What preparation should be made before buying a calf?

Nowadays, many cattle farmers basically buy their own calves and come back to raise them, so they should do all the preparatory work before buying, so as not to be caught by surprise. So what preparation do you have to do before buying a calf?

1. Choose the place to buy cattle

The place to buy cattle needs to be determined, there is a fixed place to choose to buy cattle, and each place has its own advantages and time period. In order to buy better cattle, it is best to know and clear some nearby cattle selling places in advance, including the time when they open the door, and find a more reasonable route, so that if you do not see a satisfactory place for your first choice, there is still a place to change. You can't easily disrupt your plans because of other people's words.

2. Keep an eye on the variety in advance

Each place has some varieties suitable for the local, do not easily receive other people's hoax to change the variety, it is more important to select the variety in advance. Cattle have cold resistance, gain meat, disease resistance, and no omnipotent calves, so we should do it according to our own local needs. For example, the north needs to take cold resistance as the first choice; the southern coastal areas need to take disease resistance as the first choice; and the central region needs to gain weight quickly as the first choice. These are very core things, others in the farm to recommend you will only say good, temporarily you are not convenient to find information.

3. Prepare for transportation

Transport matters had better be prepared in advance, after all, the transport of the calf can not be solved at once, after buying the calf and then find someone to transport it will take a lot of unnecessary time. The main preparation work is to make a good strategy along the way, those places will be relatively cold, need to let off the cold, where the road will be slippery, need to carry out anti-skid treatment of the car, about how many cattle to buy, how much space is needed. Prepare in advance, there will be plenty of time to prepare for these problems, so that the calf can arrive as safely as possible during transportation.

4. What to do after buying it back.

Cattle also need to adapt, after transportation, they will have a sense of tension, and some cattle are prone to riots, so prepare some items in advance to appease the cattle. Warm water is a relatively relaxing item, followed by a clean barn, which will make the cow feel relaxed and put some green fodder in the middle. Under these factors, the cow will slowly lose its resistance to you. Finally, there is the vaccine, and it is best to be injected on the same day.

These are some of the preparation processes before buying cattle. After buying the calves, you should get in touch with them at the initial stage to speed up the familiarity of the calves with you, so that it is easier to raise them later.