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CattleArmy

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This calf was born in April to one of our replacement heifers that was to be AIed in May. Means his mama was bred on her mama. :shock: We are bottle feeding him and he in turn is becoming a fixture on my parents front step.
 

Maple Leaf Angus

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We have one of those little rascals too, this year. He likes it out with the cows and calves, but when he's with whoever is feeding him, he seems to think he's part of the human family!

It is now clear that I should have sold him when we lost his mama because milk replacer is horribly expensive. Oh well, he is starting to eat dry feed now so I think he's on his last bag of milk replacer.

What are you feeding your calf?
 

Denny

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I had one of those on a heifer I had bought in 1995 she raised that calf and one every year after until I shipped her last fall.
 

CattleArmy

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We are feeding him milk replacer. He gets two bottles of day. Milk replacer here is 72 bucks a bag so it's very expensive compared to last year. He has an internal clock around 5:30 in the evening he bawls at anybody around just hoping somebody will make him a bottle. If he gets hungry enough or doesn't think some of us are fast enough he goes and stands on the step looks in through the screen and starts bawling. He's a big pet basically. We also have a tub of calf starter sitting out in the yard free choice for him too, but he prefers the bottle.
 

kolanuraven

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Last spring I ended up with twin dwarf orphan heifer calves.

They became attack machines if not fed when they thought they should be. They'd chase the quad, truck or car...whatever came near the barn @ feeding time!!

People would see them out in the far reaches of the yard and ask me when did I get 2 black labs.!!

I kept them, cause no one else would have them, and they are known as the Dink Sisters are almost 2 yrs old....barely as big a big weaned calf.....and have never come into heat!!!


They're just decoration I suppose...but they do make great ' sitters' when a cow has to be pulled out of the herd...they keep them company.
 

IL Rancher

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I refer to those calves as the milk seeking missles.. It is cute when tehy are 100 pounds but not so much when they are 200 pounds.. Always a happy day when we get them switched over to buckets or starter or if we can sneak them onto a different momma.
 
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