Everything You Need To Start Raising Bottle Calves!

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[@menopassini9348]

I think a detailed video on mixing and feeding calves with medicated and un- medicated milk replacer would be a good idea. The water temp. , when to feed, how much, along warnings like overfeeding can cause Scours too. What is Colostrum/Colostrum Replacer, Its timing, what it does and how it effects the laying of the stomachs. How it effects the immune system. What electrolyte mix is and when to feed electrolyte mix and why it's important with stressed or sick calves. There's an old saying a little knowledge is more dangerous then no knowledge. I have seen hobby farmers mix Milk replacer per instructions then overfeed their bottle calves thinking they were going to grow faster or be healthier instead they got sick. Go Luck with you livestock, looking forward to the Piglets.

[@agracefullife4725]

Omg that kitten, so gorgeous. Loving your channel, keep up the great content!!

[@susanmccloud3094]

The cat was purring so loudly that you could hear it even when it wasn’t on camera. Just proves you are good with animals.

[@IpsanAdventures]

Such a great video. I'm starting a bottle calf ranch and enjoyed learning some helpful tips here!

[@elizabethmacy1625]

This was very informative thank you. I'm in college right now and I want to eventually get my kids and I a farmstead going so this was good to know!

[@french-canadianfarmer5049]

Looking forward to watching your upcoming bottle calf videos.

[@FarmandHammer]

Thanks!

[@57143bodies]

That’s one athletic kitten. This retiree will enjoy viewing the progress of others, like yourself, in raising cattle. You know what you’re doing!

[@FarmandHammer]

Thank you sir!

[@heywood62]

Thanks for all the information. Love the kitten being so persistent for attention. lol

[@hollybentley2775]

LOVE that little kitten!!

[@TABrown-xh7xc]

I have raised calves but always interested in seeing how somebody else does it . Enjoy seeing your fuzzy little helper !

[@FarmandHammer]

Yup! So many different methods and I’m always interested to hear how others do it as well! Feel free to throw some advice my way if you have got any you’d like to share.

[@TABrown-xh7xc]

@@FarmandHammer will do.

[@landonthelen6792]

Thank you for posting this! I am trying to learn how to start raising some calves.

[@FarmandHammer]

Hopefully these videos will help you get started!

[@randywiley66]

@@FarmandHammer😊

[@dustinsmith1076]

Love the hat, thats the area I grew up in!

[@angelagalvan9441]

Can you make a video on how to take care or what to did with sick claves ?

[@Lisa0809]

Can’t wait for the calves to come 😊

[@FarmandHammer]

Just fed them their first bottle! Pretty excited!

[@dishwarrior80]

Thx for the video just got a bottle calf n don't really know what I'm doing...yet

[@reneloper9074]

You video was informative and easy to understand I have raised my share of calves but it is good to see a young man sharing good stuff. Next time please pick that cute baby kitty up and stuff him in you jacket so we can see and hear him the whole time.....Thank you

[@FarmandHammer]

Lol he does like to ride in my coat and on my shoulder like a parrot. And feel free to send some advice my way if you ever have anything you’d like to share!

[@colebugg8888]

Finally got my calf to start letting me bottle feed it!

[@brianvaughn1004]

Have you thought of using saw dust? I get mine for free from a local saw mill. I take a gravity wagon, drop it, they call when it's full. Way easier clean up compared to straw.

[@FarmandHammer]

I have thought about it and looked for it. But the only sawmill relatively close to use already sells it to chicken or turkey barns ☹️. Maybe one day I’ll get myself a little sawmill lol

[@quangnguyenduy6529]

Thank you for sharing... What ' s type of the milk replacer to be good for calves?

[@derekskinner9825]

Great video. Liked the crazy ninja kitten too.

[@FarmandHammer]

Thanks. And that kitten has way too much energy 24/7.

[@danielbrowne7398]

What and how much are you feeding your nurse cows?

[@JSBG07]

My calf is 9 weeks, I’m not sure what vaccines to give and when to worm?

[@OJA23122011]

How old is bottle calves And at what age you stop giving them milk and give only feed??

