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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1466336" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I did raise dairy calves on nurse cows for a while. At the time I could get calves straight from dairies, they typically were healthy and did ok. The cows can be a range from easy to work with to pains in the rear to accept new calves. I usually tried to have 3-4 calves on a cow, and wean them in 2-3 months and start over, it was generally easier if they had their own calf, sometimes if the calf was a Jersey, it was small and could be left on the cow longer. </p><p>I did however go back to bottling during the last couple years of the calf raising, it just seemed easier than having to deal with kicking cows and wrestling with calves to get them to nurse the cows. </p><p>I did think that it made some money with around 80-100 calves a year. One thing that helped me was that at the time dairy heifers had quite a bit of value, and I was able to get heifers as well as bulls. Then was able to turn around and sell the heifers back to the dairy, or if they didn't want them there was a dairy auction option.</p><p></p><p>I would caution that it is risky when buying dairy calves, as lots of them don't get adequate colostrum, and are transported across several states and then advertised to sell. I have lost several calves from those kinds of deals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1466336, member: 24816"] I did raise dairy calves on nurse cows for a while. At the time I could get calves straight from dairies, they typically were healthy and did ok. The cows can be a range from easy to work with to pains in the rear to accept new calves. I usually tried to have 3-4 calves on a cow, and wean them in 2-3 months and start over, it was generally easier if they had their own calf, sometimes if the calf was a Jersey, it was small and could be left on the cow longer. I did however go back to bottling during the last couple years of the calf raising, it just seemed easier than having to deal with kicking cows and wrestling with calves to get them to nurse the cows. I did think that it made some money with around 80-100 calves a year. One thing that helped me was that at the time dairy heifers had quite a bit of value, and I was able to get heifers as well as bulls. Then was able to turn around and sell the heifers back to the dairy, or if they didn't want them there was a dairy auction option. I would caution that it is risky when buying dairy calves, as lots of them don't get adequate colostrum, and are transported across several states and then advertised to sell. I have lost several calves from those kinds of deals. [/QUOTE]
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