The Care of Bottle Calves on the Ranch

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The basic care of a bottle calf on the ranch.
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@cherrydowns7745 2 года назад

Gramma and Grampa gave their calves raw eggs for scours. It was a real adventure to watch. Grampa held the calf between his legs , kept its head up and Gramma gave the calf the eggs. It worked every time. That bull calf is gorgeous!

@jeffkoier4621 4 года назад

With the passing of your family dog it must help having two new little ones to keep you busy. Great respect for your compassion toward these babies!

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Lexi left a big hole for sure Jeff. Peanut and Goliath sure are keeping me busy!

@BrentBear1 4 года назад

I love the music. As we get older, we start to mourn the fact that too many ordinary days have gone by and our little children aren't around the house any more.

@brandeissports3436 4 года назад

Brent Bandhauer so true. The hardest thing to do is to learn to Stop And Smell The Roses. Live in the moment.

@wally2786 4 года назад

If only everyone would take care of the livestock the way you do! And those Geese were awesome!!

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks 👍

@roygilmore2968 4 года назад

Great video. I have a soft spot for Goliath. Tough birth and trouble walking. I hope he continues grow and enjoy his time on the ranch.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks Roy. Im with ya there too.

@HCSCPT1 4 года назад

I ❤️ bottle babies. They’re so special in so many ways ☺️ I’m missing kidding season... the routines, the cuteness, the small triumphs, the interruptions, the ingenuity, the insanity, the love. Bravo for taking care of your littles and making it work 👏

@Bernie5172 4 года назад

I remember playing with the calves like your kids when I was their age 70 years ago

@julieallen8456 4 года назад

Good advice, Mike. My boss at Cornell University always said "a hungry calf is a healthy calf"!

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

I think so too, hungry usually means healthy. Thanks for watching.

@jusmeinia7 4 года назад

Oh my goodness cuteness overload with the calves and the kids!!

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thank you, Lisa.

@sherrybrock2467 4 года назад

We are raising a bottle baby right now. She’s almost 3 weeks old. Momma decided she didn’t want her calf and tried to steal another cows calf. That didn’t work out for her and she still refused to take her calf. So momma is on the fast track to freezer camp this fall. My youngest daughter(17) claimed the little heifer so she is taking full care of it. She is thriving and is very spoiled! It’s a lot of work but my daughters grew up in FFA and 4H and and aren’t afraid of hard work. On top of the bottle baby sent youngest(FYI her name is Mackenzie as well) is raising a Market Hog, Market Steer and a Feeder calf. Those are the greatest programs to get a kid in!

@marksaake 4 года назад

Raising lambs growing up we had a ewe that had mastitis and had to bottle feed all of her lambs. We used to call them "bummer" lambs, because it was a bummer that you always had to bottle feed them. Lots of work, but you do develop a closeness with those animals. Definitely the toughest ones to send off to the slaughter house at the end of the year.

@farmboy5622 4 года назад

Happy "Mother's Day" Erin!!!

@linseycollins7424 4 года назад

I've been raising bottle calves for 6yrs now. Didn't know anything as I started. Now I have 4th and 5th generation ranchers,farmers giving me calves and telling me they don't know anyone else that does a better job and the knowledge I have is incredible. I just do what I can and I'm willing to figure it out whatever way it takes if I don't know. I have 6 right now. Plus two heifers getting ready to calve. I only have 5 cows and the 6 bottle calves so maybe some day I'll be able to get some land and continue to grow.

@tebogomotswagae5209 Год назад

I have a huge interest of buying bottle calves from a certain farm and take care of them untill 12 months to sell to the national abattoir here in Botswana but am afraid i might be lacking the know how and the associated costs

@ejsupatrukkacatlin3452 9 месяцев назад

@linseycollins I need advice

@hannahlawson57 4 года назад

Peanut definitely seems like the more outgoing of the two 😂 I think Goliath likes having Grace feed him because she's so calm. They're all adorable!!!

@Ellenllee 4 года назад

So much fun learning all the nuances of raising bottle calves!

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Glad to hear that your learning about calves. Thanks for watching.

