Shine Original

Shine Original – the best way to stay in control of your calf rearing

Shine Original is Europe’s number 1 choice for once a day milk feeding.

Once a day milk feeding has been proven worldwide for more than 30 years to produce calves on par with any other calf rearing system available. There are a few caveats.

Calves must be fed a low heat skim-based milk replacer or cow’s milk fortified with a skim-based calf milk to ensure the milk forms a firm curd in the calf’s stomach and is slowly digested throughout the day.

The milk replacer should also contain a blend of plant oils and buttermilk to increase digestion and dry feed intake.

Calves must have access to roughage concentrates and fresh water.

Calves must be fed twice a day for the 1st 28 days.

Why does once a day milk-feeding work so well?

  • Shine Original fed calves receive the same amount of milk powder as twice- a- day calves, but in a smaller volume. The once a day fed calves need to use less energy to excrete this extra liquid and they also eat more dry feed. Total energy intake is therefore higher so performance is better.
  • Feeding calves once a day allows farmers to keep calves in small groups and there is no need to share teats. These two factors alone reduce disease spread and illness significantly.
  • The day is more flexible so calves get more attention allowing sick animals to be treated and isolated faster.

How much time does it free up?

Trials have demonstrated that farmers save 1 hour per calf reared and this is generally higher than on farm experience with computerised feeders.

Calves can be weaned earlier saving money and time. As rumen development is better growth rates post weaning are higher.

Feeding Shine Original

With water -200g/L mixed milk and feed 3-4 L per day

With milk add 50g/L of cow’s milk and feed 3-4L of mixture per day.

Shine Original is used to rear over 250,000 calves every year because it gives more time and more control.

Once-a-day calves doubling birth weights at eight weeks

A County Laois dairy farmer is doubling birth weights of calves at eight weeks since introducing a once-a-day milk replacer feeding system.

New Feeding system transforms calf rearing at County Kerry dairy farm

A County Kerry dairy farming partnership is securing the future of its herd with a feeding system that allows it to produce excellent heifer replacements.

British Dairying – December 21 Issue

Learn more about the benefits of developing calf’s digestive system in tandem with milk feeding.

British Dairying – May 21 Issue

Achieving profitable returns from bull calf rearing is at the forefront of most dairy farmers minds after the release of the new Red Tractor dairy scheme standard for autumn 2021.

Calves weaning up to 10 days earlier on Shine Once-a-Day milk replacer

Robert Martin and his son-in-law, Glen Crooks, run a beef enterprise near Moy, rearing 150 calves a year. These are mostly finished but some heifers are retained as suckler replacements and sold as bulling heifers.

Use automatic feeders correctly or risk calf health farmers warned

Farmers who rear calves on automatic feeders are being advised to use them correctly or risk creating a cycle of infection that compromises health and performance.

Key benefits of feeding once a day

Using a once a day feed programme has the benefit of saving hugely on labour without any additional cost of investment.

Willie Whiteford Testimonial

A once-a-day calf feeding system is allowing a premier Ayrshire breeder to devote more time to keeping his heifer replacements in tip-top health. Six years ago, they introduced Shine- Once- a- Day milk replacer to calves at 28 days old. The system has been so successful that the family say there is no going back.

Weavian Farm Testimonial

Cath Ratcliffe moved to West Webbery Farm, Bideford, North Devon in 2013 to enable them to expand their 180 cow herd and to keep their own youngstock as it had previously been a flying herd.

John Kennedy Testimonial

A young farmer’s vision for improving calf performance on his family’s dairy farm by changing the feeding system from cow’s milk to a once-a-day milk replacer lives on after his tragic death.

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