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Calf Feeding

  • 22-02-2010 11:46am
    #1
    red_diesel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭


    We have always bucket fed calves twice a day. Usually start them off on the teat buckets and after a month or so get them to drink from the buckets. Eventhough we have a small herd, this is quite labourious. We have not got a great setup but we will not be investing as we will probably get out of cows in the next few years.The father does it all himself apart from the weekends when I help out. I have read some Teagasc material that say that in tests calves on once a day teat feeding (milk + additive or milk replacer) perform best.
    Anyone do this at the moment or any other recommendations?


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  • #2
    irishh_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    red_diesel wrote: »
    We have always bucket fed calves twice a day. Usually start them off on the teat buckets and after a month or so get them to drink from the buckets. Eventhough we have a small herd, this is quite labourious. We have not got a great setup but we will not be investing as we will probably get out of cows in the next few years.The father does it all himself apart from the weekends when I help out. I have read some Teagasc material that say that in tests calves on once a day teat feeding (milk + additive or milk replacer) perform best.
    Anyone do this at the moment or any other recommendations?


    once a day feeding is fine providing you dont start them too young , would feed them twice a day for the 1st month


  • #3
    spume
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭spume


    With the big "R" these days im lucky if i can feed them twice a week. Fcukin disgrace. Its heartbreaking to see the little feckers starve but family comes first


  • #4
    mossfort
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭mossfort


    spume wrote: »
    With the big "R" these days im lucky if i can feed them twice a week. Fcukin disgrace. Its heartbreaking to see the little feckers starve but family comes first
    things cant be that bad that you only feed them twice a week.
    if you cant afford to feed them you cant afford to have them at all.


  • #5
    Raiser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭Raiser


    spume wrote: »
    With the big "R" these days im lucky if i can feed them twice a week. Fcukin disgrace. Its heartbreaking to see the little feckers starve but family comes first

    Ha?

    - Isn't there a number you can can for this?


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