@elijahcarey440 4 года назад

Love the ranch🐂 I am 14 and would love to own a ranch. Hi from Idaho

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Elijah, Stay in school get your education, and make your dream happen! Good Luck to ya - Mike

@reidgarrison9629 3 года назад

dont raise your kids up to be cowboys

@skyking228 4 года назад

Goliath was the star of one of the best videos on YT. Interesting and fun to watch, thanks!

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Sky King.

@rafalhalicki9596 4 года назад

Goliath the calf

@highstandards6226 4 года назад

When we had calves get scours, usually we'd find that a good dose of active culture yogurt got things back on track properly after catching the scours and stopping the root cause...because we humans tend to forget there are "good" bacteria that are supposed to be in that belly!

@joenoe7885 4 года назад

The calves are just beautiful,,,, im so glad you love those babbies., it proves what a good father you are towards your kids.

@nancyparker3732 4 года назад

A neat expression I heard about raising kids is; the days are long and the years are short. Choosing to enjoy it when you get to makes the memories sweeter!

@grangranzulaski1084 4 года назад

I remember as a kid raising bummer lambs. All the bottle feeding and care. It brings back found memories.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Glad you could relive those memories Gran ZGran Zulaski. Thanks for sharing with us too.

@coraclements4562 4 года назад

they are like big puppies, so friendly ,

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

They are for right now, and then they get big and forget! Thanks for watching.

@danielcooper4035 4 года назад

It fills our hearts to watch the kids bottle feed the calves,around farms for many years,love your life and channel

@sheilab15 4 года назад

"hey, Hey! Don't go under the camera!" LOL!! It's always fun filming animals.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

It sure is an experience.

@Alisha_79 4 года назад

We finally got our first ever meat and layer chicks. We are having a blast! Bottle calves seem like slightly older kittens (3-4 weeks) with no mom.

@euphoriaq7026 4 года назад

I would love to come help out in the ranch! I grew up in Sonoma County California with the population of almost 500k but I was so tired of it, I moved to lake county California with the population of 65k in October. I'm so much more happier here. But I most definitely would rather be on your ranch in Wyoming!

@amandabilger2235 4 года назад

I am currently raising a bottle calf. I do things differently then you do. Mine gets 2 bottles a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. I also put more milk replacer in each bottle than you do. I use a heaping cup, the cup that comes in the bag. When he got to be about 3 weeks old I started giving him calf starter, it is a textured feed, and I give it to him free choice, he can have as much as he wants. I was always taught that if you give them more than 2 bottle a day it will cause scours.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Wow. Must be a hungry little calf. Thanks for your input

@amandabilger2235 4 года назад

@@OurWyomingLife I am sensing sarcasm here. My boyfriend was born and raised on a dairy farm. His job was taking care of the bottle calves, sometimes as many as 50 at a time. He is the one that taught me how to raise a bottle calf. I am pretty sure that he has raised way more bottle calves than you have so I will continue to do it his way, not yours. It does explain why one of your looks like it has scours. If I were you I would be taking care of that ASAP, if not it can get really bad.

@tamipalin8171 4 года назад

Those calves are just so cute! I remember bottle feeding calves and lambs at my grandparents’ farm many years ago - thank you for the wonderful flashback!

@juliealbert9222 4 года назад

Bottle babies of any species take a lot of time & effort. Sometimes well worth it in the long run. Please tell Erin Happy Mother's Day. See y'all Sunday night!

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Will do Julie, See ya Sunday.

@harrylee4698 4 года назад

The calfs look really good

@wykeishacraft6820 4 года назад

The calves are so adorable , the geese wants attention too.

@kaylavanormer1176 2 года назад

Frida is a sweetheart!

@alegriadelsol4862 4 года назад

I find myself looking for your daily video every day. Thank u for all the work you did for those 30 days of daily blogging.

@juliehenry6421 4 года назад

Grace has the bottlefeeding technique down pat - I'm glad they're doing so well for you

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

That she does Julie! Thanks for watching.

@bobhart677 4 года назад

I like the education!

