Originally Posted by bluteddi
i agree, he was taken from the mom too soon. I had better luck with goat milk replacement milk. I never had a calf get scours on the goat milk.
My dad used to mix in eggs for calves that did get scours,,,,,
when they are so young, they need to be feed every few hours, in smaller feedings
Thanks for the tips. I questioned the farmer when I got them about ages and how much he was feeding at one time. He was giving 2 quarts of diary run milk to all 2 x a day. The other 2 were 5 and 8 days old at the time of purchase and seem to be doing fine. Oldest is now eating small amount of sweet feed (about a cup) and nibbling hay and grass on his own, just tasting. I was just afraid it might be contagious and the other 2 could contract it from contact.