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Hopefully whatever may be in the pens won't effect these little ones. I agree 100% about keeping them seperated. We keep ours seperated for about 50 days and have not lost a calf past the 50 day point yet. Last year we lost 1 out of 46 before the 50 day point and I amsuprised he even made it...

Ok, I finally got a chance to look at all the bags. We start out with a milk replacer that is a white bag with blue lettering. It is called "Calf to Cow" calf beginner milk based milk replacer. It has 20% protein and 20% fat. We have a calf starter called "Woody's Sweet 16" that is...

OK smalltime, I am anxiously awaiting the name to this "wonder drug"

We were told by our feed man that the longer you keep them on the replacer the more they start to show the pot belly because of the high protein. We have already discussed it and we are going to test that 50-60 day deal on 25% of our calves this fall and see was it does. We weigh them with our...

Thanks for the info. The only bad thing is we don't have a dealer within 250 miles of our place. I will look for a replacer like the one you have though. We used one that had 24% protein. I think the only difference in what we are doing is not leaving them on the milk as long. You said you...

Just curious to what everyone's favorite farm or ranch magaizine is? I have looked at several and like "Farm and Ranch" but my subscription is up in a month. Just wondering which ones you have seen that have the most info about cattle and farming rather than horses and gardening or rasing...

Thanks for the info Ben H. We feed a regular feeding which is 8 ozs of replacer to 1 pint of water. You could could 10 oz of replacer to the same amount of water but it seemed to scour them. Maybe they just weren't used to it but we didn't take the chance of continuing to feed 10 oz. We...

Can you give me some information on that milk replacer from Consolidated Nutrition? I look on their website and didn't see anything about milk replacer. The gains you are seeing in that 4-H calf of yours are unheard of from our calves. How much a bag for that powdered gold? How many days...

CattleRme - Great response!!! We have added the cost up several times and bottle calves seem to win out everytime. The sale price when we bought or sold may change both ways but the raising cost has stayed about the same. You can buy a 70-80lb bottle calf for $200 or less. Several calves she...

Hey Ranchy, I would buy a couple of gallons and spray the area with a portable pump type sprayer like you would use to spray cattle for flys. I would wash it out with soap before and after. Just coat the area good and let it dry into the dirt before putting stray or anthing over it. Ours was...

Thanks for all the advice! The hay will be used for calves from weening to around 400 pounds. I am looking for a smaller stem, longer leaf, softer hay that the calves can chew and digest eisier than the bigger stem hay we are feeding our cows. Thanks again for all the advice.

We lost three calves in three years from the same pen. A friend suggested bleaching the cement floor and scubbing with a brush after we cleaned the pen. Don't know if that was it or just been lucky, but we haven't lost one in two years now (knock on wood). I would use bleach to disinfect the...

We are trying to expand or ranch a little quicker by buying bottle calves and raising them up in addition to pairs we already have. The last couple of years we have fed ophan calves the same hay as we are feeding our cows which is a blend called "poundmaker" It has alot of big stem plants the...