Individual to Groups

This system is the best of both worlds, an individual housing start gives you great observation of young calves and then transitioning to a group slashes your time.

The trick with this system is to make sure calves are drinking from a teat which is the same age as the calf.

We developed the Milk Barâ„¢ Follow the Teat System to make this as simple and user friendly as possible.

  • Protocol

    1. Fit a new Milk Barâ„¢ Teat to your Milk Barâ„¢ single feeder.
    2. Either number or colour code the feeder and the hutch.
    3. This feeder stays with this calf for 10 days or whatever your preferred time frame is.
    4. When you have enough calves to make a group, remove the Milk Bar™ Teat from each of the single feeders and insert them into the group feeder. 
      This group feeder now stays with these calves until weaning. 
    5. Place a new Milk Bar™ Teat into the now unneeded Milk Bar™ single feeder ready for the next new calf. 


    Important: Making sure calves get enough milk volume is vital. There should be no more than two-week age difference in calves.

    Bigger calves need more milk so it's best to group large calves together.

  • Cleaning

    Daily rinse and twice a week use an Alkali Detergent with a hot wash.

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  • Allocate all calves born in Week 1 a colour, for example, Orange.
    Feeder and pen are tagged with orange tags.

  • When calves are ready for a group, take the Orange Tagged Milk Barâ„¢ Single Feeders and tag a Milk Barâ„¢ Group Feeder with an Orange tag.

  • Take the Milk Bar™ Teat from the single feeder. In this case, the Milk Barâ„¢ 1 4L with its great teat attachment makes this easy!

  • Place the Milk Barâ„¢ Teats from the single feeder into the group feeder.

  • This group feeder now stays with these calves until weaning.
    Simple, easy and no mistakes. With the right milk flow from start to finish, these ladies will fulfil their full potential!

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No matter what your rail type, we have a feeder to suit!

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Top Tip!

Use a Milk Barâ„¢ Plug for spare holes

Sometimes you might not have quite enough calves to make a full group on a feeder.

Instead of wasting a Milk Barâ„¢ Teat to plug the hole, pop a Milk Barâ„¢ Plug in to seal the hole. Milk Barâ„¢ Plugs are available in packs of ten.

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Using Milkbar

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