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<blockquote data-quote="fourstates" data-source="post: 403928" data-attributes="member: 5918"><p>I am comparing him to his peer (siblings) group in the pasture. None of my calves have ribs showing. None of my cattle get any feed, except some cubes once a month or so to get them into the corral. The calf manna is the licorice flavored stuff, used sweet feed which is covered in molassas. I stuffed it in his mouth, I left it for him free choice, acts like it's manure...wait, he will at least sample manure. Eats bark off dead trees. </p><p></p><p>This calf didn't suck until he was two weeks old. If he will not eat grain and he's out in the pasture, my thinking is the calves on their mammas must be getting more calories then what I am giving him in his AM & PM gallon. I wish a cow WOULD let him suck. </p><p></p><p> I wean directly to pasture at about 6-7 months. I don't move the calves or cows. I just put the weaning ring in the nose, dehorn and vaccinate. They run back to their mommas, but can't nurse. Most go to the sale barn, some are sold as registered stock. </p><p></p><p>I guess I'm not really cut out to raise bottle calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fourstates, post: 403928, member: 5918"] I am comparing him to his peer (siblings) group in the pasture. None of my calves have ribs showing. None of my cattle get any feed, except some cubes once a month or so to get them into the corral. The calf manna is the licorice flavored stuff, used sweet feed which is covered in molassas. I stuffed it in his mouth, I left it for him free choice, acts like it's manure...wait, he will at least sample manure. Eats bark off dead trees. This calf didn't suck until he was two weeks old. If he will not eat grain and he's out in the pasture, my thinking is the calves on their mammas must be getting more calories then what I am giving him in his AM & PM gallon. I wish a cow WOULD let him suck. I wean directly to pasture at about 6-7 months. I don't move the calves or cows. I just put the weaning ring in the nose, dehorn and vaccinate. They run back to their mommas, but can't nurse. Most go to the sale barn, some are sold as registered stock. I guess I'm not really cut out to raise bottle calves. [/QUOTE]
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