Like Janet says try buying from someone direct not through<br>an auction barn. When I wean my calves I vaccinate, worm,<br>and bunk break them in a corral for at least 3 weeks<br>until they go to their new home. The majority of them<br>go to the same farmer every year. There have been 0<br>sick--he even sold his head chute to me because he<br>didn't need it. When they are delivered to his place<br>I walk them around the new corral...they are usually<br>eating in 15 minutes. Yes, he pays me top dollar,<br>but he knows it's worth it...he spent years of having<br>to medicate everything and losing animals. The local<br>vet thought he had gone out of business until he<br>found out that he was getting his calves from me.<br>So try to find someone in your area that preconditions<br>calves like me, pay them the few cents extra per<br>pound, and then you can worry less.
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