUOTE]
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