[@AnnieFarmerFarm]

We are getting more rain! Nothing like a little guy climbing up your leg while doing a video! I would love to raise a bottle calf but I know me I'll name it ! If it was a little helfer knowing it wouldn't be sent off!

[@jonathonchirila4551]

I chose to give you a like because your cat stole the show lol

[@AnnieFarmerFarm]

Pretty Kitty! LOL

[@benburns5995]

That kitten is your shadow as she seems to follow you around as you film.

[@FarmandHammer]

He definitely likes to follow me everywhere...almost gets annoying sometimes lol

[@DaveWuzHere]

You can make a fake cow feeder by using a fish tank heater and keeping the milk warm that way all the time. That cat is adorable too

[@rodrigochacon7273]

What type of grain you them bottle calves?

[@AnnieFarmerFarm]

Thanks for sharing this was very informative I guess this can go for goats to !

[@hikertrash2956]

To help keep the scours down try some apple cider vinegar in their bottle. I give a teaspoon once a day in the morning bottle and man does it work. I've had them a little runny at purchase and it clears them up. I usually use it from the time I get them till I wean them.

[@ajubhat5570]

Simply give them a little bit of salt or sodium bicarbonate

[@spaceace1006]

Geez!! Why is it that Farmers all look like Young Kids!!😉

[@lindap5059]

I just rescued two dairy calf that are 2 days old I just got throw them with scours and now one has a cough and I am trying to get him back to help

[@freddorst8885]

what a beautiful kitten you have there

[@FarmandHammer]

Yeah he’s a little energetic fur ball !

[@flippinfish2476]

Can you talk about how much milk powder you use do you start out with less and increase later? Thanks in advance

[@FarmandHammer]

If I’ve got access to some of the milk from the dairy I got them from I’ll mix about half dairy milk with half replacer until I’m out of the dairy milk. I don’t know if that will actually ease the transition to powder but I feel like it would help. Then once I’m on to replacer I just use the recommended amount on the bag and feed the same amount of powder until weaning. Hope that answered it!

[@rook6773]

Do you know about how much milk you feed your calves until their done with their milk or how do you know when their done milk feeding and ready to switch over to another food source

[@rook6773]

I found out some stuff but anything helps

[@all21leishman67]

How long do you bottle feed a calf? Reason I ask we bottle feed calf’s for about 30 days but as we feed them powder milk we also giving them dairy design pellet so we can transition them off of the powder in 30 days to a pellet. Just curious what method you use to transition calves from milk? also we have been using wadsworth manufacture green nipples on are calves they last a lot longer and they latch onto them better than the cheap red/brown ones. Hope to hear back.. keep up the good work..:)

[@FarmandHammer]

I normally wean them off of milk replacer at 6-8 weeks of age. I start putting some calf starter pellets in their mouth from day one and normally by 8 weeks they are eating as much feed as I can pour them. I also give them access to hay/grass so by the time they are weaned they are eating well. I’ve never tried to wean in 30 days because I have never had any of my calves eat enough grain at that age. But it sounds like it works great for you!

[@all21leishman67]

Okay. Yea sounds like we do it the same for most part. We probably have run milk down them for at least 6 weeks..

[@mikewood3203]

YELLOW CAT.... that alone show you are a quality person. Long live our yellow/Orange felines.

[@josiedale1670]

My grandpa would raise bummer calves and he would brand them keep them healthy and he would sell them. When I was little he would let me go feed the calves and he would let me help raise them…now I wanna carry on the tradition what my grandpa did.

[@zansatler4851]

Do you have a concrete floor in your calf shed ?

[@FarmandHammer]

No. It is just a dirt floor that we put a layer of lime on top. The lime does harden almost like concrete but you can still scrape it out if needed. A concrete floor would be nice but is not worth the expense for me right now. Thanks for watching!

[@modsquad8817]

Them tin buckets I cant find. I have 2 at my farm from my great grandparents. I use 1 for feeding calfs creep feed etc. I've found some like them. But I dont think they are worth the money.

