Re: OT: Bottle calf question.

Posted by bgoathill on April 24, 2007 at 17:50:31 from (207.199.249.55):

In Reply to: OT: Bottle calf question. posted by Kelly C on April 24, 2007 at 12:06:21:

I have much better luck feeding calves with a bottle. I can't remember the exact terminology but calves are born with a small slit in their esophogus that lets the milk into one of the smaller stomachs. The bigger stomachs don't have the proper bugs in them until the calf gets a little older. That's one reason why calves get scours and don't get all the nutrition they should. The slit also grows shut as the calf gets older. That's why Mother Nature designed it so cow's and most other ruminent's young nurse like they do with outstreched necks. That doesn't happen when they are nose down in a bucket. People will say this is a bunch of BS, but I haven't had a sick calf since I switched back to bottles. But I also feed goat milk to get them started, then switch to milk replacer.

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• Re: OT: Bottle calf question. Kent in NB 05:29:44 04/25/07 (0)

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