Which milk type should you feed?

摘要

MY columns on bottle- versus bucket-feeding calves piqued much interest in the dairy community (see accompanying sidebar). Inevitably, the conversations steered to one question. What should we be feeding our calves: whole milk, transition milk, treated/waste milk or milk replacer? Before I jump into this topic, I feed fresh, whole, saleable Jersey milk to my calves. It's saleable raw milk from the bulk tank, or saved out of the milking system to feed calves.