larryj57
Loving the herd life
Good Morning all,
I bought 6 Jersey/Holstien cross calves last week, this is my first time in the cattle business so I'm looking for advice. The man i got them from said they were a week old but I'm thinking they were more like 3 days at the most. All are lively and engeritic so far. the question is there has been two mornings when 2 of the calves wouldn't take their bottle, not even touch them. the other 4 , suck the bottom out in a short time. it was 2 different calves each time. they both drank good at the evening feeding, should i worry about this?
The calves are being fed by hanging bottles on bottle racks, no problem with that so far, I am also trying to train them to tie while they are being fed, again having good luck with that.I have 5 Bull calves and 1 hefier, at what age should I band the bulls?
And last of all what would be a good price for these type calves at 3 days old? I think I got a good deal being as they are going to be 2 weeks old tomorrow and they are all still alive.
I bought 6 Jersey/Holstien cross calves last week, this is my first time in the cattle business so I'm looking for advice. The man i got them from said they were a week old but I'm thinking they were more like 3 days at the most. All are lively and engeritic so far. the question is there has been two mornings when 2 of the calves wouldn't take their bottle, not even touch them. the other 4 , suck the bottom out in a short time. it was 2 different calves each time. they both drank good at the evening feeding, should i worry about this?
The calves are being fed by hanging bottles on bottle racks, no problem with that so far, I am also trying to train them to tie while they are being fed, again having good luck with that.I have 5 Bull calves and 1 hefier, at what age should I band the bulls?
And last of all what would be a good price for these type calves at 3 days old? I think I got a good deal being as they are going to be 2 weeks old tomorrow and they are all still alive.