2 week old calf off bottle

Give her time. It takes time to get one turned around and putting on weight, especially when your looking at it every day.

It took about 30 days before this little hairball I bought with her momma started looking better. Momma cow loooks better too, I can't count her ribs any more. She's still nuts though.

I have given thin calves that are healthy, an egg mixed in with their milk each feeding....James

Yes it was about 3 days before the Mom died according to my brother in law.

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Ignore, I missed dixiegals last opst.

Just an update on the calf which has been named Pinky she's doing well. I let her out with 2 other cows in a small pasture during the day after her bottle and put her back up after her evening bottle. She's grazing all day with the cows and seems to be thriving under their watch. I did end up gradually increasing her bottle to 3 qts each feeding and after almost 2 weeks it seems to be agreeing with her.

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two quarts, twice a day.... remember this adage.... a hungry calf is a healthy calf.

Sounds like your doing a good job with the calf.

I too have always heard this and have done it in the past. My first bottled calf was a black angus and she always was on the thin side while bottle feeding. I struck it out giving her 2 qts twice a day along with calf starter and hay. Took her off the bottle 10 weeks when she was eating and grazing well and she's a runt still. Admittedly I'm no expert by a long shot, but I've always wondered if when fed by their Mamma they only drank that much.

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