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Only Dairy Calves bought still bottle fed?
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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 803238" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>I buy beef splits from the sale barn and graft them onto a nurse cow or two. The prices you pay are going to be dependant on who is bidding. It seems when everyone is looking for babies, the ring man will do a lot of splitting. When not many folks are bidding, they split less pairs. The secret here is to get in early on the splits just in case you are one of the few looking. It is also going to depend on the size of the sale barn. </p><p></p><p>I have always had good luck with beef splits. They grow out very well for me. </p><p></p><p>Where I have a problem is when I have a nurse cow about to calve. I will go and buy the splits in anticipation and the darn cow can go on for a week longer than I anticipated. So I am bottle feeding in the mean time. If the calf is a week to 10 days old, they can be wild and stubborn. I put them in a chute and force feed them the first run. I am usually good after that. </p><p></p><p>The only time I buy dairy calves is when I buy heifers to groom as replacement nurse cows. I never buy bull dairy calves, but that is just me personally as it relates to my methods of using a nurse cow. Beef steers fetch a whole lot more nickels than dairy steers when I am ready to turn these back to the sale. They do cost more initially but the return is far better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 803238, member: 3162"] I buy beef splits from the sale barn and graft them onto a nurse cow or two. The prices you pay are going to be dependant on who is bidding. It seems when everyone is looking for babies, the ring man will do a lot of splitting. When not many folks are bidding, they split less pairs. The secret here is to get in early on the splits just in case you are one of the few looking. It is also going to depend on the size of the sale barn. I have always had good luck with beef splits. They grow out very well for me. Where I have a problem is when I have a nurse cow about to calve. I will go and buy the splits in anticipation and the darn cow can go on for a week longer than I anticipated. So I am bottle feeding in the mean time. If the calf is a week to 10 days old, they can be wild and stubborn. I put them in a chute and force feed them the first run. I am usually good after that. The only time I buy dairy calves is when I buy heifers to groom as replacement nurse cows. I never buy bull dairy calves, but that is just me personally as it relates to my methods of using a nurse cow. Beef steers fetch a whole lot more nickels than dairy steers when I am ready to turn these back to the sale. They do cost more initially but the return is far better. [/QUOTE]
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