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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9891"><p>On a bottle calf, I have calf starter there in the pen from birth. Now since he's not in a pen, he will be able to learn where things are if you don't keep moving them around. Ensure that he cannot get into severe trouble that you can't imagine but is possible--such as getting stuck in a bad fence, falling in the creek etc. He should also have access to hay but it will be harder to get him on that since he can't see anyone grazing or eating hay. I've had good luck with clients manually introducing some really soft hay such as trefoil into the mouth and then leaving beside the calf starter--up here blind calves usually don't have the run of the pastures because of coyotes etc. killing them. He should also have a safe source of water to drink. There's likely more, but my mind is not coming up with it! Good Luck! V</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9891"] On a bottle calf, I have calf starter there in the pen from birth. Now since he's not in a pen, he will be able to learn where things are if you don't keep moving them around. Ensure that he cannot get into severe trouble that you can't imagine but is possible--such as getting stuck in a bad fence, falling in the creek etc. He should also have access to hay but it will be harder to get him on that since he can't see anyone grazing or eating hay. I've had good luck with clients manually introducing some really soft hay such as trefoil into the mouth and then leaving beside the calf starter--up here blind calves usually don't have the run of the pastures because of coyotes etc. killing them. He should also have a safe source of water to drink. There's likely more, but my mind is not coming up with it! Good Luck! V [/QUOTE]
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