RE: Re: Kefir or Yogurt for calves?

[Guest guest]

I have gone in the direction of Kefir in mass production for the

calves. I am waiting on my first order of grains. Since posting the

question on RawDairy, I have found kefir_making and have

learned a lot.

I am not sure if I will pull the milk straight from the cows with

temp around 101 to start the kefir or get it out of the tank at 37 degrees?.

Any input on that?

I think I will just make in the 2 qt calf bottles, straining my

grains and leaving a little milk to start the next batch. Should I feed the

kefir warm to calves or room temp. Milk is best fed to calves around 100

degrees. Any input?

Should I add anything to the kefir before feeding to make it more

palatable for the baby calves? Should I dilute it at all with milk or feed

straight?

@ EcoDairy

Re: Kefir or Yogurt for calves?

Ecodairy et al,

I'd was planning to make yougart for our organic dairy calves too but

apparently keifer is anti-protozoal (crytpo and coccidoisis are a big

concern). I think I'll try mass keifer.

Meg Cattell

Windsor Dairy

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