I always had around 25 calves on the bottle from the dairy herd and we used milk replacer also. I put a metal paint stir tool in a drill and mixed it in a couple minutes ,if that long. No lumps or replacer sticking to the bottom, just a idea. Your video brought back some good memories!! Thx
Paint stirer would be great. Way back when we tried roundup, dad would have me mix a fertilizer solution in a five gallon bucket with the drill and more of a blade thing he made. I had to be careful not to hit the side of the bucket and leave shavings in the mix.
We never used bottles, we used calf buckets and it was about 5 degrees out and you have a calf that decides to knock the bucket out of your hand and all over a new pair of coveralls....
Nice video, I raise a lot of bottle calves myself. TSC still sells medicated milk replacer without a vets prescription. It is a very good product, mixes well and the calves do well on it.Take care, See you next post.
I always used a stainless steal bypass pal that we milked cows into right after calving until they could go back in the system. Didn't have to worry about shavings.
I've heard my father in law talk a lot about milk replacer. He was a dairy farmer all his life. According to him baby formula is the same as milk replacer and vise versa
We've only really tried the Purina stuff, I'd have to look at the bag to tell you the exact formula I think it's 20-16, but it seems to mix up very well. Hard to judge by your video but it seems to me it mixes faster than yours. Might be worth looking into if your still shopping around a bit.
if you can get a mix of milk colostrum from your dairy neighbours thats probably the best thing you can do to start with, that's how animals get all the anti bodies to get started.
Paint stirer would be great. Way back when we tried roundup, dad would have me mix a fertilizer solution in a five gallon bucket with the drill and more of a blade thing he made. I had to be careful not to hit the side of the bucket and leave shavings in the mix.
you should prolly check the temp of your milk when you are feeding it to the calves. you want it between 100 and 110 degrees. if its to cold that could be the reason why you have calves with the scours. I am by no means saying you are doing it wrong. but here would be a helpful article for you about feeding calves. www.tractorsupply.com/know-how_pets-livestock_cattle_feeding-calves keep up the great videos.
also I seen that in one of your other calf videos you where having a problem finding bottles. I'm not sure if you offline or prefer to buy local but this company close to me called Animart is a national company and they sell thousands of dairy supplies. and they ship anywhere I have added a link to their calf bottles which are what I use. these are 2qt bottles with the nipple and collar included. for $5.43 I hope this helps you. animart.com/store/bottle_little_giant/ I am young farmer just like you. I'm 33 and I work with my uncle on his 75 cow dairy farm I hope to some day to take over the family farm. he has no one else to take it over he has no Children.
Well, It looks like you have a way in. But do some transition planning with him or you could have inheritance tax kill your joy. We have issues finding the nipples and rings we want. The bottle seems to last, but sucking can take it's toll on the rubber.
thanx for the info on the inheritance tax. I will deff look into it. as for the bottle nipple this a link for the just the nipple that should fit most standard bottles www.fleetfarm.com/detail/-screw-on-nipple/0000000000998?Ntt=nipple its fleet farm. they also ship. I hope this helps.
I always had around 25 calves on the bottle from the dairy herd and we used milk replacer also. I put a metal paint stir tool in a drill and mixed it in a couple minutes ,if that long. No lumps or replacer sticking to the bottom, just a idea. Your video brought back some good memories!! Thx
Paint stirer would be great. Way back when we tried roundup, dad would have me mix a fertilizer solution in a five gallon bucket with the drill and more of a blade thing he made. I had to be careful not to hit the side of the bucket and leave shavings in the mix.
We never used bottles, we used calf buckets and it was about 5 degrees out and you have a calf that decides to knock the bucket out of your hand and all over a new pair of coveralls....
Yep, bottles would have sealed that up, unless they pull the nipple off.
Nice video, I raise a lot of bottle calves myself. TSC still sells medicated milk replacer without a vets prescription. It is a very good product, mixes well and the calves do well on it.Take care, See you next post.
Thanks, I'll see what they have.
Loved the smell of milk replacer .
Makes you want to try it.
it doesn't taste too bad, just the powder on your finger. lol
We would get the least expensive but with medication and yes the smell
I always used a stainless steal bypass pal that we milked cows into right after calving until they could go back in the system. Didn't have to worry about shavings.
That would be great.
For scours me and my dad used half a bottle of pepto bismal and half warm water in a calf bottle. Next day scours gone.
I've heard my father in law talk a lot about milk replacer. He was a dairy farmer all his life. According to him baby formula is the same as milk replacer and vise versa
Um, if babies drank some of the milk replacer we've tried in the past...... I don't see that ending well.
I don't doubt it. I've personally never looked at the ingredients so I don't know.
So when you were a baby did he give you calf milk replacer? haha
We've only really tried the Purina stuff, I'd have to look at the bag to tell you the exact formula I think it's 20-16, but it seems to mix up very well. Hard to judge by your video but it seems to me it mixes faster than yours. Might be worth looking into if your still shopping around a bit.
We are always shopping around. I don't know if it helps that I start mixing all that powder after only one bottle.
Boehm Farm I do it the same way it seems to help, seems the hotter the water the better it mixes.
if you can get a mix of milk colostrum from your dairy neighbours thats probably the best thing you can do to start with, that's how animals get all the anti bodies to get started.
We won't pick up the calves until they are a week old so they get colostrum from their mother.
Growing up we used a Paint Stir attachment on a drill. Makes short work and no mess.
Paint stirer would be great. Way back when we tried roundup, dad would have me mix a fertilizer solution in a five gallon bucket with the drill and more of a blade thing he made. I had to be careful not to hit the side of the bucket and leave shavings in the mix.
We used to use milk replacer and ground Milo and make a slop to feed our baby pigs
I bet they love that!
How much milk replacer does it take to get a calf to weaning age? Like 1 bag?
We typically plan on one bag per calf to make it to weaning.
Does the dairy that you get then from give them colostrum?
Yes, we won't pick them up until they are a week old.
How do you make money with bulls ? What do you do with them when there weened ?
We castrate them eventually, then we have steers. We raise them out to ready for freezer size and sell them for sides of beef.
How old are you if you don't mind me asking
In terms of automobiles, I am almost antique. 24
you should prolly check the temp of your milk when you are feeding it to the calves. you want it between 100 and 110 degrees. if its to cold that could be the reason why you have calves with the scours. I am by no means saying you are doing it wrong. but here would be a helpful article for you about feeding calves.
www.tractorsupply.com/know-how_pets-livestock_cattle_feeding-calves
keep up the great videos.
I shall look into it, Thank you.
also I seen that in one of your other calf videos you where having a problem finding bottles.
I'm not sure if you offline or prefer to buy local but this company close to me called Animart
is a national company and they sell thousands of dairy supplies. and they ship anywhere
I have added a link to their calf bottles which are what I use. these are 2qt bottles
with the nipple and collar included. for $5.43 I hope this helps you.
animart.com/store/bottle_little_giant/
I am young farmer just like you. I'm 33 and I work with my uncle on his 75 cow dairy farm
I hope to some day to take over the family farm. he has no one else to take it over he has no Children.
Well, It looks like you have a way in. But do some transition planning with him or you could have inheritance tax kill your joy. We have issues finding the nipples and rings we want. The bottle seems to last, but sucking can take it's toll on the rubber.
thanx for the info on the inheritance tax. I will deff look into it.
as for the bottle nipple this a link for the just the nipple that should fit most standard
bottles www.fleetfarm.com/detail/-screw-on-nipple/0000000000998?Ntt=nipple
its fleet farm. they also ship. I hope this helps.