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<blockquote data-quote="Fallfish" data-source="post: 52537" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>Bottle feeding calves can be a hard, frustrating experience. They tend to get sick (versus a calf on its mama which rarely if ever gets sick) and take alot of maintenience at the beginning. </p><p></p><p>However, there are some postives, in my opinion. </p><p></p><p>First, as someone mentioned, raising a baby calf is a postive experience for a youngster. When I was a kid, my dad always had a couple baby calves in an old milkbarn and all the feeding etc. was left to me. He only checked on them. I had to get up at 5 a.m. to feed 10 calves and then feed them right after school. It taught me a lot in general, and probably helped to forever put a farming itch in me, prevelant now, even in my last year of lawschool. </p><p></p><p>Second, you can make money, but it ain't foolproof. </p><p></p><p>Finally, I'm not sure what would happen to a lot of bull calves born on dairy farms if people did not raise them on a bottle. I have seen dairymen GIVE bull calves away consistently, which makes me think that they might deep-six them if bottle-feeders were not out there. </p><p></p><p>Just my opinion.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes, </p><p></p><p>Fallfish</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fallfish, post: 52537, member: 307"] Bottle feeding calves can be a hard, frustrating experience. They tend to get sick (versus a calf on its mama which rarely if ever gets sick) and take alot of maintenience at the beginning. However, there are some postives, in my opinion. First, as someone mentioned, raising a baby calf is a postive experience for a youngster. When I was a kid, my dad always had a couple baby calves in an old milkbarn and all the feeding etc. was left to me. He only checked on them. I had to get up at 5 a.m. to feed 10 calves and then feed them right after school. It taught me a lot in general, and probably helped to forever put a farming itch in me, prevelant now, even in my last year of lawschool. Second, you can make money, but it ain't foolproof. Finally, I'm not sure what would happen to a lot of bull calves born on dairy farms if people did not raise them on a bottle. I have seen dairymen GIVE bull calves away consistently, which makes me think that they might deep-six them if bottle-feeders were not out there. Just my opinion. Best wishes, Fallfish [/QUOTE]
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