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Trying to Wean from Bottle--Problem w/Scours
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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1138540" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I don't know your starter/creep feeds but at that age if she's otherwise ready for weaning (good size, developed rumen... she should have lost that frail leggy look of the young calf) then yes, you can skip the calf starter and wean her. It would be better to get her eating the new feed before cutting the milk.</p><p></p><p>Something not right about her scouring on the starter... it shouldn't cause that basically. Did you only try one brand or different types? Introduce it slowly? It usually takes them a while to get into it but obviously *if* she ate huge amounts of a feed she was unfamiliar with that could cause scours; I've never seen it happen with calf starter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1138540, member: 9267"] I don't know your starter/creep feeds but at that age if she's otherwise ready for weaning (good size, developed rumen... she should have lost that frail leggy look of the young calf) then yes, you can skip the calf starter and wean her. It would be better to get her eating the new feed before cutting the milk. Something not right about her scouring on the starter... it shouldn't cause that basically. Did you only try one brand or different types? Introduce it slowly? It usually takes them a while to get into it but obviously *if* she ate huge amounts of a feed she was unfamiliar with that could cause scours; I've never seen it happen with calf starter. [/QUOTE]
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