I had to put 2 of these brown Swiss calves down, 1 due to neurological issues the guy gave him to me. Brown Swiss calves are Huge!.! The small ones are 80 at 4 days old, the big ones are over a 100 at 4 days old. I have a contract with a Brown Swiss Dairy to buy All of their Bull Bottle Calves.

I currently have 4 on the bottle 2 on my nurse cow.

Then sometime in there I had to put a calf down that had been stepped on at birth, but I don't really count him as me losing, him because it was the only thing to do for him per vets advice. Then (this year) I lost 2 $50 beef auction calves that looked like death walking, they were skinny and looked Horrible. 2 year's ago I lost my first bottle calf, I only bought him so the guys kids wouldn't have to watch him die. I was hooked, so I raised a jersey heifer and for the next few years I raised 6 to 15 bottle calves a year. at 6 months old he weighed 400 and brought $634. He was all Holstien and he was so sick a friend of mine thought he would be dead the next morning, he wouldn't take a bottle so I dumped 2 well beat raw eggs down him and the next morning his poop looked better and he sucked down 3/4 of a bottle, he didn't get sick again. I sold my horse in 2014 for $400, bought my First bottle calf for $350.

My bottle calf story starts with a horse.

Raising bull calves