Feeding our Bottle Calf

We have all learned a lot this week about caring for our new calf.  We bottle feed him two times each day.  Right now he is drinking 10 pints each day, split up between the two feedings.  We also give him some sweet feed, which is in a pellet form.  We are using Calf Manna.  We were told the sweet feed should be at least 16% protein.  He also has access to grass.

Yesterday, I heard him moo for the first time.  He doesn’t sound like an adult cow.  He actually sounds like those baby toys that have cow sounds.

He was muddy from being born in a mud puddle, so we got a curry comb to help get the mud out.  My husband fixed up a bucket holder to put the food and water buckets into. We also put a bench inside his shed so the kids can sit out there with him.  He already follows them around when they go out with him.