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Feeding 3 week old orphan
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<blockquote data-quote="76 Bar" data-source="post: 1569424" data-attributes="member: 18664"><p>What farmerjan and others said! A few other tips. It helps immensely if the pen is small AND you have a panel gate hung close to a corner that you can trap him into and close to the opposite side to wedge him tightly. Imagine a V shape. Ease yourself in, grab his muzzle and force the bottle nipple into his mouth. If he's spunky it'll be a rodeo for sure the first couple of feedings but he'll figure it out quickly. Don't let him out with your other cattle until he's thoroughly bonded to you as his source of vittles e.g. greets you greedily for his bottle/calf starter/fresh hay etc ~ 3 weeks or so. Its advantageous to train him to a vocal expression that he learns to associate with positive experiences with you. Makes it way easier to call him to you when you eventually turn him out but wish to continue bottle feeding. Hope this made sense. Good Luck and keep us posted!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="76 Bar, post: 1569424, member: 18664"] What farmerjan and others said! A few other tips. It helps immensely if the pen is small AND you have a panel gate hung close to a corner that you can trap him into and close to the opposite side to wedge him tightly. Imagine a V shape. Ease yourself in, grab his muzzle and force the bottle nipple into his mouth. If he's spunky it'll be a rodeo for sure the first couple of feedings but he'll figure it out quickly. Don't let him out with your other cattle until he's thoroughly bonded to you as his source of vittles e.g. greets you greedily for his bottle/calf starter/fresh hay etc ~ 3 weeks or so. Its advantageous to train him to a vocal expression that he learns to associate with positive experiences with you. Makes it way easier to call him to you when you eventually turn him out but wish to continue bottle feeding. Hope this made sense. Good Luck and keep us posted! [/QUOTE]
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