Thumb of Michigan | Jon - 5/23/2026 22:49
I just don't understand these light weight calves everyone talks about. Most of mine come off the cow at 500 plus. Who and why would someone be selling these pee wee's?
I think these were Holstien/beef crosses, coming off large dairy farms, where someone gets day or two old calves and raises up to milk weaning weights, then sells them. At least that's what happens around here.
North of me the Amish raise a lot of calves this way. You'll find an Amish farmer with a batch of 50 or 100 calves all about the same age in the group. Wood fired hot water heater, mechanical engine driven milk mixer and lots of kids if they are raising 100 calves.
Here the guy who is finishing or backgrounding calves, supplies everything for the calves, the Amish just feed and take care of calves for around 60 cents per calf per day. |
Dying calves - help-expertise needed
