how much milk should a calf drink per day
Expressed as a percentage of live weight, milk consumption tends to go down as dairy heifer calves with free-choice milk, water and calf starter grain get past about three to four weeks of age. In the figure above note the 9.5 qts.daily for the average Holstein calf daily milk intake at 5 days.or the Holstein calves in the figure above (about 160 lbs.) as they approached 35 days their milk intake (as a percent of live weight) dropped down to about 14 percent.