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<blockquote data-quote="franseen" data-source="post: 86274" data-attributes="member: 1443"><p>cowspider,</p><p>Do you buy your bulls from sale barns only? Sometimes calves that go to the sale barn are not fed enough colostrum or really cared about. As long as they look ok to sell. Try getting them straight from the farm. Find a farm that feed calves clean colostrum on time. Never downplay the importance of colostrum. After we sold our dairy herd we raised heifer calves for a large farmer. We got calves at birth and when we picked up colostrum it had manure, dirt, straw, etc. We never had calves die from our cows. These calves had to be watched 24/7. A new calf has pretty much no immune system. That colostrum saves them. Drugs may work, but they will slow the calf down. Knowing where your calves come from can give you some confidence. Most farmers that sell their calves direct wouldn't want to have them dying and then hear about it. Just and idea I geuss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="franseen, post: 86274, member: 1443"] cowspider, Do you buy your bulls from sale barns only? Sometimes calves that go to the sale barn are not fed enough colostrum or really cared about. As long as they look ok to sell. Try getting them straight from the farm. Find a farm that feed calves clean colostrum on time. Never downplay the importance of colostrum. After we sold our dairy herd we raised heifer calves for a large farmer. We got calves at birth and when we picked up colostrum it had manure, dirt, straw, etc. We never had calves die from our cows. These calves had to be watched 24/7. A new calf has pretty much no immune system. That colostrum saves them. Drugs may work, but they will slow the calf down. Knowing where your calves come from can give you some confidence. Most farmers that sell their calves direct wouldn't want to have them dying and then hear about it. Just and idea I geuss. [/QUOTE]
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