@waynepinkston6782 4 года назад

Hey mike good video and information I myself have been raising bottle baby’s since 2015 I use pectin for scours. you can get it at local grocery store it what the old timers used was what I was told. I put 2 tablespoons in one bottle in one feeding by the next day their don’t have them

@sylarkleissen748 4 года назад

I can totally relate to you I raised 2 bottle lambs this spring

@candidethirtythree4324 4 года назад

On my grandpa's ranch there were always lots of bottle babies, at least 10 every year and trying to feed them all was an all day job. The calves would try to suck on each others tails and ears, they would suck on your clothes and the dogs learned real quick not to walk in the pen.

@ANDYGALLAGHER1 4 года назад

Great song

@fuzzylop9164 4 года назад

Those calfs are adorable. I imagine you enjoy the closeness you develop with them espicaly as you have the girls to help out.

@CabinontheHill 3 года назад

We just acquired a baby calf one week old, he is with a nasty nose. Not eating and we are tube feeding him. We have given him la 200 and he had scares. Not sure I spelled that right. This is our first time with a bottle feeder. Have to say it is very heart warming to have him around and hopping and praying we do everything right. He is alone but the farm has over eight hundred head of cattle around us. We live in the middle of a thousand acres.

@davidvail6738 4 года назад

good to see the young ones involved

@mamasaurus4856 2 года назад

One of the bulls next door was a bottle baby. While he has grown up now and is almost as hefty and intimidating looking at his dad, you can tell the difference in them at the least by their attitude towards people. Dad *will* make you question if the fence even matters if he sees you sat near it and his herd is close, but bottle bull is a quiet as a heifer coming to look at you wondering if you have food.

@austinswift9966 4 года назад

When I deal with scours I give pills, at every feeding i use jump start microbial paste to help digestion and b complex paste to keep them eating along with electrolytes in the water. (Learned this technique from 250 cow dairy farm I worked on)

@kirkhelm8449 4 года назад

Good to see the babies doing great! Love the music!!!

@timsutherland5089 4 года назад

Happy Mother’s Day to Erin

@ejharrop1416 4 года назад

I feel blessed after watching. Thank you for all you do and the memories of my youth, take care and stay safe

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks for watching EJ. You do the same.

@karenschlenker1241 4 года назад

Love this had dairy calves fed by bottles loved every minute of it

@darlenepowell5948 Год назад

The baby calves are cute!

@cherylcovey9105 4 года назад

Hello from Alberta, this is one of my favourite vlogs...loving the bottle calves. Im binge watching your channel and so glad I found this! Im learning alot about how hard ranchers work. I had to skip the c-section vlog. Lol. But my favs are Faith and Goliath and his breech birth. Thanks for your compassion. Rip #6 was praying for that little one. ❤️🇨🇦

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Glad you like them Cheryl. Thanks for tagging along with us.

@bethanyhollis8699 4 года назад

I will probably never have a calf or a cow... HOWEVER, I find your videos so interesting, and educational! You really educate, as well as entertain! Thank you!

@raybornclark8617 4 года назад

my wife finally weaned our bottle calf.....he was only 7 months old

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Been there. Thanks!

@applejack120 3 года назад

That was one great video, just found it will pass it on to a young fellow who could use it right now.

@dottiehildebrand3123 4 года назад

Bottle calves are a lot of work but they are so darn cute. Just like another dog only getting into everything. God bless you and your family. Stay safe♥️🇺🇸🌹Happy Mother's Day Erin!!!!

@jessicaturner9483 4 года назад

Baby Calf《Milk Stache》: "GOT MILK" 🥰 New subscriber here!! I'm having an mini marathon, video after video, and I'm loving them!! You have a very loving & passionate heart, an awesome farm/ranch, with an amazing family, and I'm really glad I found ur channel!! Thank you, for all ur hard work and everything u do for all of us, on making incredible videos!! God bless you & ur fam bam!!

@RuralCoast2024 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing the calf feeding! I raise bottle lambs for local rancher. I love helping the little baby livestock!

@Highlanddragon 4 года назад

I live in a town in North Missouri that is surrounded by cattle farms and row crop farms we even have a few farms in town I just enjoy watching what farmers do in other states do.

