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<blockquote data-quote="darcelina4" data-source="post: 1402945" data-attributes="member: 27059"><p>I've raised quite a few bottle calves. Unless they are eating 2 pounds of grain everyday they need to be on the bottle. I try to wean my at 6 to 7 weeks but they have to be eating grain well. I've gotten some beef calves the last few weeks that were a couple of weeks old. They were wild and not thrilled about a bottle. We got them in the corner, shoved the bottle in their mouth and rubbed their throat so they would swallow. By the third bottle they come to you and start nursing. Don't starve them because they need some extra guidance getting started. Hay will just fill them up at a month old and hay will not provide them with the nutrition they need. After they finish the bottle, shove a handful of grain in their mouth. Everytime you walk by them put more grain in their mouth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darcelina4, post: 1402945, member: 27059"] I've raised quite a few bottle calves. Unless they are eating 2 pounds of grain everyday they need to be on the bottle. I try to wean my at 6 to 7 weeks but they have to be eating grain well. I've gotten some beef calves the last few weeks that were a couple of weeks old. They were wild and not thrilled about a bottle. We got them in the corner, shoved the bottle in their mouth and rubbed their throat so they would swallow. By the third bottle they come to you and start nursing. Don't starve them because they need some extra guidance getting started. Hay will just fill them up at a month old and hay will not provide them with the nutrition they need. After they finish the bottle, shove a handful of grain in their mouth. Everytime you walk by them put more grain in their mouth. [/QUOTE]
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