Michael O’Connor, Vet with O'Connor & Julian Vets (XL Vets) talks to Tipperary dairy farmer Peter Delaney along with Ruminant Nutritionist Bil Ryan about calves on automatic feeders in calf to beef systems. Peter has a JFC automatic feeder. In this video they discuss considerations when managing calves on the automatic feeder.
- Behaviour of the calves
- Calf rations
- Access to clean water
- Risks of bacteria introduction
- Not a calf rearing system, still need to do the basics right
- Developing the calf rumen with forage/concentrations
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