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Which breed makes a good pet?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 13239"><p>> If I were you, I would buy two healthy looking heifer calves at the local sale barn. Reguardless of breed, when bottle fed and messed with day in and day out, they will be gentle.</p><p></p><p>I'm a city girl moving to the</p><p>> country and I would like to get 2</p><p>> calves to raise. I understand that</p><p>> dairy bull calves are inexpensive</p><p>> but I have also heard they don't</p><p>> live very long. Does it make more</p><p>> sense to get a beef breed? I'm not</p><p>> looking to sell them for profit,</p><p>> only to raise and keep. (We must</p><p>> maintain an AG Exemption on the 10</p><p>> acres.) I would like to bottle</p><p>> feed the calves so I may not be</p><p>> able to get them until the spring</p><p>> in order to get them a day or so</p><p>> old because our house may not be</p><p>> finished in time for the fall</p><p>> births. Anyway, I'm researching it</p><p>> now. I'd like, of course, to have</p><p>> a docile breed. I looked at info</p><p>> on Angus, Belted Galloway, and</p><p>> British White, all listed as</p><p>> docile. Too expensive? Are there</p><p>> things that make these breeds less</p><p>> expensive such as markings or does</p><p>> it matter? Thanks for any info.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 13239"] > If I were you, I would buy two healthy looking heifer calves at the local sale barn. Reguardless of breed, when bottle fed and messed with day in and day out, they will be gentle. I'm a city girl moving to the > country and I would like to get 2 > calves to raise. I understand that > dairy bull calves are inexpensive > but I have also heard they don't > live very long. Does it make more > sense to get a beef breed? I'm not > looking to sell them for profit, > only to raise and keep. (We must > maintain an AG Exemption on the 10 > acres.) I would like to bottle > feed the calves so I may not be > able to get them until the spring > in order to get them a day or so > old because our house may not be > finished in time for the fall > births. Anyway, I'm researching it > now. I'd like, of course, to have > a docile breed. I looked at info > on Angus, Belted Galloway, and > British White, all listed as > docile. Too expensive? Are there > things that make these breeds less > expensive such as markings or does > it matter? Thanks for any info. [/QUOTE]
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