Raising Bottle Calves
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- We have a total of five calves on the homestead now. Two are on Belle and three are bottle calves. We are raising those three using milk replacer and bottles. This morning we slept in bit, but most mornings we try hard to get a minimum of two feedings 12 hours apart and then a few much smaller feedings in-between. We want them healthy and growing strong so we feed them well and also have pellets and water free choice immediately when we get them.
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Kids who grow up on small family farms are so lucky!!
We’re blessed!
beautiful bottle fed calf
some good up bringing I live near two dairy farms.. I see it all the time..
;)
I’m getting a dairy bull calf next weekend, and I can’t wait!! It will be my second bottle calf, and I can’t wait!!
Thats so great! Hope you have fun with it......it can be a real fun deal and you can definitely make a little money as well!
They are so beautiful. Such eyelashes, those pink noses, the seeking for the bottle. Just babies, needing what they need
Im getting my new beef calf soon, first one ever I'm so excited, this was very helpful
Good luck!!
Thanks! I will be doing this next weekend.
We just took on a blind 2 week old heifer calf - neighbor has over 1000 cow ranch...no time to bottle feed and a blind calf does not bring him money...was gonna shoot and put down...today is day 3 and getting better at getting her to take the bottle...he did keep her on mom for the two weeks...hoping to grow her up some and then take her to process...adding beef to our homestead...
It is a bit of work in the beginning but when they get they get it and its a cinch! Good luck and well done.
It’s a shame they couldn’t be raised properly with their mother. I’m sure you’re doing a good job
So true. Do appreciate the kind word though.
People think sharks go wild in a feeding frenzy? They have nothin on baby calves
My wife said the milk makes them high.
@@russellcampbell3639 it’s the same for all infants they get milk drunk 🕊💖✨👑💛✨
Hey we use a bucket now lol...its a lot easier and he finishes it real quick. Ours is about 10 weeks old i wanna say
yes, for sure! We've trained them to buckets too which is so much less hassle!
Every spring I feed bottle calves or just tue runt of the bunch but I enjoy it 2 months ago I stopped feeding my herd of baby calves 3rd year
How long do they need to be on the bottle till they can be put only on grass
as long as you can the better:) When they're eating hay/feed and water on their own then that works too!
Please help with how to make feeding calf milk
I think id prefer to feed the calf multiple times a daylike they natuarally do
Beautiful. I think of raising bottle fed. Hows the survival rate ?
mtkadwa so bottle fed are very finicky... This is such a great comment because many people want to raise bottle fed calves but you must watch them very close because they are so app so get sick and die. We have had good luck thus far but you got to be checking on them constantly!! Thanks for watching
Can I learn this from you
Cool.
gamebent hey thanks for watching!
What kind of hay and grain do you feed at weaning
The young stock was my job and the medical records of the herd I miss my little babies lol but only thing you didn't mention is those bottle babies as they grow they want to try to nurse on your fingers (or basically anothing) and once i had one basically inhale my hold hand and their back teeth are like razors lol sliced open one of my fingers with ease like it was tissue papper had to go find my dad covered in blood like hi... I got hurt, i need a quick clean /bandage up so i can finish my chores, i still had 12 more calves to feed and 4 of them where on the other side of the farm lol
Farm life, slap a bandaid on and go back to work lol
Half hereford , half angus equals Black Baldie thats what they are called
thanks
And we bought one of those bottles like you have on your black Angus and our calf sucks the nipple down flat and sucks all the air out of the bottle so she stops getting the milk I was kind of thinking about maybe poking a little hole in the side of the bottle so it would release more of the milk and not suck all the air out. What do you think about that and did I just get a defective bottle
I have to take it out of the calves mouth when that happens and pinch the nipple to release more air into the bottle. They drink so aggressively and it happens.
I think I would try and make the hole larger that the milk comes out of and see if that fixes the problem.
How many pints of milk do you give the calf ? I have a jersey calf so far giving him 4 pints in a day. 2 in the morning 2 at night. Not sure if this is enough or should I had another feeding time?
Depending on the size of the calf you should be feeding more. It has been a while since we have done this but if the calf is 70 pounds then I would feed in that 7-8 pints and do it in three feedings a day. So say your calf is 60 then you would be fairly close but up it by having a third feeding with two pints. I would really recommend doing a bit of research on this yourself as I’m not a pro by any means but in my mind to make it simple I thought I gave a pint per ten pounds in a day. With three feedings min. And when they are brand new like the first week or two even four is better yet. Good luck and hope this helps.
You want to do 1 in the mornings 1 at 12:00 and one and 5:00 or 6:00
How big was the bag for the calves
50 pounds
How did this work out for your bottle calves. I hope this might be something profitable for your farm.
I WANT TO BOTTLE FEED A LITTLE CALF BUT I'M FROM ONTARIO CANADA. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS???
maybe you can find a rancher that would let you come out and visit or something? They are mazing and what a fun time for the kids:)
Go to a thrift store and get a coat, cut the sleeves short and put it on yr calf, front legs into the sleeves. You can use duct tape too. They sell wool calf coats that get raggedy and fall into the soil in chunks, benefitting the soil, but cheepies work too. Stack straw bales for more wind barrier when the wind chill's bad. Feed the milk at 105 degrees (don't guess it's really warm).
Get a job on a farm, many farms are looking for new employees to help out, I start I think when I was 14 or 15 at a stable, right up the way is where a friend of mine works on a farm caring for calves. They teach you.
JJ Bowman
Especially dairies. Beef cattle mother their own calves, dairy cattle are prevented from mothering and wouldn't know how. Plus they give enough milk to drown a calf. So go to a dairy where all calves are bottlefed
Wow
How meni gram fawdar 1 time cawo
China Chi
Read the bag of powder
You're a poor farmer if you're sleeping in. Animals come first
Randy TenBrink So true
Stop being so rude
Nobody's perfect bro