Calf on pasture - need supplements??

[hayzor]

We recently bought a weaned heifer calf (about 3 months old, beef cross). She is on a pasture w/ bermuda grass and some assorted weeds, foxtails etc. There is plenty of grass. She came right off her momma and squaked for a couple days, but now seems to be eating good.

Of course she'll come a runnin for some hay or grain, but do we need to supplement her at this stage in her life??

[john in la]

It really depends on what you are looking for as to growth rate.
Why did you buy her and when do you expect to breed her ?????

She is at a age (3 months) where she will survive without extra feed but will benefit from some.

A dairy farmer would feed her till 9 months old but he is looking for maximum growth so she can be breed at 15 months old.
A beef farmer would have left her with mom till she was about 8 to 10 months old.

If it were me I would give her some grain for at least the next 3 months so she can put on some weight to make it through the winter better.

[eross230]

How many acres of land (kind of lush) does it take to maintain one, two , or three cows?