start_elivehelp_btncode end_elivehelp_btncode TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Braden Bottle-Grain Feeding Bottle #892 Brand New This is the easiest, most efficient way to get those bucket calves off to a great start!!! Tests show that calves started on grain the first day, because of rumen development, have an average gain of 2.7 pounds per day from birth to 21 weeks of age. The Braden Start Bottle is made in the USA and is of quality construction. ************************************************************************************************************************** We pride ourselves in our Customer Service Feel free to ask questions prior to your purchase. We combine Shipping on Any/All purchases, and try to keep our Prices very competitive. Combined Shipping When we list products, we do have all products in stock, We are NOT a drop ship company, We do also have a Retail Store, or well as an Interactive Website, so there is a very small chance that when you purchase your item, we may have sold the last one, just moments earlier. If this should happen, (again, the chance is extremely small, but it does happen) we will notify you immediately that it may be 1-3 days before we can ship your item. If your purchase is urgent, and you would like to cancel, we will be happy to provide a full refund. If you decide to wait, we will ship the product immediately upon arrival. We will gladly combine shipping on any/all items. If you purchase more than 1 item, please email us and let us know you are buying more than 1 and we will wait and combine your entire purchase, to save you shipping. Answering questions, Monday thru Friday we will usually answer any questions immediately, as we are watching the store, but on weekends & evenings, please be patient, we may not be close to a computer, and there may be a delay until Monday! Check out all the other items we have listed. Something for Everyone and Every one! Fast Shipping!!! We usually ship the same day you pay. We use Priority Mail, Flat Rate, 1st class and UPS as our carriers. We are a full line Animal Health Supplier. We have vaccines, implants, ear tags, oral, antibiotics, pour-ons, sprays, markers, and a complete line of equipment. Feel free to contact us to talk to a sales rep. Something you want—But You Don’t See Listed?- Feel free to contact us and we will be happy to list it for you. Feedback Please be patient! We always leave feedback, but due to the quantity of packages, we don’t always get it done immediately, Rest Assured, it will be done! PR, Hawaii & Alaska Please email us for actual shipping to these locations. Unfortunately, the Postal Service does not consider them Continental US, so charges extra on some purchases. We will gladly quote freight prices for you, International Purchases We ship most equipment items World Wide, and if we don’t have an item opened up to allow you to bid, please just email us, and we will be happy to do so, and also give you shipping quotes. Other Information Items are usually shipped 1 business days after payment has been received. We do not ship on weekends and holidays. Sellers are not responsible for service transit time. Transit times are provided by the carrier, exclude weekends and holidays, and may vary with package origin and destination, particularly during peak periods. International buyers are responsible for duties and customs fees. UPS Ground is not available for HI, AK, PR, APO/FPO. Please ask for quote on Shipping BEFORE purchase, as additional charges apply to these locations. UPS will only ship to USA continental address No Post office boxes. Please be sure to include your PHONE NUMBER with all purchases. Most shipping companies REQUIRE this, so if we don’t have your telephone number, we WILL NOT be able to ship. Do Not BUY unless you intend to pay for the product immediately International Customers are responsible for any customs duties fees and UPS import handling fees that might incur in your country. International Customers: Before purchasing any items/product, please insure your country allows this product to be imported. We WILL NOT be held responsible if your country of destination rejects, destroys or confiscates the shipment due to overseas Customs regulations. Rules & Regulations vary in each country. You are responsible for the product once it has shipped from our location, and refunds cannot /will not be issued once product leaves our warehouse unless shipment is damaged. Sorry: We cannot mark packages as "Gifts". Or reduce the value of your item for customs, so please don’t ask us to do so, This is illegal. You are an important part of our success and WE value every customer big and small! Please come again and see our other Unique items and great values. Customer Service is our "Specialty", and we want you to be happy with your purchase. If you have ANY questions concerning this item before purchasing, please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to provide more information. Terms of Service/Conditions of Use: Despite our best efforts, items on our store may, on rare occasion, be mis-priced, or may contain pricing, typography, or photography errors. If an item's correct price is lower than our stated price, we will charge the lower amount and ship you the item. If an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before shipping or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation, but we will not be able to honor the mis-priced, typographical, or photographical error. Optimum nutrition during the first weeks of a calf's life is based not only on liquid feeds, but also on dry feeds. Getting calves to consume dry feed early in life is a key in decreasing rearing costs. Dry feeds have two functions in the nutrition of young calves: providing nutrients and the development of rumen function. The latter is the most important because a calf can get the nutrients it needs for rapid growth; there is no rumen development from liquid feeds. A calf fed only milk will not develop a normal rumen even if it's several months old. Reason: Liquid feeds are diverted around the rumen, because the calves esophageal groove is closed. Conversely, consumption of dry feed by a calf less than a week old causes three factors to begin in the rumen: size increase, absorptive ability, and microbial fermentation. Because the rumen is the primary site of digestion in mature cows, development of a functional one is critical to developing the digestive capability of older calves. Calves may be weaned from milk when they are consuming 1.5% of their body weight of starter grain. Early weaning, better health, more daily gain and early rumen development all go together to make the BRADEN