Calf Colostrum and First Feed Record
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.
LK-51 2 pages
Livestock and smallholding · LK-52
Colostrum Store and Brix Record
A free printable colostrum store record: each bag or bottle numbered with its cow, Brix reading, fridge or freezer, use-by date and the calf it fed.
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What this sheet is for
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.
Who it is for
Dairy and suckler farmers and calf rearers who keep spare colostrum for calves whose dams cannot feed them.
How to use it
- Write your farm's storage rules and Brix cut-off at the top, with where they came from.
- Number each bag or bottle and give it its own line, with the cow, the milking and the Brix reading.
- Write where it was stored and the use-by date your rules give.
- When it is used, add the date and the calf; if it is thrown out, say why.
- Carry the bags still in store onto the next sheet when this one is full.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: Every bag or bottle of colostrum that goes into the fridge or freezer: the cow it came from, its Brix reading, when it must be used, and the calf it fed or why it was thrown out.
Your storage rules. No Brix value, storage time or thawing method is printed. Write the rules your farm follows in the boxes below with where they came from, and label each bag with the number of its line here.
Write-on lines: Farm or holding · Sheet started · Fridge used · Freezer used · Store if Brix at least · Fridge: use within · Freezer: use within · Thaw by · Rules from
Store ledger — the number on the bag is the number on its line
Table, 11 rows: No. · Cow · Collected · Milking · Brix · Volume · Stored · Use by · Used · Calf fed · Discarded
Write-on lines: Sheet closed on · Bags still in store, carried to the next sheet · By
Questions
Why is no storage time or Brix cut-off printed?
Because they come from your vet and your own system, and the right figure depends on how the colostrum is collected and stored. The sheet leaves a blank for each, so every bag is judged against the rule you actually follow.
How does this connect with the calf feeding record?
Use the bag number from this sheet as the source on the calf's line in the first feed record. A calf that does poorly can then be traced back to the cow and the reading.
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