So much great information! My goats have gotten countless sicknesses, I’ve lost two due to it. But I’ve learned so much over the past 4 years that I’ve had them. I’ve learned from my mistakes through each sickness they had.
@@gloriathefarmgirl3531 exactly!!! I’ve had a few losses this year, too. In the moment it was incredibly hard, but it’s pushed me to keep going so I can keep doing better and better for these calves. Being able to take responsibility for what you’ve done wrong or may have missed is the only way to keep going!!! ❤️❤️ You’re doing awesome, Gloria!!!
@@FaithNFarmstead I’m sorry for your losses 💔. Thank you. The first one I lost was difficult, because she was the very first goat I ever got, and she was still young, and we shared a special bond that I didn’t have with the rest.
Such an informative video. I purchased two calves spring 2023 and lost both of them within four months. We paid so much money for them, spent so much in milk replacement and the other necessities.. I wanted to try again so in September 2023 I got another bottle calf, he was a 13 day old steer and he looked so much like your Moonalisa! We just sent him off to the butcher last week, from start to finish it was an incredible experience! I learned so much after losing the first two, and I almost had zero complications with him. He got weak once and I had an old timer on the farm at that exact moment and he told me to go get some Pepto and Gatorade - it worked like a charm and had no issues again. I halter broke Bogey, the steer, and he was a gentle giant. I raised him like a dog, he went everywhere on the farm with me, he didn’t even need a lead because he’d always stay close but once he got huge I never let him out without it (🤣) and he was only permanently pinned up in a fenced in pasture for the last four months of his life. He was free range and feral, just like my boys, but so soft with anyone who loved to give snuggles. I said from the start it was strictly snuggles until steaks. It made me sad to send him off, every single person who’d ever made contact with him complimented his calm mentality and even the meat processing facility was shocked at how he was during the whole process at drop off. It was a great first farm to table experience for my family though, he was so loved and well cared for and so spoiled up until he left! I hope and pray that I can find a milk cow that’s just like him, looks and all. Even with this video I can still take even more (because of your advice) into my next calf journey, but I told my husband I’m taking the winter off to focus on homeschool and DIY projects so I can raise the next calf just like I did with Bogey.
@@thewhitedfarm You are not alone in loss, my friend ❤️🩹 A lot of my learning came at the expense of losing calves. I really wanted to give up. At some point after beating myself up, I asked myself, would it really make me feel better to come all this way to stop here? It felt like if I stopped I experienced these losses in vain. I wanted to find every way to take responsibility, whether it was my error caring for them.. or even purchasing them to begin with. I could blame someone for selling me a sick calf, but in the same regard I couldn’t identify a sick calf. Thats why I wanted to put together everything I learned in this video to help others! At the time of my first bottle calf purchase, I didn’t even know to think of any of these things… I didn’t understand the right questions to ask until a problem came up and it was relevant! I understand wanting to take a break and regroup.. I also have had many great experience with bottle calves and it was so refreshing and fun! Loss in farming/raising livestock is sometimes apart of our lesson. But those are also the impactful experiences that strengthen us! I don’t think the most experienced farmers became who they are without experiencing loss along the way ❤️ Keep going and rememeber how far you’ve come!! 😊❤️❤️
@@EvelynsFarmDiaries I’m just now getting more serious about tracking expenses!! In a few months I’ll have good records to better answer that question:) As far as selling them, I am apart of a lot of livestock groups and wait for people looking for what I have available :) I think the best way to go is find local dairies and see if they’ll work with you! Private party will always be more expensive. Sale barns have the cheapest calves, however it’s a total gamble health wise
Thank you for watching :) something I accidentally left out is if a calf has a moist belly, that could be a sign of a naval infection or hernia. I read a study that stated: approx. 14% of calves are born with naval illness- out of that 14%… 86% are undiagnosed/untreated. Really simple to check, but often goes unnoticed.
Great information. Definitely learned a lot to look for and think about.
So much great information! My goats have gotten countless sicknesses, I’ve lost two due to it. But I’ve learned so much over the past 4 years that I’ve had them. I’ve learned from my mistakes through each sickness they had.
@@gloriathefarmgirl3531 exactly!!! I’ve had a few losses this year, too. In the moment it was incredibly hard, but it’s pushed me to keep going so I can keep doing better and better for these calves.
Being able to take responsibility for what you’ve done wrong or may have missed is the only way to keep going!!! ❤️❤️
You’re doing awesome, Gloria!!!
