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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 253561" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>Probios is like yogurt - it simply replenishes the good flora that allows him to digest his food and extract nutrition from that food - except you buy it from your vet instead of the grocery store. The live cultures in yogurt will probably do the same thing, though, so if you want to go that route more power to you! Calf starter (aka 'solid food') is a bagged feed available from your feed store, TSC, The Mercantile, and various other places as well. It is simply a mixture of a few different types of grain (usually squashed corn, oats, and barley), milk replacer pellets, all of which is coated with molasses to enhance the pallatibility and help ensure the calf eats it. It provides vitamins, protein, etc, that the calf needs to grow and stay healthy. You could also feed a C.O.B. mixture if you would like. C.O.B. stands for corn, oats, and barley - and it is also coated with molasses. If he is on pasture I would not supplement with hay. The grass is better and cheaper, so I would just let him graze as much as possible until winter gets here, then I would provide hay - grass to start out with, gradually introducing him to alfalfa because alfalfa has a higher protein content, usually - but I'm sure you already knew that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 253561, member: 539"] Probios is like yogurt - it simply replenishes the good flora that allows him to digest his food and extract nutrition from that food - except you buy it from your vet instead of the grocery store. The live cultures in yogurt will probably do the same thing, though, so if you want to go that route more power to you! Calf starter (aka 'solid food') is a bagged feed available from your feed store, TSC, The Mercantile, and various other places as well. It is simply a mixture of a few different types of grain (usually squashed corn, oats, and barley), milk replacer pellets, all of which is coated with molasses to enhance the pallatibility and help ensure the calf eats it. It provides vitamins, protein, etc, that the calf needs to grow and stay healthy. You could also feed a C.O.B. mixture if you would like. C.O.B. stands for corn, oats, and barley - and it is also coated with molasses. If he is on pasture I would not supplement with hay. The grass is better and cheaper, so I would just let him graze as much as possible until winter gets here, then I would provide hay - grass to start out with, gradually introducing him to alfalfa because alfalfa has a higher protein content, usually - but I'm sure you already knew that. [/QUOTE]
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