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Thank you for the reply. He has been gelded a little over a year now. He was getting along great with the three month old calves that we got at one and three weeks of age. They were put into the same type small enclosure for a couple weeks and there had been no aggressive behavior. Hind...

Hello We are in north central Fla and slowly building our herd. Up until now we have had no problems with a bonded pair of donkeys approx 5-6 years old. About 3 months ago we brought in a bull and heifer that were bottle babies and all has been well. Yesterday we brought in another bottle...

Hello to all. We got our our latest bottle baby from the same farm and she is 3/4 Jersey 1/4 Holstein. They are both approx three weeks old now and realize there is a minimum of another three weeks of bottle feeding. As stated in our original post we are novice at best in this venture. We...

Thank you for the info. We have begun feedings three times a day. Using the medicated MR and just a dash of the regular there have been no more indications of scours. Our little bull (Zeke) is growing like a weed and is very happy it seems. We will be getting his heifer next week born at...

Hello we are novice at best. We have the goal of a small herd and found that bottle babies is the most feasible way financially to get started. We have acquired a bull calf ( 3/4 Norwegian Red 1/4 Jersey) who is approx two weeks old at this time. He was purchased from a caring breeder who...