Re: Re: Copying the vegetarians? (was: small farmers survi...

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In a message dated 4/23/2002 10:06:57 PM Central Daylight Time,

dkemnitz2000@... writes:

> Colostrum is not pasteurized. The newborn calf nurses

> almost as soon as the cow cleans him/her. The cow produces colostrum

> for several days and our calf drank (nursed) from it's mother the

> first few days to get this colostrum milk. After that I fed him (bull

> w/o spin) with a bottle and several days later a bottle and a nipple.

> Several days later I taught him to drink from a bucket. And now

> nearly a year later he still wants to nurse. Actually I thought

> someone uesd the method you mentioned (7032 #3) to feed kids (newborn

> goats). Anyhow I'll look at that posting (7032). Dennis

>

Dennis,

Many dairy goat owners do pasteurize colostrum, some make a great effort to

" catch " the kid before mom gets the chance to know she's had one. This is due

to their efforts (the owner's) to keep a CAE free herd.

Belinda