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<blockquote data-quote="Jdunn55" data-source="post: 8631319" data-attributes="member: 81760"><p>I've tried a few different ones now, my opinion is as follows</p><p></p><p>A top quality whey is just as good if not better than a mediocre skim powder and probably cheaper</p><p></p><p>20% oil and 25% protein works well for me, I've tried the energized powders (more oil than protein) and didn't notice a difference in calf performance but did notice the money coming out the bank account...</p><p></p><p>Getting them onto hard feed is actually more important than the milk imo as that will be crucial to getting them growing cheaply (£400/t as opposed to £2000-£2500/t for milk powder)</p><p></p><p>Mine are eating about 3-4kg of cake by 6 weeks, averaging 1.4kg/day live weight growth over the first 56 days so being weaned at about 120kg at 8 weeks old.</p><p>I feed 1.2kg of powder and just under 7 litres of water split over 2 feeds a day, start cutting it back at 6 weeks so they're only fed once/day at 7 weeks and then weaned fully at 8 weeks</p><p></p><p>Make sure they have access to clean water at all times - its really crucial to get cake intakes up, without it intakes drop to 1-2kg instead of the 3+ needed </p><p></p><p>Ingredients are also really important. Linseed/rapeseed/grape/citrus oil is crap and calves can't utilise it until 4-6weeks so you don't want it in a powder if you can (coconut oil is the best for calves). Any wheat in the powder needs to be hydrolysised otherwise the calves can't digest it etc</p><p></p><p>That's my opinion, take it as you wish, I'm far from an expert.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jdunn55, post: 8631319, member: 81760"] I've tried a few different ones now, my opinion is as follows A top quality whey is just as good if not better than a mediocre skim powder and probably cheaper 20% oil and 25% protein works well for me, I've tried the energized powders (more oil than protein) and didn't notice a difference in calf performance but did notice the money coming out the bank account... Getting them onto hard feed is actually more important than the milk imo as that will be crucial to getting them growing cheaply (£400/t as opposed to £2000-£2500/t for milk powder) Mine are eating about 3-4kg of cake by 6 weeks, averaging 1.4kg/day live weight growth over the first 56 days so being weaned at about 120kg at 8 weeks old. I feed 1.2kg of powder and just under 7 litres of water split over 2 feeds a day, start cutting it back at 6 weeks so they're only fed once/day at 7 weeks and then weaned fully at 8 weeks Make sure they have access to clean water at all times - its really crucial to get cake intakes up, without it intakes drop to 1-2kg instead of the 3+ needed Ingredients are also really important. Linseed/rapeseed/grape/citrus oil is crap and calves can't utilise it until 4-6weeks so you don't want it in a powder if you can (coconut oil is the best for calves). Any wheat in the powder needs to be hydrolysised otherwise the calves can't digest it etc That's my opinion, take it as you wish, I'm far from an expert. [/QUOTE]
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