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<blockquote data-quote="Barnyard Chaos" data-source="post: 1752421" data-attributes="member: 42633"><p>Update, for those interested: All is going well. Bottle calves are 5-1/2 weeks old and growing fast. Momma Blackie is in the pasture with the rest of the herd and healing up and drying up nicely. She will go to auction probably this weekend. We separated the calves from momma weeks ago so that we could get her dried up, and get the babies on starter feed. I gave them each 3 bottles a day to start, and have cut back to 2/day with starter feed available at all times. They're just starting to take it on their own. The heifer, Missy, is the sweetest, cuddliest little thing ever. Bull calf Junior is a little more challenging, and is learning some lessons on respecting my space. He butts HARD! Today I got halters on both of them to start some training. I hope to make Missy a milker for us. Junior will go to slaughter eventually, but why not train both to halter anyway. Any tips you care to offer?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barnyard Chaos, post: 1752421, member: 42633"] Update, for those interested: All is going well. Bottle calves are 5-1/2 weeks old and growing fast. Momma Blackie is in the pasture with the rest of the herd and healing up and drying up nicely. She will go to auction probably this weekend. We separated the calves from momma weeks ago so that we could get her dried up, and get the babies on starter feed. I gave them each 3 bottles a day to start, and have cut back to 2/day with starter feed available at all times. They're just starting to take it on their own. The heifer, Missy, is the sweetest, cuddliest little thing ever. Bull calf Junior is a little more challenging, and is learning some lessons on respecting my space. He butts HARD! Today I got halters on both of them to start some training. I hope to make Missy a milker for us. Junior will go to slaughter eventually, but why not train both to halter anyway. Any tips you care to offer? [/QUOTE]
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