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<blockquote data-quote="Kathie in Thorp" data-source="post: 915596" data-attributes="member: 16769"><p>Tag them when you can get your hands on them, if you're talking ear tags. If you're talking castration, there was recently a good discussion on the board about that -- within the last week or so. </p><p></p><p>Do you have any beef feedlots in your area? That often can be a good place to get brand new baby calves. If a cow calves in the feedlot, generally, they sell them or otherwise dispose of them ASAP, because that calf will drain the weight off the cow. However, those are iffy babies, as they are often pulled away before they even get colostrum. You'd have to have a battle plan in place, that includes a colostrum replacer (or maybe you could get and freeze fresh colostrum from a local dairy), good & dry housing, vacc. shots, and antibiotics, as scours and pneumonia are common and deadly with those little ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathie in Thorp, post: 915596, member: 16769"] Tag them when you can get your hands on them, if you're talking ear tags. If you're talking castration, there was recently a good discussion on the board about that -- within the last week or so. Do you have any beef feedlots in your area? That often can be a good place to get brand new baby calves. If a cow calves in the feedlot, generally, they sell them or otherwise dispose of them ASAP, because that calf will drain the weight off the cow. However, those are iffy babies, as they are often pulled away before they even get colostrum. You'd have to have a battle plan in place, that includes a colostrum replacer (or maybe you could get and freeze fresh colostrum from a local dairy), good & dry housing, vacc. shots, and antibiotics, as scours and pneumonia are common and deadly with those little ones. [/QUOTE]
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