The Country Calf Milk Replacers are manufactured to provide your calves with the perfect start.
Using the highest quality dairy ingredients our milk replacers deliver the highest nutrient density. Gut Guardian promotes a balanced gut environment and coupled with a comprehensive vitamin and mineral package Country Calf Milk Replacers ensure maximum growth rates, rumen development and optimum calf performance.
Our range of calf milk replacers have been developed to perform under Irish and UK market conditions and have been tested in all feeding systems to ensure optimal performance.
All our formulas are easy to mix, offering high digestibility to maximise feed intake, providing calves with the perfect start possible.
Range | FEATURES:
Ideal for bucket mixing and computerised calf feeders.
Suitable for once or twice a day.
Dual purpose suitable for dairy and beef calves.
Range | BENEFITS:
Ensures the perfect start for early growth rates.
Comprehensive vitamin and mineral package.
Contains an active probiotic in Gut Guardian.
The fundamentals of Country Calf Milk Replacer are milk powder, oils, fats and minerals, analysed thoroughly to determine optimum composition and nutrient content. Only the highest quality ingredients are used to ensure maximum digestibility and calf vitality.
The quality of the manufacturing process ensure all Country Calf Milk Replacers have excellent mixability making them suitable for bucket, machine or computerised feeding systems.
State-of-the-art mixing and packaging installations guarantee our milk replacers are safe and hygienic. Our double sealed bags within separate, plastic liners allow for easy on-farm storage.
Laboratory technicians test and evaluate all incoming ingredients. Testing continues throughout the manufacturing process which guarantee our milk replacers provide the best on-farm performance.
The feeding recommendations are a guideline for a calf entering the unit at 40kg live weight and up to weaning at 6 weeks. Feed can be increased or decreased proportionately depending on the rearing system and growth rate required. Please note every feeding system is different with the feeding schedule acting as a guide only.
To ensure optimum milk replacer performance a minimum of 125g of powder is required within every litre of water.
Bucket Feeding:
FEEDING PROGRAM: TWICE A DAY | ||||
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Age (day) | Feeds (per day) | Litres/Feed (L) | Concentration (g) | Daily Intake (g) |
0-4 | 2 | 2 L | Colostrum | Colostrum |
5-21 | 2 | 2 L | 125 g/l | 500 g |
22-Weaning | 2 | 2.5 L | 150 g/l | 625 g |
FEEDING PROGRAM: ONCE A DAY | ||||
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Age (day) | Feeds (per day) | Litres/Feed (L) | Concentration (g) | Daily Intake (g) |
0-4 | 2 | 2 L | Colostrum | Colostrum |
5-21 | 2 | 2 L | 125 g/l | 500 g |
22-Weaning | 1 | 3 L | 200 g/l | 600 g |
Computerised Feeding
Country Calf Milk Replacers are suitable for use in all automatic computerised calf feeders. For successful results with computerised feeding, calibrate your feeder using the manufacturers specifications at a concentration of 12.5% solids.
For further specialist advice on selecting suitable mixing and feeding regimes, and achieving your calf performance objectives please contact your sales representative.
Management Guidelines
Weaning
Cost benefit over saleable whole milk.
When formulated correctly there is less risk of digestive upsets and scours.
Easier to store and handle than liquid foods.
Easily fortified with additional vitamins and minerals.
Less risk of disease transfer from cow to calf.
Well suited to automated calf feeding systems.
Country Calf Milk
Unit 17 Mullaghboy Industrial Estate
Navan
Co. Meath
C15 DX07
Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday
9:00 – 18:00
Closed weekends