WATFORD CITY, N.D. — For five months the girls and I have been feeding bottle calves. It’s a long story, the way bottle calves’ stories usually start. First we had one, and then we had two, because if ...

It’s that time of year again, the warmth of the sun has returned, the Bermuda grass is coming out of dormancy, my ghost white legs are seeing some sun, the canola fields are blooming beautifully—in ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends podcast, Callene Rapp meets with Charlotte French to discuss bottle feeding livestock to include, calves, lambs, and kids. Callene Rapp graduated with ...

Many ranchers have raised calves on bottles. It might be a twin, or a heifer’s calf that isn’t accepted by its mother, or a calf whose mother died. The important thing, if it’s a newborn calf, is to ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Gavin Sims' cow, Mistletoe, was abandoned at birth by its mother. The family's other cow, Cupid, had a similar beginning. Deanna and LeRoy McClintock, left, bottle fed Mistletoe as a ...

Raising an orphaned beef calf can be time consuming and may require additional expense. Additionally, calves may not be thriving at the time they are orphaned so managing health and nutrition can ...