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You’d be surprised! Sometimes the shorter teat can be a little harder to start. My cow has one short one that is like that. Calf couldn’t get it started. She’s dairy and with her first calf I knew I’d have to milk anyway. Once I got it going I noticed the calf preferred the longer ones and I had...

I happened to get lucky and get one shot with a straw from him for $35.00 from a friend. Unfortunately he is deceased and his straws, if you can find him, are super expensive! Btw, I love your adventurous posts!! Here’s a pic with the brangus heifer I got from the neighbor last year next to...

I admittedly didn’t pull the heifers like I should have. They were about 9-10 months old due to a fencing problem. I got that fixed and had been milking some most evenings trying to keep her from getting mastitis and was going to try for another bottle calf because she was still producing. I...

Neighbor called me Thursday afternoon and said he’s got a heifer calf that momma isn’t taking the best care of and asked if I wanted her. I have to double check with him, but I think he ran a little black angus earlier this year and momma is a bwf type-straight beef. Said he wasn’t going to keep...

Thank you for the suggestion! ☺️

I appreciate your input! I don’t have the fences for a bull and AI gives me the opportunity to pick and choose that gives me options. So I welcome the feedback.

Bought this bottle heifer in February of 2019 and AI’d her to the red angus 84s. She gave me a beautiful little heifer April 22, 2021. I was able to hand milk her without any issues. Then my neighbor who has brangus let me have a little heifer born a couple days later to a young oops heifer...