Posted by sammydwm on January 30, 2018 at 20:05:57 from (50.124.114.206):
In Reply to: Jersey calve? posted by Tracto-man on January 30, 2018 at 18:44:13:
You want to keep it in a decent well ventilated but not drafty area. Band it as soon as possible, and dehorn as soon as you feel the buds on its skull.
Feed it a quality milk based replacer not the cheap soy based crap.
Keep clean fresh water and a good calf starter grain in front of it all the time, don't worry about hay for a while.
Feed the thing at least 2 qts 2x a day and after feeding put a little starter grain in its mouth to help it get the taste. Perhaps even put a little dry replacer powder on the grain as well so it will noodle around in there after feedings.
At around 8 weeks you can work on weaning it. Cut back to once a day feeding, don't dilute the replacer to wean.
Hopefully it will be eating at least 3 pounds of grain a day by then.
Keep it on the starter grain and you can add in some good hay, not grassy stuff. But the emphasis should be on the grain, this is a dairy breed not a beef breed.
You can shift to a lower protein grower ration at around 400 pounds or so. Then later on you can shift to a finisher ration or perhaps go all shell corn and a pellet.
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