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Thanks all. This hasn't given me quite enough courage to try it. If I did it, it would be for myself. I wouldn't dare try to sell the meat until I had figured out what it was like. I'd finish it on grain. But, it is encouraging enough that if I come across a real good deal on a jersey...

If you have a local feed mill, that would be your best bet for price. Go and ask if they have a 14% calf ration. I used a pellet but a textured feed is fine too. You are looking at feeding about 4 lbs. per day per head. Buying stuff at TSC or any chains like that is for the birds. The mark...

Thanks. I would buy 300 lbs +. A lot of times they come through the sales up here in that size range. Or even bigger. If you are paying by the weight, it is about .70/lb. I wouldn't buy bottle babies. A similar question would be about the holsteins....same story? Do they just take forever to...

CAn anyone give me some pros and cons to raising up jersey steers as freezer beef? How much beef do you get in comparison to a traditional beef breed? At what age do you slaughter for maximum quality? And most importantly, what are the actual flavor/texture differences between a jersey and...

Dun, I did not post him. I could still I suppose as he has not been disposed of yet. Loaded up, but I did not have a chance to finish the job today.

No, I was not giving him soda. However, I was not giving him any grain either. Just kind of dry prairie grass hay.

Calf died over night. Maybe very early this morning (2-3 am?) I checked him at 9 pm. 14 days of battling the bloat! Whatever it was, clearly, just wasn't going to get better. I gave him the best chance possible! So, just so we are clear... 1-calf was on mid-quality grass hay 2-calf was...

Update that this calf has continued to bloat. Sometimes enough I need to tube him only once a day, sometimes twice. Use of therabloat doesn't seem to make a difference. I was able to get harvested rumen contents from a fistulated cow from Colorado STate University (the cost is not prohibitive...

Sign me up as an activia spokesperson. It has been 18 hours and he is not bloated at all. Usually he is quite tight in the morning.

smart alec :cboy: It was on sale for nearly the same price as anything else and I figured it couldn't hurt!

This chronic bloat thing is for the birds I tell ya. I have tubed him 2 x a day since Friday. Today, I gave him therabloat, an entire container of Activia yogurt, and 2 scoops of probios in the mix. Not sure of anything else I can do! He feels pretty crappy in the mornings but after I burp...

Hereford Roadhog he hasn't died yet but he has bloated again yesterday and today. Never as severe as the first time though. Tube, relief, back to eating, repeat. Good times!

Thanks for all the input. Lane, I check these cows at least 4 times a day. I have been hesitant to automatically treat when I bring them home, because BRD can take such a long time to manifest. However, I guess it might not be bad practice, and if something gets sick later I can always treat...

There is 1 - Jersey heifer - purchased directly from a well known dairy as a 3 week old calf 1 - Black Baldy heifer (who I have had the least problems with) 1 - Hereford Steer 1 - Black Angus Heifer 1 - Maine Anjou Heifer - bottle calf, got coccidiosis but never any appreciable respiratory...

Is this normal? This is the first year I have bought 300 weight calves. I bought 4 heifers and one steer. 2 of the heifers I fed on a bottle. While they rarely have any notable snot, they cough. Sometimes their appetites are so-so. Sometimes they run fevers. Did I mention they cough? I...

I raised several bottle calves this year and kept them on the bottle until they were about 3 months old. Then I gave them the bottle once per day for about 2 weeks. They were still REALLY unhappy when i quit giving them the bottle entirely but I made sure to give them plenty of attention at...