Bottle fed calves

In the beef industry, the goal is to have each newborn calf paired up with a good cow who has adequate milk and plenty of maternal instincts. Unfortunately, there are times a calf ends up without a mother and becomes a bottle calf.

Wanting to raise calves? Here are the three things you need to bottle feed calves.

Learn how to bucket train a calf to make feeding time easier! It's easy and simple to do, just a few steps and your calf drinking from a bucket like a pro.

Bottle feeding calves is a common practice that ensures the animals receive proper nutrition. It also protects them from developing illness or disease. Calves that nurse directly from the mother can get sick drinking from dirty teats....

Did you know there was more to know about about feeding bottle calves than just giving them milk? Find out what else you should be doing!

Bottle-Feeding Calf Basics: How Often to Feed a calf, or want to be prepared for the future, knowing when and how much to feed is important.

Providing your own meat and dairy products are great ways to become more self-sustainable. It just so happens that both can come from raising cows. The initial cost (not including feed or vet bills) of buying a cow can be quite the investment. Luckily there is an alternative; you can start with a bottle calf […]

Try this recipe to reduce cases of scours and decrease calf mortality.

By Jackie Clay Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 If you think milk and beef are expensive in the grocery store, then you should think about raising a baby calf or two. Because corn and milk replacer are expensive as well, the price of baby calves to raise on a bottle are quite reasonable today. In […]

When bottle-feeding a beef calf, there are some things to consider, such as feeding colostrum, selecting and using milk replacers, and weaning the calf. Many of the resources on bottle-calf management come from the dairy industry; however, beef producers can tailor dairy industry strategies to fit their own operation.