Thank you, TCRanch. I have a veteran with a big ol' bag who just had a calf yesterday. May see what I can do. I hadn't tried dry replacer on the feed but I'm just about to. Appreciate it!
Isn't there a concern about having 2 calves on one cow though if I were to graft her onto a new mom?
I understand about taking the calf to sale but I drop her bottle in a holder and watch while I drink my morning coffee. I am retired and only have 35 head so, for me, I get pleasure out of...
Thank you. I've got her going on starter but hadn't considered that. I figured the bottle would work but, you're right, eating feed doesn't happen in one sitting like a bottle. She needs access to it throughout the day. May just try to make some more "play time" with some other calves or get the...
Evening,
I had two twin heifers born about 3 weeks ago and the mother rejected one. She was able to sneak her colostrum the first couple days but mom got pretty aggressive and I've been bottle feeding since.
I've bottle fed calves who were orphans several times but I am curious if I can put...