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By: Brooke Vanderloop Managing calves in stable weather is one thing, but trying to keep them from getting sick when it’s 50F during the day and 20F at night is another. Times of transitional or variable weather (Hello March!) can really throw calves for a loop, whether they are inside or outside. Here are aContinue reading “Getting calves through times of variable weather”

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Cleaning calf equipment and housing in the cold weather is never a fun task. Speed up that process and improve sanitation by adding DK-ll to your protocol. Take a 5 step process down to two simple steps. Cold weather cleaning is a challenge in itself. It’s one thing to talk yourself into using water inContinue reading “Cleaning in Cold Weather”

You hear it time and time again: “I’m tired of feeding calves out in hutches” “I’m tired of feeding calves in the dark all winter” “Frozen water buckets are the worst” These are just a few of the complaints I get from clients on the things they hate most about feeding calves outdoors in theContinue reading “Winter Blues”

There are many things that you can do for your calves during colder weather that will benefit them greatly. Some of them you have probably heard already are: Keep the calves well bedded. When the calf is laying down, you shouldn’t be able to see her legs at all. This gives her the ability toContinue reading “Cold Weather Calf Tips”

Square foot per calf has become one of the most coined terms when talking about calf housing options. It is a “standard” that has been drilled into dairy farmers and calf raisers heads by every article, seminar, and talk on calf housing that’s out there.  While square foot per calf CAN be part of the equation, itContinue reading “Why we need to stop focusing on “square foot per calf””

⬆️ Increase Efficiency ⬆️ Sanitation ⬆️ Calf performance ⬇️ Time spent cleaning ⬇️ Chemical Cost ⬇️ Water usage Increasing efficiency, sanitation, and calf performance is something that we are always looking to do! Many times, when you look to improve sanitation, you end up spending more time, more money on chemicals, and more water toContinue reading “Increase Sanitation without Spending More Time Cleaning”

Things are challenging here right now, and it seems to pile on even more when things feel like they are completely out of your control. I’m not just writing this for you, I’m writing this for me too. Because no matter what you do, what you know, or how long you have been raising calves,Continue reading “Raising Calves: How to Keep Going When Things Get Tough”

Bring it back in, jeez, get your mind out of the gutter! Think about it though. You walk from the milk house or feed room with a bottle, you open the door, climb the gate, get the calf up, and then…. you start feeding them, right? Some people believe in gloves, some people don’t. EitherContinue reading “Where Have Your Hands Been?”

Weighing calves multiple times before they go into the milking herd is beneficial for many reasons. We’re just going to cover a few of the reasons when and why we weigh every single calf that comes in and goes out of our barn. When? At birthWhy?You need a starting point. We use this weight toContinue reading “3 Reasons Why You Should Be Weighing Your Calves”