@rebecca94503 4 года назад

Dang! This was just so cute. Big eyed calves and super cute kids! Thanks for making California Quarantine a bit more bearable. One day at a time! Stay strong everyone

@PatricesProjects 4 года назад

You sure play the part of heifer well. Concerned about all aspects of your calves lives.

@euphoriaq7026 4 года назад

I love watching your videos! Erin and the gardening, the kids helping, and I love love love the animals! Very interesting! Hello from Northern California!🌞

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Euphoria.

@johnnychavez286 3 года назад

This has been very helpful. Appreciate you

@cowgirlsunset470 4 года назад

Love watching your videos I watch your videos everyday

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thank you very much

@patt4599 4 года назад

Great job helping those babies

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks Patt.

@redcossack245 4 года назад

The calves are sooo cute! Mike, you make such a good Dad for them.

@shaneadams6320 3 года назад

Can’t wait to get some land and get going I grew up working for a rancher and miss it all the time

@nevinkuser9892 5 месяцев назад

Lots of great info. Thank you for everything.

@ziauddin7948 3 года назад

fantastic less than one months bottle fed calves & their health & feed management # after 2 month start gradually crushed with very small granules wheat & corn feed to calves with milk replacer #

@mandyhelmick9939 2 года назад

You are SOO AWESOME!!! LOVED the tutorial - moved from concrete jungle CA to MO 6 months ago - and have a bottle fed bull calf (got him at @ 6wks - now he's prob almost 10 - also got a 6 mo heifer - who is SO shy. The calf comes running to his name and for his bottle but is getting quite a bit aggressive before and after unfortunately!! We are trying to do the @ 4 mo. ween - I know every cow is different - but were told one bag of milk replacer (which was a hefty $90) would do it - but clearly not!! Anyhow - very much enjoyed your video as my folks are 1/2 time residents outside LANDER - (the true farm and AG people who have done it in multiple states!!) But I am taking in ALL the knowledge and experience I can as we venture out own establishment!! Btw - I make my kids help too - love that u included that!!!😃

@davidnaegle5911 4 года назад

That was a fun vid, thanks! I've seen other channels where they train their bottle calves to drink from a bucket at only a few days old. Have you ever tried that to reduce the workload?

@stevemondal. 4 года назад

Wonderful Mike, Wonderful. Thank you.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks for watching, Steve.

@lindajarrett5078 4 года назад

Your little bulls are sure growing up so fast. I noticed the farmer down the street has about 40 calves that I can see, made my husband drive around them twice, I noticed that when It was raining the cows were under the trees. Your kids seem to enjoy playing with the calves. Thanks for sharing this video with us.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing that Linda, and the kids do enjoy running around with them.

@GerryStilton 4 года назад

Mike, love the song and towards the end of the vid, the kids and family animals. Ah, the simple things of life is still the best! What a vid and thanks for taking the time to share!

@robynmorris2408 4 года назад

Lots of work but offset by the joy of watching their antics. Also, such a great teaching/learning tool for the children. Like all little hints, they grow up and when Goliath steps on your foot in another it is going to really hurt. Thanks Mike and family.

@Izzyyy1120 4 года назад

We discovered your videos when we decided to buy our first bottle calf. Its been great journey for our family.

@larrybarber 3 года назад

Awesome dude, thanks

@hotshot27a 4 года назад

Another great video Mike thank you. I remember when my kids were that age, enjoy this time. they are fun at that age.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thanks James.

@nataliemartin759 4 года назад

Aww cute calves and kids feeding them was sweet to see, love your videos

@markmortensen4341 4 года назад

Thanks Mike, for doing some great teaching. People that have lived in the city all their lives need to see this. It's a lot of hard work raising animals and hopefully they can get an idea just how much by watching the channel‼️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

I appreciate that. Thanks Mark.

@lauriej9418 4 года назад

Hi Mike, did the same thing with 5 puppies. Boy what a job. Did not lose one. So grateful for that. Excellent vlog. Thankyou

@randaljohnson580 4 года назад

We raised 8 puppies their mother passed away a week after birth. Yes lot of work. I was having baby pigs same time so I would let them suckle the sow along with bottle feeding too.

