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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1842218" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I would leave the calves with the cow and supplement one or 2 if they want it... It will help them to grow better on real milk from the cow, keep their immune system working better, teach them to be "cows" better.... and it will help to stimulate the cow to make more milk up to her capacity. If you supplement with a bottle but leave them with the cow, then they will leave the bottle and go after the cow even more aggressively since they got a good taste and will want more. </p><p>Do you have a fairly "smaller" lot of 1-3 acres where you can keep a good check on them but let them grow and run and be calves with the momma, they will learn to come to you for some extra groceries, but they will also learn to start picking at grain and hay sooner too which will help their rumen to start to develop, and get them eating faster... </p><p></p><p>When I graft calves on a nurse cow, I keep them separate with her for a couple weeks so they can bond good, and then when they go out with other cows, they are already knowing who feeds them and will start "copy-catting" what the cow does and learn to eat faster. Granted the nurse cow will be doing all the milk feeding, but I have at times supplemented calves on cows and they will drink the bottle, then go to the cow for more and that helps to stimulate her to make more and let the milk down better. </p><p> </p><p>I would only supplement with one bottle a day so they want to keep after the cow to nurse... Maybe 1/2 twice a day? .....unless you see that one is definitely not getting enough. Then you can make a decision to maybe do something different.</p><p></p><p>Congrats on the triplets and getting them all up and going.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1842218, member: 25884"] I would leave the calves with the cow and supplement one or 2 if they want it... It will help them to grow better on real milk from the cow, keep their immune system working better, teach them to be "cows" better.... and it will help to stimulate the cow to make more milk up to her capacity. If you supplement with a bottle but leave them with the cow, then they will leave the bottle and go after the cow even more aggressively since they got a good taste and will want more. Do you have a fairly "smaller" lot of 1-3 acres where you can keep a good check on them but let them grow and run and be calves with the momma, they will learn to come to you for some extra groceries, but they will also learn to start picking at grain and hay sooner too which will help their rumen to start to develop, and get them eating faster... When I graft calves on a nurse cow, I keep them separate with her for a couple weeks so they can bond good, and then when they go out with other cows, they are already knowing who feeds them and will start "copy-catting" what the cow does and learn to eat faster. Granted the nurse cow will be doing all the milk feeding, but I have at times supplemented calves on cows and they will drink the bottle, then go to the cow for more and that helps to stimulate her to make more and let the milk down better. I would only supplement with one bottle a day so they want to keep after the cow to nurse... Maybe 1/2 twice a day? .....unless you see that one is definitely not getting enough. Then you can make a decision to maybe do something different. Congrats on the triplets and getting them all up and going. [/QUOTE]
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