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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 556693" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>Never raised many bottle calves but had the best luck when I was dairying doing it this way...would pull cattle out of the milk line that had dropped down to about 30 lbs. of milk per day but were short bred. Would take them and gradually graft 4 calves onto each. Would take a couple of weeks to get them to take the calf regularly, let the calf learn to follow the cow and nurse when hungry, then would put them in a large pasture and feed the cattle the same ration the milking cattle were getting. I could raise two sets of calves and then dry off the nurse cow for a couple of months rest before she calved again. With 20-25 cows doing this you can raise a huge number of calves with minimal labor and expense and the calves seldom have any problems of any kind. This was waaaaaay back when it only took about $2.85 per head per day to feed the cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 556693, member: 6897"] Never raised many bottle calves but had the best luck when I was dairying doing it this way...would pull cattle out of the milk line that had dropped down to about 30 lbs. of milk per day but were short bred. Would take them and gradually graft 4 calves onto each. Would take a couple of weeks to get them to take the calf regularly, let the calf learn to follow the cow and nurse when hungry, then would put them in a large pasture and feed the cattle the same ration the milking cattle were getting. I could raise two sets of calves and then dry off the nurse cow for a couple of months rest before she calved again. With 20-25 cows doing this you can raise a huge number of calves with minimal labor and expense and the calves seldom have any problems of any kind. This was waaaaaay back when it only took about $2.85 per head per day to feed the cow. [/QUOTE]
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