Would like opinions

[southerngurl]

On this cows condition.

She just raised a calf who is about to be weaned at 8 and a half months. Did I let her get to thin?

[ksfarmer]

I don't think she looks too thin. Actually she looks pretty good. If thats her calf in the pic with her, she did a fine job raising him. Once he is weaned she will put back on a few lbs.

[southerngurl]

That's kind of what I thought, I felt she was on the lean side of a healthy weight. My grandma thinks she's "poor".

She had fat pads on her backside back before she calved and I didn't want to give her chance to get obese again and become infertile. My grandparents think cows need to be rolling around the field.

Yes, that's her calf.

[TSYORK]

She looks fine.

[randiliana]

She's a little on the lean side, but with the grass you have there it shouldn't take her long to put some condition back on once she is weaned. Is she a 2 year old? Whatever the case, her calf looks really good too.

[southerngurl]

I don't remember if she is 2 or 3 this spring. I think three. Yes, we are blessed with good pasture this year, we have a lot of clover, mainly yellow, but white and red too.

[agmantoo]

She would have to be a 3 year old to have a calf this size. Though not skinny it is good the calf is being weaned. I am more concerned of a thin cow not breeding back than a fat one. Is this cow bred at this time? IMO, a bred cow will put on weight faster than an open cow.

[southerngurl]

She isn't bred now, she is about to go visit the bull.

[randiliana]

Originally Posted by agmantoo

She would have to be a 3 year old to have a calf this size. Though not skinny it is good the calf is being weaned. I am more concerned of a thin cow not breeding back than a fat one. Is this cow bred at this time? IMO, a bred cow will put on weight faster than an open cow.

Why do you say this? Our 2 year olds regularly raise calves that look like that at 7-8 months.

[TennesseeMama23]

To have a calf 8.5 months old she was bred about 18 months ago. The minimum age she could be is 2.5 years old (if she was bred at 12 months of age).

[Karin L]

She looks to be a BCS of 3 on the nose. With that I'd say she's in pretty good condition. With a bit of grass (and maybe grain if you wish to treat her to some) she'll get some more weight on. But yeah, she's just fine.

[agmantoo]

If the animal was bred at 15 to 18 months of age she would be 24+ to 27+ months old when the calf was born. The calf is now 8 1/2 months old. Add that to the 24+ to 27+ months of age when the calf was born would give you a current age of 32 1/2+ months to 35 1/2+ for the cow.

[Allen W]

The only thing wrong is the cow should have done been bred back.

[southerngurl]

Well, we waited because we wanted her to calve in spring, not fall like she did with this one.