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<blockquote data-quote="Double R Ranch" data-source="post: 1792361" data-attributes="member: 411"><p>I got a text from a dairy lady friend of mine this morning. She had an unexpected bull calf. I declined at that time (we have flooding coming again) only to have back to back missed calls a bit later. Apparently they aren't worth anything at auction. She said she's lucky to get $10-$15 for them. So basically it costs her money to ship them. She said she'd give him to me to take him off her hands. Well... Yep. I brought him home. Not what I was looking for but if it works out it will hopefully be beneficial for us. A butcher steer at the least. Plus lighten up our milk load. He's part brown Swiss, part holstein and part jersey. He's a whopper. He's bigger (not by much) than our 1 month jersey heifer our cow calved. 36 hours old when I picked him up. Several feedings of colostrum. They have a closed herd and take really good care of their animals even bull calves. He was calling when I put him in the corral and our milk cow (jersey) came running from the field. Shocked me. Gave her a bit of alfalfa pellets and was able to get the calf (not the brightest calf) to latch on a few times. He has trouble with the teat locations currently but did get his belly full. A few minor kicks from our cow but all in all I was shocked. She really didn't mean the kicks. She was standing over him and her calf this evening and sleeping with them tonight. Being it was evening when I brought him home there hasn't been much movement on their part after dark so we'll see what morning brings. I put him on the opposite side than the heifer likes to nurse on. Hopefully we have success. Feel hopeful after all your posts and seeing her reaction tonight. These jerseys are something else! Definitely not an Angus. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double R Ranch, post: 1792361, member: 411"] I got a text from a dairy lady friend of mine this morning. She had an unexpected bull calf. I declined at that time (we have flooding coming again) only to have back to back missed calls a bit later. Apparently they aren't worth anything at auction. She said she's lucky to get $10-$15 for them. So basically it costs her money to ship them. She said she'd give him to me to take him off her hands. Well... Yep. I brought him home. Not what I was looking for but if it works out it will hopefully be beneficial for us. A butcher steer at the least. Plus lighten up our milk load. He's part brown Swiss, part holstein and part jersey. He's a whopper. He's bigger (not by much) than our 1 month jersey heifer our cow calved. 36 hours old when I picked him up. Several feedings of colostrum. They have a closed herd and take really good care of their animals even bull calves. He was calling when I put him in the corral and our milk cow (jersey) came running from the field. Shocked me. Gave her a bit of alfalfa pellets and was able to get the calf (not the brightest calf) to latch on a few times. He has trouble with the teat locations currently but did get his belly full. A few minor kicks from our cow but all in all I was shocked. She really didn't mean the kicks. She was standing over him and her calf this evening and sleeping with them tonight. Being it was evening when I brought him home there hasn't been much movement on their part after dark so we'll see what morning brings. I put him on the opposite side than the heifer likes to nurse on. Hopefully we have success. Feel hopeful after all your posts and seeing her reaction tonight. These jerseys are something else! Definitely not an Angus. :ROFLMAO: [/QUOTE]
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