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Time saving ideas for block calvers
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<blockquote data-quote="Clay52" data-source="post: 4043764" data-attributes="member: 41826"><p>Many herds in the US are going to feeding calves 3x a day due to better growth rates. </p><p></p><p>Young calves are the most efficient feed converters. Just look how little feed a 45kg calf requires to grow 1kg a day vs a 500kg heifer or steer to grow 1kg a day. And that doesn't take into account all the benifits of higher growth rates early in life. </p><p></p><p>We went from feeding 1X to auto calf feeder and the claves grow much better with more constant feed. You don't hear calves bellowing anymore unless something has gone wrong. </p><p></p><p>I figure if you are going to invest roughly 2 years of time and all that effort and money into replacements you may as well take then effort to feed them well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clay52, post: 4043764, member: 41826"] Many herds in the US are going to feeding calves 3x a day due to better growth rates. Young calves are the most efficient feed converters. Just look how little feed a 45kg calf requires to grow 1kg a day vs a 500kg heifer or steer to grow 1kg a day. And that doesn't take into account all the benifits of higher growth rates early in life. We went from feeding 1X to auto calf feeder and the claves grow much better with more constant feed. You don't hear calves bellowing anymore unless something has gone wrong. I figure if you are going to invest roughly 2 years of time and all that effort and money into replacements you may as well take then effort to feed them well. [/QUOTE]
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