rockridgecattle
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...but even heifer calves are smarter than bull or steer calves :lol2:
Well, I've talked about Ozzie and Harriet before, so here goes again.
Well ,nearing the end of the i can't remember the number of bags of milk replacer. The calves are 5 months old and not bad for bottle babies. They were down to 3.4 of a bottle in the evening only as well as their grain.
They get 6# of calf starter a day each and well figured on cutting them from the milk cold turkey.
Enter husband...lets feed them a bottle with mostly water and very little milk replacer...no lets just get it over with....well lets feed them a bottle of water, they won't know...no lets just get it over with...out come the bottles with water.
Ozzie the steer sucked it back no problem did not care what was in the bottle...knows he got one. One born every minute :lol2:
Harriet that was a different story. Spit out the nipple several times and got the tongue going then tried again...spit it out again...walked away. Smart.
Even in animals... :lol2:
I'm just being a little cheeky :shock:
Well, I've talked about Ozzie and Harriet before, so here goes again.
Well ,nearing the end of the i can't remember the number of bags of milk replacer. The calves are 5 months old and not bad for bottle babies. They were down to 3.4 of a bottle in the evening only as well as their grain.
They get 6# of calf starter a day each and well figured on cutting them from the milk cold turkey.
Enter husband...lets feed them a bottle with mostly water and very little milk replacer...no lets just get it over with....well lets feed them a bottle of water, they won't know...no lets just get it over with...out come the bottles with water.
Ozzie the steer sucked it back no problem did not care what was in the bottle...knows he got one. One born every minute :lol2:
Harriet that was a different story. Spit out the nipple several times and got the tongue going then tried again...spit it out again...walked away. Smart.
Even in animals... :lol2:
I'm just being a little cheeky :shock: