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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 694989" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>Breed doesn't matter under these circumstances. A calf's security is his/her mother, take that away and the calf freaks. Factor in a new owner that he/she is not familiar with, along with new surroundings, and his/her stress level goes through the roof! Grain and hay are irrelevent at this point, your job is to get him settled in and used to you. Once that happens, everything else will fall into place. I would spend as much time with this calf as I could just talking to him, and getting him used to me. Make sure your movements are slow and deliberate, and give him a chance to acclimate to all of the changes made to his environment. You might even give some thought to reading to him, but make sure the reading material does not cause you to become excited, because he WILL pick up on that. As far as the grain and hay goes, if you have another calf that is similar in age to this one, and is used to eating hay and grain - put them together - the other calf will teach this one what to do with both of them once he has settled in to his new home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 694989, member: 539"] Breed doesn't matter under these circumstances. A calf's security is his/her mother, take that away and the calf freaks. Factor in a new owner that he/she is not familiar with, along with new surroundings, and his/her stress level goes through the roof! Grain and hay are irrelevent at this point, your job is to get him settled in and used to you. Once that happens, everything else will fall into place. I would spend as much time with this calf as I could just talking to him, and getting him used to me. Make sure your movements are slow and deliberate, and give him a chance to acclimate to all of the changes made to his environment. You might even give some thought to reading to him, but make sure the reading material does not cause you to become excited, because he WILL pick up on that. As far as the grain and hay goes, if you have another calf that is similar in age to this one, and is used to eating hay and grain - put them together - the other calf will teach this one what to do with both of them once he has settled in to his new home. [/QUOTE]
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