nashmach
Well-Known Member
Ah stop will ya, those calves that are been given for free are as close to be starved as you could imagine, there seen to be worthless by lads and in return there always the ones that seem to get worst care. I have seen this first hand this year and the calves were a disgrace, the lad who got them for "free" is pretty much new to farming. Some of these are 5 weeks on paper and are small than a yoke coming out from a jex first calver, there isn't a day goes by that one or more aren't sick there so far behind now is hard to see where they will be at the end of the year, there in fact not free at all, at the rate there going the 40e calf is looking much more valve now. The time that is been put into them is cruel and what harm there is a lot of it mine, he's a good friend of mine and and I feel due care to the calves to try my best for them as the start they had was awful, not lost one yet from 20 and hopefully they will turn the corner soon. Free calves my bo**ox
Generally these are the poorer quality calves too.
I have seen quite a few of these over the last few weeks as Male bulls, around 200-250kgs being bought for 450 and less. To my mind, with them reared, it just wouldn't pay to be messing around with those sort of calves.