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<blockquote data-quote="Moprofit" data-source="post: 619678" data-attributes="member: 9223"><p>The calf starter works does work pretty well. Now I want to stress that you are not going to get rich raising bottle calves but I have made nice profits on them. Just last year I got 5 jersey bull calves at a sale barn for $18.00 for all 5. Sold them 4 months later for a little over $670.00 Now this is exception not the rule. I only had a little over $225.00 in them. Market timing is important. There are other posts about those $5.00 holstein bull calves at sale barn. He is correct about nice profit from these but like he said "if you know what you are doing". There are many ways to cut some costs. I know that replacer does cost and if you are fortunate to have goats milk it is very good to use. I have paddocks, shares on hay, and also access to whey which helps later to pack on lbs. Don't over do the whey! I also custom mix my feed because I also run feeders and stockers. :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moprofit, post: 619678, member: 9223"] The calf starter works does work pretty well. Now I want to stress that you are not going to get rich raising bottle calves but I have made nice profits on them. Just last year I got 5 jersey bull calves at a sale barn for $18.00 for all 5. Sold them 4 months later for a little over $670.00 Now this is exception not the rule. I only had a little over $225.00 in them. Market timing is important. There are other posts about those $5.00 holstein bull calves at sale barn. He is correct about nice profit from these but like he said "if you know what you are doing". There are many ways to cut some costs. I know that replacer does cost and if you are fortunate to have goats milk it is very good to use. I have paddocks, shares on hay, and also access to whey which helps later to pack on lbs. Don't over do the whey! I also custom mix my feed because I also run feeders and stockers. :nod: [/QUOTE]
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