Before the introduction of the ID-TEK Auto Calf Feeder, There were only two feeding systems:
Nursing by the mother is the most natural method of feeding. It is used for its convenience and low labor.
The calves are well fed and protected by their mother, but it is difficult to obtain high productivity. If you want to sell the milk, this process cannot be used. Feeding calves with their mother is the best way for the calves, but for the farmer, it is a costly and low profit method. For these reasons, the practice of feeding calves from a bottle or bucket was introduced.
Feeding from bottle or bucket has another very distinct disadvantage. The type of sucking that is necessary to drink from a pail is not like the action of suckling from a nipple. Suckling from a nipple is an instinctive need for the young animal and sets a chain of reflexes in motion, which control important physiological processes, influence digestion and consequently the absorption of food.
The ID-TEK Auto Calf Feeder duplicates the way calves are fed by their mother. Calves determine by themselves the amount and the moment of their meals, which they can access day and night. Timing and frequency of feeding are the key components of growth and health; any restriction will stress the animal.
An artificially imposed feeding protocol means that the animal’s ability to assimilate its next meal will be reduced. When calves are stressed, they become vulnerable to diseases.
Also, calves have at their disposal warm milk at all times, mixed according to their needs and are free to move about, resulting in stronger and healthier calves.
Additionally, young stock take their food by means of a nipple triggering the sucking motion, essential to the normal functioning of their digestive system.
Nursing by the mother is the most natural method of feeding. It is used for its convenience and low labor.
The calves are well fed and protected by their mother, but it is difficult to obtain high productivity. If you want to sell the milk, this process cannot be used. Feeding calves with their mother is the best way for the calves, but for the farmer, it is a costly and low profit method. For these reasons, the practice of feeding calves from a bottle or bucket was introduced.
Feeding from bottle or bucket has another very distinct disadvantage. The type of sucking that is necessary to drink from a pail is not like the action of suckling from a nipple. Suckling from a nipple is an instinctive need for the young animal and sets a chain of reflexes in motion, which control important physiological processes, influence digestion and consequently the absorption of food.
The ID-TEK Auto Calf Feeder duplicates the way calves are fed by their mother. Calves determine by themselves the amount and the moment of their meals, which they can access day and night. Timing and frequency of feeding are the key components of growth and health; any restriction will stress the animal.
An artificially imposed feeding protocol means that the animal’s ability to assimilate its next meal will be reduced. When calves are stressed, they become vulnerable to diseases.
Also, calves have at their disposal warm milk at all times, mixed according to their needs and are free to move about, resulting in stronger and healthier calves.
Additionally, young stock take their food by means of a nipple triggering the sucking motion, essential to the normal functioning of their digestive system.
By complimenting the animals’ natural behavior,
the ID-TEK Auto Calf Feeder offers spectacular results unequaled by any other feeding system.
the ID-TEK Auto Calf Feeder offers spectacular results unequaled by any other feeding system.
