![]() ![]() ![]() If you are using milk replacer, it might save you some money to contact them at 35. It's possible they can let you know their supplier for your own local feed store to stock it for you. The milk replacer I have been buying at Ranch Hand Feeds in Brookesville, Fl. I start them early on the calf starter and will usually get them to eat as much of that as I can before offering them their milk. ![]() I do get them started on calf starter right away and keep the hay out there for them also. I may go back to a twice a day feeding and see how they do. The local vet suggested I feed three or four smaller feedings per day as opposed to two large feedings. I started with holsteins and was feeding at 7pm and 7am. I've been raising them on my own now for only a few years. Also, I just like to raise the little guys. I have a seperate income I'm an outdoor writer/novelist and my calves keep me out of the house and away from my desk. True, they aren't worth much, but I'm not in it to get rich. In my experience, whether I'm doing something wrong or not, holsteins have been more sickly and I don't experience that with the jersey bulls/steers. Why Jersey over holstein? Simple, I have fewer sick calves to fight to keep alive. ![]()
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