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  • 06-06-2012 5:01pm
    #1
    Angus4life
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    buying a calf off neighbour born start of april show calf. dont have a cow to rear him on wud it be best to bottle feed him for 2 months or just let him play it alone.? any help greatful :)


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  • #2
    Bizzum
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    Angus4life wrote: »
    buying a calf off neighbour born start of april show calf. dont have a cow to rear him on wud it be best to bottle feed him for 2 months or just let him play it alone.? any help greatful :)

    Can he be left where he is, on his dam, for 2 months?


  • #3
    Angus4life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭Angus4life


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Can he be left where he is, on his dam, for 2 months?

    reason for sale is dam has no milk. dont want him to loose the muscle.?


  • #4
    Bizzum
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    Angus4life wrote: »
    reason for sale is dam has no milk. dont want him to loose the muscle.?

    I would think if you want to see him lose muscle then take him off the cow!
    Get them onto good grass, get him creeping a decent crunch. The last thing I'd do is split them up. She must have something if the calf is show standard now.
    Interested to hear what other folk think though!


  • #5
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Do you know any local dairy farmers? Pick up a cow with a high cell count and away you go. Possibly get another calf to put on her as well as she may have too much milk for one. I know a few pedigree breeders that do this and makes a great job of fast growing pedigree bulls.


  • #6
    Farmer Pudsey
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    Wasting your time bottle feeding as above either leave him with mother and get him on 2kgs of crunch and from that onto a good ration or get a dairy cow and put him under her. Alot of hassle and expense with dairy cow crunch might be the way to go however you will have to keep them by themselves so more hassle. Small field fence corner near water put crunch to get him used to it and build up slowly.

    I think your neighbour got a good deal


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  • #7
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    Farmer Pudsey wrote: »
    Wasting your time bottle feeding as above either leave him with mother and get him on 2kgs of crunch and from that onto a good ration or get a dairy cow and put him under her. Alot of hassle and expense with dairy cow crunch might be the way to go however you will have to keep them by themselves so more hassle. Small field fence corner near water put crunch to get him used to it and build up slowly.

    I think your neighbour got a good deal

    +1 either Dairy cow or his own cow on grass and dairy nuts plus in both cases loads of creep for the calf

    if you go giving milk replacer route he will not be a show calf in 10 days time


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