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They can graze as soon as you let them! I'm 100% for letting newborns out on grass as well as bottle feeding them(lord knows they will come to you when they see that bottle, so no chasing them in the field) But naturally the calf would be with its mom, out in the field grazing anyway.

Tagging is a great thing! Just a thought on the feed- calves may eat calf starter better then pellets just because the malasses in it makes is soo sweet. Like I said, just a thought :)

Congrats to you!!!!!!!

hehehe that was a cute video! Umm fill up a rubber glove with water (pretty full) and then poke a small hole with a pin on the tip of the fingers. That is almost about the feel depending how thick a glove you use. It gives an idea to people who've never felt a teat.

Wow, yeah that must be the trend down there right now, because up here the prices on dairy didn't decline as far as I know..

I hope everything is okay in there :) I know hours seem like days!

I bought him from our neighboring farm. They raise registered piedmontese as well as some simms and crosses. If I pass by and see the dam in the pasture I'll snap a pic. As for his sire, I don't know if they sold him or have him somewhere else.

Oh yeah he has his nuts yet, he will be my bull. It's funny because the peid's hind quarters are so muscled that alot of times the young ones you can't see anything back there.

Not much of a baby anymore, but I still see him that way. Fell in love with him since the day he dropped. SimmXPeid. born Aug 08. Sweetest man in the world(we won't tell the hubby that)! haha

Ooooooooooooh I'd love that challenge :)

:cool:You can use bag balm also, I don't know a cow that didn't appreciate some!

Too bad texas is so far away...I need 6 more to put in the pasture....

All in all I think any cow that throws beautiful calves, has a great temper, and is a great mother is my favorite :D I do like larger frames though, and I'm partial to simmental and charolais

ahaha, yeah I remember, rosabelle...my portable garbage can! I showed the jereseys young too. As for heifer riding, yup and nice 6x6 ended that, but hey i was on for like 6 seconds without any ropes!

Calves are like kids, couple times a day for short periods and training is a bit easier. Line bred isn't good for showing nor selling if anyone with a clue looks at the ped.

If it is dairy, I would go with a jersey, small and docile. Linebacks are also a smaller and very well tempermented breed. I halter broke, clipped, and showed my jerseys since I was 5.

I just bought a pied/simme cross bull (6 months) and I absolutely love him. He has great disposition and temperment. Long and tall yet has the muscle of the pied. There is a breeder here in PA, lastname Levan but I can't remember their farm name.