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<blockquote data-quote="ctlbaron" data-source="post: 105950" data-attributes="member: 1774"><p>I fell for something I don't usually fall for. I got a lead on a dairy that was selling bull calves for a good price. I talked to the guy and he started calling me with every bull calf that hit the ground. The first ones I got from him were the stuff. Eat well, fiesty, good calves. Then the last five I got started off great and then started getting sick. Lost 3 so far. I have raised 96% of all the bottle calves I've had. I started thinking why can't I raise these calves anymore? I was really wearing myself out over it. I was about to quit raising bottle calves when someone who knew him told me that the calves I was buying never saw the cow. He was giving them 1 feeding of store bought colostrum. I am sure that is the problem. I think the store bought crap don't have everything they need to begin with, they don't get it fed to them enough in the first 12 hours and then it plays out on them in a weeks time. I have only lost one I bought at the sale barn in the last 18 months. What do you think? Can I be right about this or is it something I'm doing wrong all of a sudden?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ctlbaron, post: 105950, member: 1774"] I fell for something I don't usually fall for. I got a lead on a dairy that was selling bull calves for a good price. I talked to the guy and he started calling me with every bull calf that hit the ground. The first ones I got from him were the stuff. Eat well, fiesty, good calves. Then the last five I got started off great and then started getting sick. Lost 3 so far. I have raised 96% of all the bottle calves I've had. I started thinking why can't I raise these calves anymore? I was really wearing myself out over it. I was about to quit raising bottle calves when someone who knew him told me that the calves I was buying never saw the cow. He was giving them 1 feeding of store bought colostrum. I am sure that is the problem. I think the store bought crap don't have everything they need to begin with, they don't get it fed to them enough in the first 12 hours and then it plays out on them in a weeks time. I have only lost one I bought at the sale barn in the last 18 months. What do you think? Can I be right about this or is it something I'm doing wrong all of a sudden? [/QUOTE]
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