Posted by formenwhogrow on November 06, 2013 at 08:46:17 from (206.180.109.86):
In Reply to: Raising young calves posted by picassomcp on November 06, 2013 at 08:05:20:
I have done this in the past (when I was in high school) and here is what I learned: 1) only get calves from a farm you know (so calves get their colostrum) 2) Vaccinate 3) Group them by age and feed them from a milk bar type feeder (I built one from a 55 gal plastic drum) 4) keep good grassy hay in front of them early to get their rumens going. 4) Put starter feed free choice (sparingly) when their about 4-5 wks 5) Keep Banamine, B-complex, penicillin on-hand. 6) Expect stuff to go wrong 7) Keep them in a well-ventilated building 8) Don't be in a huge hurry to wean them from the milk bar, just slowly replace the milk replacer with h20 (usually 7-8 wks) as long as they are eating hay and starter (less likely to scour) 9. Throw the idea that you may actually make money doing this completely out the window :) Thats all I can think of for now, good luck!
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