Feeding bottle calves is an experience on its own

Spring is the time for babies on a ranch. A dry, warm spring may find us worrying about drought, but the absence of spring storms means less bottle babies as the bonding process between mother and newborn is uninterrupted by foul weather. Even on the best year though, things will go wrong. A mother not blessed with maternal instincts or a wayward calf who gets mixed up with another family by…