START DRY FEED BOTTLE the best buy of the season. Dr. Gerald Higginbotham and Dr. Donald Bath of the University of California Cooperative Extension conducted trial B-92-1 using 80 holstein calves from birth to 41 days of age. All calves received colostrum at birth and were housed in individual wood hutches. Dr. Higginbotham and Dr. Bath found that "calves consumed significantly more grain when started on the Braden Start Bottle with pellet type feed" compared to other feeding systems. This is important for calf health and growth rate. Research conducted at the Carnation Research Farm has shown that early consumption of dry feed enhances earlier rumen development. It is well known that earlier rumen development is associated with less scours, healthier calves and better average daily gains. Braden Research Farms are getting a 2.5 to a 3 pound gain per day. University of Arkanas research conducted by M.W. McGahee, Dr. W. Kellogg, P.R. Webb, and Z.B. Johnson, shows a 22 percent savings in feed and labour per calf. The calves using the Braden Start Bottle consumed significantly more grain during week one compared to the conventional bucket method group of calves. Following is information based on Calves raising in New Zealand, but is such good information , everyone can learn from it. QUESTIONS and ANSWERS on the BRADEN BOTTLE QUESTIONS ANSWERS How long should I keep the calf on the BRADEN START BOTTLE? We keep our calves in pens until they are six weeks old. Calves are fed milk replacer twice a day until they are four weeks old. They are then given milk replacer once a day until they are five weeks old, then weaned from milk completely. At six weeks of age we remove the calves from the hutches and place them in groups in small pastures. I hang an old bottle of any kind (empty) over their feed trough to attract their attention. Calves are used to getting their feed from a bottle or bucket. This visual aid will attract them to the large trough. You will find calves do not lose weight when weaned when they have been started on the BRADEN START BOTTLE. Should water be given to new born calves? Yes. Fresh water is very important and should be available at all times. Will nursing the bottle keep calves from eating out of a bucket? No. If you hang the bottle over a bucket what little fails out of their mouth they will eat it out of the bucket. They just eat more out of the bottle. Can I take the BRADEN START BOTTLE away from the calf once I get them eating feed, say at two or three weeks? You will lose the advantage of the early weaning and less stress at weaning. You will find the calves will eat less feed from the bucket and will tend to lose weight at weaning. Weight gain will also be less. Do I have to use pellet type feed? No. Most types of grain will flow through the bottle. Feeds that contain corn which has been flattened out larger than the end of the nipple will not work. Feeds with molasses are too sticky and will not flow. How do I hang the bottle? Pull the bottle firmly against a 2X6 board and secure with a nail or screw in the slotted key hole in the rubber strap. On cattle panels or wire attach a 2X6 one foot long to the wire with one inch fence staples then hang bottle normally. Does it matter how high or low I hang the bottle? Yes. Hang the bottle in the corner of the pen with the nipple approximately 34 inches from the ground. The calf should reach up slightly for the nipple. If the bottle is hung to low the calf will not go to it as often therefore reducing feed intake. The nipples are not lasting 2 or 3 calves, what am I doing wrong? The bottle should be hung in the corner of the pen so that the calf won't get the nipple in it's mouth sideways. The bottle should always have feed in it to keep the calf from chewing on the nipple because nothing comes out. How will I know when it is time to replace the nipple? The nipple must be replaced when the end is no longer flexible and does not retain its shape or the nipple loses the soft feel of the natural mother's teat. When the nipple becomes hard and coarse feeling the calf does not go to the nipple as often. When should I put the bottle in the pen with the calf? The bottle should be hung the first day the calf is brought to the pen because the nursing instinct is strongest during the first three days of life. What if I have an older calf, will the bottle still work? Yes. You will have to show the calf the bottle the first few days, most will take off on their own. We group our calves. How many calves can use one bottle? We recommend no more than two calves per bottle. If there are not enough bottles, they will always be empty, and the smaller, less aggressive calves may not be getting enough, (if any) feed. Should you want more than 1 bottle, we can add them on to your order for only $1.00/bottle extra shipping costs. When you purchase the bottle, just tell us how many you would like and we'll add them to your invoice. **************************************************************************************************************** We pride ourselves in our Customer Service Feel free to ask questions We combine Shipping on Any/All purchases, and try to keep our Prices very competitive. Combined Shipping We will gladly combine shipping on any/all items. If you purchase more than 1 item, please email us and let us know you are buying more than 1 and we will wait and combine your entire purchase, to save you shipping. Answering questions, Monday thru Friday we will usually answer any questions immediately, as we are watching the store, but on weekends, please be patient, we may not be close to a computer, and their may be a delay till Monday! Check out all the other items we have listed. Something for Everyone and Every one! Fast Shipping!!! We usually ship the same day you pay. We use Priority Mail, Flat Rate, 1st class and UPS as our carriers. We are a full line Animal Health Supplier. We have Vaccines, implants, eartags, oral, antibiotics, pour-ons, sprays, markers, and a complete line of equipment. Feel free to email becky@livestockconcepts.com with any questions. Something you want—But Don’t see Listed?- Feel free to contact me at becky@livestockconcepts.com and I will be happy to list it for you, or if you would like to purchase immediately, I will send an invoice thru Paypal. Feedback Please be patient! I always leave feedback, but due to being on the road a lot, I don’t always get it done immediately, Rest Assured, it will be done! On Sep-20-12 at 17:56:25 PDT, seller added the following information: FREE! Sellers: Add a FREE map to your listings. FREE! Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. 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