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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1424920" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Most dairy calves are never allowed to suck on the cow and go straight to a bottle from the git go.</p><p>Beef guys always say bottle calf, bottle calf, bottle calf, but when dairying we like many (most dairymen?) always had </p><p>them drinking from a bucket/pail by day 3 or 4</p><p></p><p>A beef calf that has been with it's mom a few days becomes a totally different creature than a bottle dairy calf.</p><p>Some of them are like a wild little deer. Most coming from a dairy background don't understand the depth of the</p><p>cow/calf attachment that forms... and wrongly think a calf is a calf and a bottle is as good as a mom.</p><p>Ex dairymen the first time calving beef cows are shocked by how much stress weaning causes... they had no idea.</p><p>It is not because they are stupid and often are very good cattlemen, it's just they have never experienced anything like it.</p><p></p><p>They will be getting a bigger healthier calf if they wait 100+ days rather than yanking a week old off it's mom even if </p><p>they did bottle feed it for 100 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1424920, member: 14585"] Most dairy calves are never allowed to suck on the cow and go straight to a bottle from the git go. Beef guys always say bottle calf, bottle calf, bottle calf, but when dairying we like many (most dairymen?) always had them drinking from a bucket/pail by day 3 or 4 A beef calf that has been with it's mom a few days becomes a totally different creature than a bottle dairy calf. Some of them are like a wild little deer. Most coming from a dairy background don't understand the depth of the cow/calf attachment that forms... and wrongly think a calf is a calf and a bottle is as good as a mom. Ex dairymen the first time calving beef cows are shocked by how much stress weaning causes... they had no idea. It is not because they are stupid and often are very good cattlemen, it's just they have never experienced anything like it. They will be getting a bigger healthier calf if they wait 100+ days rather than yanking a week old off it's mom even if they did bottle feed it for 100 days. [/QUOTE]
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