[@cropslivestockworkingtoget3106]

Have you ever thought about using nurse cows? You can buy dairy cows pretty cheap right now. Then you just feed the cows, and they take care of the calves

[@brandyagetztruthseeker2153]

I have 4 bottle calves I have 3 bottles it is fun my 4calf just past away couple days ago☹️

[@lindabarlow1764]

How about what to do with weaned calves? And what supplies? Like if you're trying to get them friendly and trained, eventually replacement heifers is what I'm thinking. I'm gonna feed the akaushi cow so it can milk the calf, then once its weaned I'll try to get it used to me

[@modsquad8817]

(Bottle calfs dont produce meat like other calfs) Tbh it's a good way to start a feed lot. They are the cheapest calves to buy.

[@zoethompson4625]

So I am having awful luck with bottle babies :( and I was wondering do you treat them for things like preventative or vaccinate they get scours and I just can't seem to get ahead of it! They are in medicated milk I treated 5 day with corrid I did an electrolyte course (resorb) and I've lost 5! I am so discouraged I'm supposed to get more but I'm scared now

[@FarmandHammer]

So my first question would be what type of milk replacer are you using? I know you said it was medicated but is it soy based or milk protein based? No I do not give any preventatives. Vaccines don’t help for babies until they are at least 2 months of age. The only way to sometimes prevent it is to give the cows a vaccine for it before the calf is born. But for buying bottle calves you can’t control what the farmer does with his cows. The key to scours is to catch it early! Early as in before they show major signs. If you see poop that is a little runny, check it again in 6 hours and see if the consistency has changed. If it had gotten worse, then I would give it a scour pill or two(as directed on package).

[@FarmandHammer]

Electrolytes are good but using corrid won’t help much especially if they are less than a month old. Corrid is used to treat coccidiosis which normally won’t affect calves until they get older and get exposed to it. My advice would be to use a scour pill of some kind. I use terramycin. Best of luck and hopefully you can get it under control before you get some more. Whatever you do, if one is sick, keep it away from the healthy ones if possible. Let me know how things turn out!

[@zoethompson4625]

Thank you so much! It is milk based I saw soy and that just didn't seem right to me? I did watch the vidoe where you gave scour pills and sad part is in my venture to get stuff for them I picked up the exact same thing but had hoped what I had was enough! But I will go back today if they are open!

[@hvlineman5227]

Man you gotta really like cats to let one climb your legs. Ouch My wife can get a calf drinking out of bucket in two days. Me, not so much.

[@FarmandHammer]

Haha well my jeans were thick enough so I only felt his claws when he was on his way down. It normally takes me about 2 days to get them switched over completely but some are more stubborn than others of course. Thanks for watching!

[@armsteadcattlefarmllc2158]

How many bags of milk replacer do you use per calf till weaning?

[@FarmandHammer]

1 50lb bag of milk replacer is meant to get 1 calf to weaning.

[@davidclipperton6449]

I would be interested to hear what your process is for cleaning out the stalls in between calves. Do you do any disinfecting? I have heard of other people doing so especially with straight Holstien calves which are typically not as hardy.

[@FarmandHammer]

All I do is remove all of the old bedding and manure. Occasionally I put down some lime to disinfect but for the most part I don’t do anything else. I’ll scrape the manure off the walls if there is any but that’s it. As long as the calves in the pen weren’t sick, I don’t worry about disinfecting with chemicals. Normally I’ll just raise one calf in the same pen per year and let it naturally disinfect itself by the next year.

[@lynnhudson838]

I wasn't sure so plz clarify, do I have to get a cat in order to raise bottle calves? That might be a deal breaker for me. 😂🤣

[@FarmandHammer]

It's definitely required!!!

[@ericduty917]

unwatchable.

[@BEV0323]

Why are you interfering with nature and how she does things? You should allow her to have her baby on her own, in her own time. You force-pull the baby when she's having a contraction and you do more damage than you do good. You should allow her to fully dilate before trying to pull it through a opening that's not fully open yet. Just back away and let nature take it's course! 😡😡😡😡😡 And by the way, you talk waaay too much, I'm sitting here saying..."shut up and get on with it man!!!" But you don't have to worry, I refuse to watch your videos! This was my first one and it'll be the last because I'm BLOCKING YOU!!!!! 😡🙄🤦‍♀️