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Only Dairy Calves bought still bottle fed?
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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 803273" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Yes. But that can be a double edged sword for him too. It seems to me the solo babies bring less nickels than those that are split. I don't know if it is because you are looking at the heritage there when they are split or if it is because bidders figure something is wrong or the calf hasn't been fed for a few days etc. </p><p></p><p>Two of my nurse cows are difficult to graft to. I have a crate for them. I put them in the crate and let the calves nurse. Once they have nursed for a few days, they have the cows scent and everything is okay. Got another one I can milk out a bit and sponge milk onto the graft calves. That's all it takes. I have had some that would let anything nurse and that can be a problem too when you want to turn them out to pasture with the rest of the herd. For this reason, I actually like the "difficult" ones better since they will only let the grafts nurse and I can turn them to pasture with no problems. </p><p></p><p>I try to hold my cost to $150 a calf. I have gone over that because I did not want to milk out the nurse cow. There are times when everyone there is looking for babies. The ring man will split a lot more cows when that happens and the prices are up there. You just never know until you are there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 803273, member: 3162"] Yes. But that can be a double edged sword for him too. It seems to me the solo babies bring less nickels than those that are split. I don't know if it is because you are looking at the heritage there when they are split or if it is because bidders figure something is wrong or the calf hasn't been fed for a few days etc. Two of my nurse cows are difficult to graft to. I have a crate for them. I put them in the crate and let the calves nurse. Once they have nursed for a few days, they have the cows scent and everything is okay. Got another one I can milk out a bit and sponge milk onto the graft calves. That's all it takes. I have had some that would let anything nurse and that can be a problem too when you want to turn them out to pasture with the rest of the herd. For this reason, I actually like the "difficult" ones better since they will only let the grafts nurse and I can turn them to pasture with no problems. I try to hold my cost to $150 a calf. I have gone over that because I did not want to milk out the nurse cow. There are times when everyone there is looking for babies. The ring man will split a lot more cows when that happens and the prices are up there. You just never know until you are there. [/QUOTE]
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