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Old 04/07/14, 09:52 PM
 
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Question Caring for my first calf, got questions.

So I have always wanted a calf before, I have experience with lots of other farm animals but not cows. So my neighbor who farms them had a calf that got rejected by its mother a few days ago, and seeing that I had a pen, experience, and wanted one he gave me the calf. He is a two week old hefer and I only plan on having him for a year, maybe less. I have a safe pen, bottle, and milk replacer to start off but I have a few questions:
-When do you deworm them, what age?
-When do I increase milk supplements?
-Any other common knowledge advice?
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Old 04/07/14, 10:06 PM
 
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Old 04/08/14, 03:28 AM
 
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It it's a "hefer", he's a she.
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Old 04/08/14, 09:16 AM
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Ok so a hefer is a female so do you have a hefer? Or a bull calf?
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Old 04/09/14, 06:02 PM
 
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Sorry, bull calf! I was not aware that was relevant for the questions.
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