@@FaithNFarmstead I’m sorry for your losses 💔. Thank you. The first one I lost was difficult, because she was the very first goat I ever got, and she was still young, and we shared a special bond that I didn’t have with the rest.
Thank you for sharing your practical useful experiences, stay blessed
Love this so much - my dad was raised on a cattle farm and loves telling me stories about the shenanigans he and his siblings got into with them
Hey he sounds like my boys!! 😂❤️ I love that!!!
Thank you so much for this !
Such an informative video. I purchased two calves spring 2023 and lost both of them within four months. We paid so much money for them, spent so much in milk replacement and the other necessities.. I wanted to try again so in September 2023 I got another bottle calf, he was a 13 day old steer and he looked so much like your Moonalisa! We just sent him off to the butcher last week, from start to finish it was an incredible experience! I learned so much after losing the first two, and I almost had zero complications with him. He got weak once and I had an old timer on the farm at that exact moment and he told me to go get some Pepto and Gatorade - it worked like a charm and had no issues again. I halter broke Bogey, the steer, and he was a gentle giant. I raised him like a dog, he went everywhere on the farm with me, he didn’t even need a lead because he’d always stay close but once he got huge I never let him out without it (🤣) and he was only permanently pinned up in a fenced in pasture for the last four months of his life. He was free range and feral, just like my boys, but so soft with anyone who loved to give snuggles. I said from the start it was strictly snuggles until steaks. It made me sad to send him off, every single person who’d ever made contact with him complimented his calm mentality and even the meat processing facility was shocked at how he was during the whole process at drop off. It was a great first farm to table experience for my family though, he was so loved and well cared for and so spoiled up until he left! I hope and pray that I can find a milk cow that’s just like him, looks and all. Even with this video I can still take even more (because of your advice) into my next calf journey, but I told my husband I’m taking the winter off to focus on homeschool and DIY projects so I can raise the next calf just like I did with Bogey.
@@thewhitedfarm You are not alone in loss, my friend ❤️🩹 A lot of my learning came at the expense of losing calves. I really wanted to give up. At some point after beating myself up, I asked myself, would it really make me feel better to come all this way to stop here? It felt like if I stopped I experienced these losses in vain. I wanted to find every way to take responsibility, whether it was my error caring for them.. or even purchasing them to begin with. I could blame someone for selling me a sick calf, but in the same regard I couldn’t identify a sick calf. Thats why I wanted to put together everything I learned in this video to help others! At the time of my first bottle calf purchase, I didn’t even know to think of any of these things… I didn’t understand the right questions to ask until a problem came up and it was relevant!
I understand wanting to take a break and regroup.. I also have had many great experience with bottle calves and it was so refreshing and fun! Loss in farming/raising livestock is sometimes apart of our lesson. But those are also the impactful experiences that strengthen us! I don’t think the most experienced farmers became who they are without experiencing loss along the way ❤️ Keep going and rememeber how far you’ve come!! 😊❤️❤️
Great Tips, Thanks Ashley!
Thank you for watching :)
I would so love to get some farm animals... maybe not calves just yet haha, but maybe some easy chickens (which my parents used to have)
Nice video!
They’re cute, but can easily become complicated 😂 chickens are awesome to have and easy to start off with :)
@@FaithNFarmstead I really want free eggs again too. haha, I know it's technically not free but if FEELS like it 😆
Hi Ashley
Hi!! 👋🏽
Do calves make a good profit? And where would you sell them? A sale barn would be the last place I'd want to sell one. Thanks!
@@EvelynsFarmDiaries I’m just now getting more serious about tracking expenses!! In a few months I’ll have good records to better answer that question:)
As far as selling them, I am apart of a lot of livestock groups and wait for people looking for what I have available :)
I think the best way to go is find local dairies and see if they’ll work with you! Private party will always be more expensive. Sale barns have the cheapest calves, however it’s a total gamble health wise
@@FaithNFarmstead Great. Thank you!!
I had no idea navels could be so telling! I will definitely be looking back on this video if we ever get bottle calves. So interesting to learn more!
Thank you for watching :) something I accidentally left out is if a calf has a moist belly, that could be a sign of a naval infection or hernia.
I read a study that stated: approx. 14% of calves are born with naval illness- out of that 14%… 86% are undiagnosed/untreated. Really simple to check, but often goes unnoticed.