Bottle calves

[john in la]

Every thing you wanted to know about raising a calf to weaning age.

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/mcms/webt...calfnotes.com/

Look on the left of the screen and you can open a list of topics to read.

[Tango]

I've relied on calfnotes for close to a year and find it an excellent resource. Think someone on this board pointed me to the website initially. Thank you!!!! You can also access it directly at Calf Notes

[Rockin'B]

Thank you John!

This is most helpful.

[arabian knight]

The calves I get are 3 to 5 days taken away from the mama and I then do the bottle feeding for the next 2 months when at 1 month I have already banded and dehorned and bucket trained the calf. I then continue to feed milk for the next close to 2 months so at 3 months the calf is eating hay grain and drinking water. Then as a treat every so often I give a good sized bucket of milk. They really like that as a treat.

[Up North]

John- Between having your expertise to consult upon combined with the links you have provided, I expect the calf mortality nationwide will plummet, thus resulting in an overabundance of stock, leading to a crash of the "stock" market, LOL. Thanks for the info. You Da Man on calf raising!

[john in la]

Originally Posted by Up North

John- Between having your expertise to consult upon combined with the links you have provided, I expect the calf mortality nationwide will plummet, thus resulting in an overabundance of stock, leading to a crash of the "stock" market, LOL.

The calf mortality will be so low that every kid will dream of being a dairy farmer when he grows up instead of a doctors or lawyer because of all the money you can make in dairy farming.

YEA RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do not know if I agree with all the research in the link such as
No hay to a calf under 6 weeks
Molasses does no good
ect....................

I guess that is one big problem with getting old. You are set in your ways because it has worked for you in the past and over look new ideas.

You better get some sleep.
It will be 4 am before you know it.
Sure hope you don't start milking at 1 ????????????

[Up North]

Originally Posted by john in la

The calf mortality will be so low that every kid will dream of being a dairy farmer when he grows up instead of a doctors or lawyer because of all the money you can make in dairy farming.

YEA RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do not know if I agree with all the research in the link such as
No hay to a calf under 6 weeks
Molasses does no good
ect....................

I guess that is one big problem with getting old. You are set in your ways because it has worked for you in the past and over look new ideas.

You better get some sleep.
It will be 4 am before you know it.
Sure hope you don't start milking at 1 ????????????

"I know there is a lot of money in dairy farming, because I put a lot of money in there and it has yet to come back out."

Are you familiar with the work of a Mr. Pat Hoffman at the University of Wisconsin- Marshfield Research Station? He is the GURU on calf and heifer raising in the Upper Midwest. He is a proponent of the NO HAY to milk calves school of thought. Issue of Rumen Development.

Hear That on the difficulty of changing as one gets older. I try to remember:" A mind is like a parachute, It works better when it's OPEN!"
...cheers....