Colostrum Store and Brix Record
Know what is in the colostrum fridge and freezer, how good each bag is and when it must be used. Nothing is fed past its date or thrown out without a reason.
LK-52 1 page
Livestock and smallholding · LK-51
Calf Colostrum and First Feed Record
A free printable calf colostrum record: birth time, colostrum source, Brix reading, how much was fed, how and how soon, and the second feed, calf by calf.
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What this sheet is for
See which calves got good colostrum soon enough, and which were fed late, short or by tube. A gap in first feeding then shows up while there is still time to change it.
Who it is for
Dairy and suckler farmers, calf rearers and anyone on night duty in the calving shed.
How to use it
- Write your first-feed targets at the top, with where they came from.
- Start a line as soon as a calf is born, with the time and whether the calving was assisted.
- Test the colostrum with the refractometer before feeding and write the reading and the source.
- Record the time, volume, method and feeder of the first feed, then the second.
- Note every calf that missed a target, and why, at the foot of the back page.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: One line per calf from birth: the colostrum it got and where it came from, its Brix reading, how much, how and how soon, then the second feed.
Your targets, from your vet. No timing, volume or Brix figure is printed. Write the first-feed targets your farm works to in the boxes below, with where they came from, and judge each calf against those. Note every calf that missed one and why, so a pattern across the season shows up.
Write-on lines: Farm or holding · Season · Refractometer · Volumes in · First feed within · First feed volume · Brix at least · Second feed within · Targets from
Calves — source: own dam, stored batch no. or replacer · how: S suckled, B bottle, T tube
Also printed: First feed · Second feed · Calf · Dam · Born · Help · Source · Brix · Time · Volume · How · Notes · tag · date, time · calving · dam, batch · reading
Page 2
Also printed: First feed · Second feed · Calf · Dam · Born · Help · Source · Brix · Time · Volume · How · Notes · tag · date, time · calving · dam, batch · reading
Ruled lines: Calves that missed a target, and what was changed for the next one
Questions
Why are no feeding times, volumes or Brix values printed?
Because the targets depend on the calf's size, the breed and your vet's advice, and they are revised as research moves on. Write the targets your farm works to at the top and judge every calf against those.
What should go in the source column?
Where the colostrum came from: the calf's own dam, a stored bag (with its number from the store record) or a replacer. That lets a poor result be traced back to the batch.
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