Chuck & Tbone
Well the week has gone by with no luck of getting the boys to learn how to eat grain. They want nothing to do with. So instead of leaving it out for them and letting the naughty meat chickens that keep getting out and eating it. We have decided to wait a little while longer and try again when they get a little older. Right now we believe Chuck is about 6 weeks and Tbone is about 5 weeks.
On a better note. Both calves are having normal poops. They also love their bottles and are standing at the gate mooing waiting for us in the mornings and evenings now. It's too cute. They are also eating grass and hay.
Tbone hungry
They are both way to skinny for my liking but I really can't do much about that since they won't eat the grain yet and if I increase their milk amount I risk the chance of them having diarrhea again. So we are feeding them the correct amount and hoping to see some weight gain.
We have noticed that they are a little bigger but we need to put some more weight on them and fill them out a bit before I feel that they are doing great.
Tbone hanging outside
Chuck eating some hay
I know that most of this post is a repeat of last week's. Calves grow really slow compared to our goats.
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