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What would you recommend to start an 8 year old boy?
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<blockquote data-quote="angie1" data-source="post: 1010417" data-attributes="member: 3886"><p><strong><em><u>Definitely</u></em></strong> beef calves, and preferably heifers. Whoever said he was going to get attached was right, I have done this with my kids as well. I have bottle raised literally countless bottle calves and the beef babies (hand down and calf after calf) are significantly hardier than the dairy. Dairy is fine once you have some experience under your belt. You want this first experience for him to be a good one, and you dramatically increase his pleasure if the calf doesn't keel over before you want it to. Yes, get more than 1 but preferably no more than 3. I really hope he enjoys it, sounds like he has a great base, and it is wonderful that you have some experience. It will sure come in handy! Best of luck!! :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angie1, post: 1010417, member: 3886"] [b][i][u]Definitely[/u][/i][/b] beef calves, and preferably heifers. Whoever said he was going to get attached was right, I have done this with my kids as well. I have bottle raised literally countless bottle calves and the beef babies (hand down and calf after calf) are significantly hardier than the dairy. Dairy is fine once you have some experience under your belt. You want this first experience for him to be a good one, and you dramatically increase his pleasure if the calf doesn't keel over before you want it to. Yes, get more than 1 but preferably no more than 3. I really hope he enjoys it, sounds like he has a great base, and it is wonderful that you have some experience. It will sure come in handy! Best of luck!! :nod: [/QUOTE]
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