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Thanks Backhoeboogie, that's what I needed to know. I did follow application directions. I do wish that I had noticed this earlier, but until that first patch of hair came loose I did not see anyother signs of a problem. No excessive scratching, hair still looked good. My heifer calf still...

Well everyone made it through our week of ice storms and blizzard conditions. However, during this time I noticed the steer was losing patches of hair. I found that he has biting lice. Ughhh. I got Ivomec today and poured both calves. My question is if this one treatment doesn't...

I will probably go through 3 bags of replacer and a bag of calf starter. After about 2-3 months I cut the bottle to one a day. There has been research published that bottle fed calves are not fed the same amount of milk solids that a nursing calf receives. That is why feeding double the...

I agree with Victoria and Msscamp. I bottle feed mine minimum 4 months. I try to go to five, but it the calf is doing well I will wean at about 4 to 4 1/2 months. The calves will grow better and should wean at about the same weight as calves left on their momma's. Milk replacer here is about...

After I feed the bottle I take a little bit of the starter and put it in their mouth. Gives them a taste of what it is and gets them started on it a little faster.

Tncattle, I'm new too but last I knew there are no subsidy programs for livestock producers. If you also grow row crops that is where the subsidies are. There are cost share programs to help with building infrastructure, fencing etc. Like others have said check with your fsa or county...

Thanks Jeanne. That gives me an idea of what I should be shooting for. I won't expect 100# on a bottle calf, but if I can get close I know we are doing ok. The only thing I really had to compare to was friends of ours weigh their maine x calves roughly the same age just before us and theirs...

He is doing bottle calves again this year so I guess we will stay with the current program. Thanks for your replies, they are very helpful.

Thanks glad to know he's doing well. He got Vigortone 22nt milk replacer for 4 months. Calf starter for about a month or so, hay and worked him up on a ration of bean meal, ddg, vigortone minerals and ground corn. Oh also forgot to mention that we did not to have him implanted due to the...

Ok, first remember that we are talking about a bottle calf and not a calf weaned off his mama. My son is showing his Angus/Herford bottle calf from last year as a market steer this year. We weighed him in the 6th of January he was Just a bit over 8 months old and his weight was 775 lbs...

I grew up a city girl, but really wished we lived in the country. Last January we butchered our first beef and I was just amazed at the difference between home raised and grocery store meat. Another 3 or 4 months and we will butcher again. I will never go back to buying beef out of the store...

Thank you everyone for the well wishes and support. I forgot to put in the first post, he is not military, he is working as a generator mechanic there supplying our troops with the electricity they need. So nothing too heroic about it. He feels he is just doing his duty. Anyway, I did not...

First of all I am a hobbyist, but someday when I grow up(I'm 37 now) I want to be a full fledged farmer. (Sorry, that is the term used in Iowa) Anyway I usually try to stay out of this typical board discussion, but this is really starting to get to me. The general assumption that all hobby...

Sorry, should have been more clear. That is 2 gallons/day, not at each feeding. If she isn't scouring though, 2 gallons/day is probably not required. If you want to try her on the bottle, maybe try putting a little syrup or molasses on the nipple until she gets the idea. Or put some calf...

I wouldn't worry about over filling her. My vet told me that one can "put" 2 gallons of fluid into a calf that age. More if they have very watery scours and it comes out faster than one can put it in. Also what kind of replacer are you using? Should be at least 20/20, and no soy. Is she...

I checked into this a few months ago. The locker we use wouldn't be a problem as they are a USDA approved inspection site and work closely with our local inspector. The snag will come with the cold storage. The locker could provide the storage for us if they have the room but haven't checked...

I thought these feeds were added as a cheap way to provide the required amount of protein in cattle diets. I don't see feedlots spending lot of money on high protein content hay or tubs, so how do they expect feedlots to feed protein? We feed a mix of minerals, ctc, ddg, soybean meal and corn...

Depends on what your market is there, but if I fell into a deal like that here I would buy every single one, keep what I wanted and sale the rest. Right now 300 weights are going for $1.67/lb +/- a little at what used to be the "cheap" sale barn. I could double my money as long as they didn't...

Thanks everyone for the replies. I will be reading the labels when I go for supplies tomorrow. I wish they made a block or something for pigs. The fly's don't bother the pigs, but of course they are thick on the manure. I clean the pens 2x's a day but that still doesn't seem to help...

I have a 4-5 month old Holstein heifer and a 2 month old AngusX steer. I would like to use a flyblock for them but not sure if they are old enough. Anybody use a block for calves that young? Also has anybody used those automatic pymethrin spray despensers? The ones that spray every 15...