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What caused that??? :o

Thanks. That is kinda what I was thinking too. :tiphat:

Thanks, I met a rancher at Tractor Supply that told me he never gives his cattle shots unless they are sick. Said he just turns them out with the rest of the cows. :???:

How old does a calf (Brangus/cross??) have to be for his first shots? Thanks

Yes, he is our first calf. I'm expecting to get another one soon.

So what is the best way to break him from thinking I'm a cow too? I read on the other thread about twisting his ears, to using a whip. Like I said, we don't want a pet, but we also don't want him trying to play every time we are in the pen. Thanks

I understood that 3 days old was too early. He is an orphaned calf, (Brangus cross) with what we don't know.

Ok, He's 3 days old. I don't want to raise him like a pet, but I can't enter the pen without him running around me and seemingly wanting to play. I just read the 5 pages of "Raising Bulls" but nobody went into detail about bull calfs. How do I break him of wanting to act like I'm his momma...

Here"s Cocoa. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Thanks to all for your quick responces. As soon as I can I will get some photos up here of "Cocoa". Our 10 year old son says that even if the calf is going to be food he still needs a name. :kid: What could I say?

Great. So back to the calf, I don't have to get up for a two Oclock feeding? :banana:

Would there be anything wrong with the meat?

Picked up a one day old brangus cross bull calf today. Rancher said the cow went down after birth. He has been given colustrom since yesterday and seems to be in good health. I am getting conflicting advice on how often to bottle feed him. One says twice to three times day. Another says every 2...

Gotta question,,How do you know if a calf hasn't had the necesarry colostrum. I have a chance to buy some jersey bull calves from a dairy and I'm a little leary. :???:

Thanks :tiphat: I know that when it's time, then we will get what we need. :banana: