Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Want to Raise Bottle Calves
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="LegacyBreeder" data-source="post: 96330" data-attributes="member: 1747"><p>Raising bottle fed calves is something of an art more than a science. I've noticed that bottled calves never seem to truly grow as large as they could (not to say that they don't turn into nice animals and good mothers), so that could hurt your profit margin a bit. Plus, keeping the calves alive long enough to resell as a feeder can be tricky. All in all, if you're new to cattle in general than consider only starting with one or two and brace for anything.</p><p></p><p>As for some advice, you might want to ask around at a local dairy for bull/steer calves. That would probably be the easiest way to get going. The calf will need two bottles of milk mix a day and plenty of attention. Always remember that cattle are herd animals, and once the calf accepts that you're its meal ticket you get an added title to your name: Mommy. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LegacyBreeder, post: 96330, member: 1747"] Raising bottle fed calves is something of an art more than a science. I've noticed that bottled calves never seem to truly grow as large as they could (not to say that they don't turn into nice animals and good mothers), so that could hurt your profit margin a bit. Plus, keeping the calves alive long enough to resell as a feeder can be tricky. All in all, if you're new to cattle in general than consider only starting with one or two and brace for anything. As for some advice, you might want to ask around at a local dairy for bull/steer calves. That would probably be the easiest way to get going. The calf will need two bottles of milk mix a day and plenty of attention. Always remember that cattle are herd animals, and once the calf accepts that you're its meal ticket you get an added title to your name: Mommy. ;-) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Want to Raise Bottle Calves
Top