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I have two 9 day old bottle bull calves that I purchesed from a local farmer. One is doing great and one is doing better now. The smaller one looked to be maybe a day younger and I'm thinking we almost lost him, he had a fever, wouldnt eat , and looked to be going down hill real quick. Got some...

Got a couple bucket calves coming and was at our local Orchelans and they have the premium 20/20 25#bag for $39 and was going to get that but I spotted a small 8# bucket of milk MR 24%/24% for $20. I have read that more protien is better but have read also regular 20/20 will work. I would like...

Hello I have a chance to buy some bucket calves my choices are strait holestien for $10 to $20 per head or angus/holestein cross for around $80 bucks a head. Are any of these worth messing with to possibly feed out. And to teach the kids a little about farming? Please give me your thoughts. Thanks

We get a lot of small baby calves at our sale barn and they have a hard time getting over $100 per head. Normaly they bringb $50 to $75 .I was thinking on buying one maybe two and raising them up to around 300lbs. then selling back. What do I need to start this new venture? I will have time to...

Hey guys, got a question. If I was to get a couple steers at around 200# to 300# could I feed them up to around 500# to 700# and resale them for much of a profit? I noticed that the smaller steers are only bringing around 80 to 90 cents and the bigger ones are bringing around 1.20 to 1.40 in my...

Hello every first post so here goes. Would like to start out with 2 cattle for freezer beef. whats better hefier or steer? What weight should I start with? I was thinking around 300 to 700. But dont know. I was told to stay away from smaller bucket calves (get sick easy, scours,die easy). But I...