Heats cold milk to be fed ad lib A warm milk feeding

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Heats cold milk to be fed ad lib
A warm milk feeding system for calves,lambs
and goat kids
Feeds milk replacer or whole milK
For more information please call a member our Wynnstay Team on:
Alan Dickson, Business Development Manager - 07968177726
Gill Dickson, National Calf Specialist - 07971296702
Rebecca Richards, Calf Specialist - 07881 093633
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Feeds up to 30 calves or 50 lambs
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Suitable for milk powder or whole milk feeding
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Hygienic, milk is stored cold
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No more machine rental fees
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No more broken glass heater elements
l Frequent small meals improve digestion
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No moving parts/reliable
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Thermostatically controlled
l Lifelong performance is improved when
colostrum feeding is followed by accelerated
milk Feeding program.
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Fast growth
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Healthy stock
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Labour saving
l Young ruminants prefer warm milk
l Early in life their ability to convert milk
into growth is at its most efficient
l Ad lib feeding saves labour
l The animal is larger at weaning time so
the cost per kg of liveweight gain is similar
to Once a Day feeding.
A bull calf with good conformation and a good bloom will command top
prices. Ad lib feeding allows the calf to put on bone , muscle and express
his full genetic potential. These bulls can go to market earlier, improving
cash flow.
Dairy heifers are the future herd. The benefits of getting heifers off to a good
start include:
Reaching bulling weight earlier
Calving between 23-24 months
Increased milk yield in first and subsequent lactations
This requires a Holstein calf to grow at 0.8kg/day and needs to consume a minimum of 900g of milk
powder/day. Research has shown that calves with the biggest pre weaning weight gain go on to become
the highest yielding animals in the herd (Soberon et al 2012)
Nature intended a calf to take small meals, little and often. Large meals flood the digestive system and
can give rise to scours. A suckler calf on a cow will feed up to 7 times/day, for 7 minutes/feed.
In hot weather, a large bucket of cold milk placed outside the pen and connected to a teat bar unit will
allow calves continuous access to milk, and calves grow well on the cold ad lib system (acidified milk
works best) However, when ambient temperatures drop below 10ºC, it will be necessary to use a heating
system to maintain adequate intakes.
The Heatwave system sits outside the pen, next to the ad lib cold milk reservoir. As the calf drinks, the
cold milk is drawn through the Heatwave Milkwarmer and heated on demand, offering all the benefits
Nature intended.
Calves kept in groups can exhibit natural behaviour, grooming, licking and socialising. Farm Assurance
and Red Tractor schemes advise this. Research has shown calves grouped before weaning age will take
larger quantities of dry feed (A. Bach 2012) as the group tends to feed together and calves learn habits
from each other.
Satisfied calves are less prone to sucking each other.
It has been estimated it takes 27 man hours to rear 40 calves on Ad Lib versus 47 hours on a Once a
Day system. Ad-Lib is a Once A Day system available ALL day.
Calves grow faster and drink more milk but the cost per kg liveweight gained is similar to a once a day
or twice/day system. The goal is a bigger, better calf at weaning, converting milk into frame when the
feed conversion is at its most efficient.
Many milk powder formulas are ‘partially acidified’.* Acidified milk fed ad lib will help the milk to
clot and improve digestion. Lowering the pH reduces the number of pathogens and reduces calf scour,
improving health and vitality. Small meals promote a healthy digestion. Calves which are not challenged
by hunger, consuming a very high energy diet, have a good immune system and are less likely to suffer
calf-hood disease such as pneumonia, and have less setbacks.
Where whole milk is offered we recommend the addition of Wynngold MilkMateTM to fortify and acidify
the whole milk reservoir. This extends the shelf life by 24hrs.
*eg Wynngold Bloom Long Life and Wynngold Stellar
When ewe lambs give birth to twins, removing one lamb allows
the mother to keep growing and rear a single lamb. The second
lamb can be reared on the Heatwave Milkwarmer system and this
gives both lambs a better start. Triplets are frequently reared on
this system. Growth rates often exceed those lambs fed on the ewe!
The Heatwave Milkwarmer system allows a large barrel of cold
reconstituted milk powder, to be mixed up cold and fed on demand,
via the milk warming system. Lambs drink an average of 1 litre/
day on ad lib. With 4 teats, the Heatwave Milk warmer will feed up
to 50 lambs. We recommend Wynngold Lamlac for ad lib feeding.
Goat kids from milking herds will benefit from ad lib feeding .Follow
the same guidelines as for lambs. Use a milk powder recommended for
ad lib feeding e.g. Wynngold Lamlac
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