Back in the saddle again

[mamahen]

We just picked up a 3 day old Holstein bull calf. Cute as the dickens....named t-bone

[travlnusa]

We had one named T-Bone a few years back.

Currently we are raising Poterhouse.

[TSYORK]

Isn't it funny the names we give our destined meals on the hoof!

I've had Bleu (for bleu burger) Sir Loin, T-bone. Right now I'm fattening up Chuck, Earl, George, and Leroy.

[topside1]

My "Huey Lewis" has only 14 more sunrises coming his way...Congrats on the new calf, sounds like your happy....Topside

[mamahen]

Wellll, add 2 more to t-bone.

They dropped 2 more bull calves off tonight. Less than 24 hours old, but DID get to nurse. They should be ok?

[TSYORK]

They needed to have gotten an adequate dose of colostrum, or it's just very difficult for them to survive and thrive without it. If they got a good amount of colostrum, then they at least have a leg on on ones that didn't. Be careful no to overfeed at this point. Scours this early in the game would probably be a death sentence. If they're smaller calves I would recommend feeding a quart and a half at a time, until you can get them established. Once they seem to be doing okay, then you can titrate the amount up to two quarts a feeding, but be sure to do it slowly. It doesn't take long to start the scours, but it sure takes a long time to get their bowels to check up once they've begun.