How do you bottle feed a baby calf?

A normal beef calf is raised by its mother for the first 5 months of its life. At 5 months of age it will be weaned and raised accordingly with what its future holds for it. If you are trying to raise a beef calf with out the mother you will need to raise it similar to a dairy calf. You will need a 2 quart bottle with a nipple. Twice a day you will need to feed the calf a 2 quart bottle full of either whole milk or milk replacer. Milk replacer is available at most production animal feed stores. You will also have to provide the calf with water from 2 weeks of age on (do this in a pail). The calf will also need to be started on a calf feed as soon as it will start eating to help stimulate rumen development. At about 7 weeks of age the calf will need to start receiving good quality hay. At 8 weeks of age wean the calf from milk. At this point the calf will be fed water grain and hay.