I did not realize you were a farm boy Mr. Smith, that explains a lot to me as to your easy going personality.
Doctoring and feeding young calves is a big challenge for sure, we raised Brahmas and a few Long Horns so I've bottled a few myself.
Then I got into cutting horses and we changed up to angus and brangus , they were alot easier to manage for the purpose of training young cutting horses. Big horns can freak a young horse out.
Those days are in the rear view mirror though, kids have replaced the horses and cows.
He looks like a fine calf, I hope all goes well for your folks and getting him healthy and on his own.
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Yes, I have a farming background. I talked more about it in my response to jasonshick in this thread if you'd like to read more. It's interesting to find out who else has a background with livestock. We've never had cows with horns. Usually if one starts to grow horns, we'll sell it pretty quickly.
I hope everything goes well raising him up, too. I'll definitely keep everyone updated on his status. Thanks for your comment!
Yes, I read all the responses and replies. I find a lot of times you can learn a bunch from those as well. "Steeples" for barbed wire and fencing pliers , tools of the trade for farmers along with the "come a long" for stretching the wire.
My uncle actually custom built an attachment that mounts on the back of the tractor to hold the spool of woven wire and allow it to be stretched with the tractor. It's a pretty clever device. I wish I had a picture of it to share. My dad always jokes with me each time I go home that he's got some fencing for me to help with.