@sandracorless6186 4 года назад

Hey Mike its nice to see that goliath made it I saw when you delivered he was a big boy and I guess his mom didn't want him. Is it possible to find a surrogate heifer that would take him or she would reject him also. All in all they are in good hands as bottle babies and will be just fine. So whats next for OWL keep up the good work and see you in the next video 🤔🤠🍼🐂😋😉

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Glad you have seen Goliath from the beginning. To be able to graft a calf to a different cow takes the right circumstances and luck. Thanks for watching.

@JesterEric 4 года назад

On my farm I have had Angus cows reject their own calves but I have never had one that would not eventually take the calf. Once you can get the calf sucking the cow they will always take them eventually. I put the cow in the cattle crate with side opening doors and let the calf suckle. Then put them into a small pen so she can’t get away from it. You just keep putting the cow in the crush every day until one day the cow will let the calf suck. Often if you let the cow have a bucket of cake they will let the calf suck while eating after it has been in the crate once or twice. The same thing works with fostered calves. Usually a cow takes a calf with the skin of the dead calf but sometimes not

@harrylee4698 4 года назад

I always kept a old Jersey milk cow they usually take a calf

@shawngordon1563 4 года назад

Wonderful video you all and your kids are so lucky that you get to live on that ranch God bless you all and stay safe out there in this even crazyer world would we live in

@IcamanSogge 4 года назад

You are doing a great job mike with all you have going on. And Erin and the work she does with growing veggies and tators and the high tunnel. Keep smiling good day.

@mykirbs2002 4 года назад

This video was so sweet. The calf’s are so cute..Your children are adorable ❤️

@RebekahTOUCHEDBYYARN 4 года назад

I had no idea how to take care of a bottle calf .Thanks for doing this for us.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Now you've a better knowledge how to do it Rebecca. Thanks for watching.

@RebekahTOUCHEDBYYARN 4 года назад

There was one time I found 5 kittens that were ten days old . There mom didn't make it back to them so i took them in and fed them every two hours . Had to get them to go the bathroom. They all lived. Found them all homes.

@rafalhalicki9596 4 года назад

Love the channel... your one of a man with one heck of a family... god bless you all including the herd.

@WPRJersey 4 года назад

Thanks Mike. Great job. Kids are learning great quality life long lessons.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Yes they are, but Im sure they dont know it yet. See ya later.

@gmathis4829 4 года назад

Put some Ground Corn in their bottles, after they're 3wks old. It not only gets them ruminating sooner, but makes it easier to start the weaning process.

@zakaryscookingchannel5680 4 года назад

Hey our Wyoming life tell your wife I said Happy mother's day

@RuthJones-iz1ve 4 года назад

Enjoyed the calves and children. Thank you for sharing.

@bruceellingson6176 4 года назад

Again thank you for putting these videos on. Learning lots

@cathymacdonald1789 4 года назад

Your bottle calves look very healthy, keep up the great work. We have had cooled calves and they are a lot of extra work

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

I agree Cathy, they sure are a lot of work. but worth it.

@cathymacdonald1789 4 года назад

Our Wyoming Life yes they are and cute too

@declankelly8908 3 года назад

Thank u because I didn’t know this

@livingwithcancer1245 4 года назад

How adorable are those babies. I love them. Happy mother's day too Erin this weekend.

@coreyshelman 4 года назад

Cannot wait til Sunday. Might give a superchat for an extra bag of grain for peanut and goliath when they get a tad bigger. Oh and cake for the other cow's as well

@nbpk01 4 года назад

Thanks. Great info. Good to see the kids outside and involved.

@alisonlightner866 4 года назад

This was a fun video, love how the babies were playing with the kids, so much fun, thank you

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Its fun to watch them playing. Thanks for watching Allison.

@lindaloe Год назад

So Sweet!!

@CC-xk6cp 4 года назад

Hi again MIKE Lol telling calves or cows to stay? Lol lol You're a funny guy Mike lol!! Looks like you've got one glued to each hip now. Yes not actually worth it for reasons but you're doing it mostly I'm sure for the kiddos. A fun thing! Good to see you as always. Happy Mother's Day to Erin!!