We don't normally have "bottle" calves with beefalo, but occasionally something happens and we have one. We had a first calf heifer that needed a little assistance in delivering her calf and when it was born she got up and walked away. We had to bottle feed the calf some colostrum and tried for two days to get Momma to accept it, but to no avail. Last Fall during some of our beefalo business we had discussed "bottle" calves and were told "if you ever have one". We remembered, and contacted the Jerry Smeltzer family of Marshfield, Mo. They said "yes" and now have a baby beefalo heifer. Good luck Jerry and family.
So far 2011 has been a heifer year, 27 heifers to 14 bulls. Most of the calves have been sired by Rondo who is pictured below. Those calves born in February will be weaned by about September 1st. For those who would like to purchase some weaned calves at about that time we are taking orders now. Hopefully we can add some pictures of these calves in the near future.
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