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<blockquote data-quote="BAF" data-source="post: 8063230" data-attributes="member: 158121"><p>I've got 7. I had 20 last year. All bought in. All on bottles. I've got the red wire racks from Wynnstay. I feed them whole cows milk from the neighbours show cow. </p><p>The first week is a pain because they're on warm milk 7 bottles in the microwave for 8 minutes depending on your microwave. Once you've got them trained to go on the bottle and on the racks then start giving them cooler milk until its just room temperature. Mine sits in 2 5 gallon buckets in the utility room - they got a treat the other day as it was still warm out of the cow.</p><p>Fill the bottles up, put them in the racks, steer the d**kh**d lamb that wants to drink someone milk on to its own bottle and walk away. I collect the bottles and rinse them just before their next feed. </p><p>I probably over cook them a little bit and give them 4 feeds (which works out at 2 litres per lamb) a day until they're 4weeks old then gradually wean them down to nothing by the time theyre 6 weeks. If you miss a feed occasionally it won't matter they'll just annoy you when they see you next by bleating their heads off! Ad-lib hay and creep. 10 bottles are cheaper than a Shepherdess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BAF, post: 8063230, member: 158121"] I've got 7. I had 20 last year. All bought in. All on bottles. I've got the red wire racks from Wynnstay. I feed them whole cows milk from the neighbours show cow. The first week is a pain because they're on warm milk 7 bottles in the microwave for 8 minutes depending on your microwave. Once you've got them trained to go on the bottle and on the racks then start giving them cooler milk until its just room temperature. Mine sits in 2 5 gallon buckets in the utility room - they got a treat the other day as it was still warm out of the cow. Fill the bottles up, put them in the racks, steer the d**kh**d lamb that wants to drink someone milk on to its own bottle and walk away. I collect the bottles and rinse them just before their next feed. I probably over cook them a little bit and give them 4 feeds (which works out at 2 litres per lamb) a day until they're 4weeks old then gradually wean them down to nothing by the time theyre 6 weeks. If you miss a feed occasionally it won't matter they'll just annoy you when they see you next by bleating their heads off! Ad-lib hay and creep. 10 bottles are cheaper than a Shepherdess. [/QUOTE]
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