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Some plants become coarse as they mature and calves do not eat them, the same applies to weeds. Improve your pasture by mowing or clipping such areas then the plants/weeds do not have chance to mature, go to seed or spread.
GRAIN FED VERSES GRASS FED
Whether you let yearlings fatten on good pasture or grain depends on what age you want them to be butchered. Cattle grow well on pasture alone and can become quite fat on good grass. But they will grow faster and reach butchering condition more quickly if fed grain.
WATER
Make sure the cattle have water at all times.
In cool weather a 500 pound calf needs 2-6 gallons a day.
750 pound steer needs 10 -15 gallons per day,
1000 pound steer needs more than 20 gallons per day.
Hot weather causes loss of water from the body through evaporation and breathing, and they must drink even more to make up for this loss.
If a water trough has manure in it the cattle will refuse to drink from it.
Water troughs must be emptied, rinsed out periodically.
A lactating cow, that is one producing milk, needs more water.
Calves have the habit of stepping into water troughs so check the troughs.
GRAIN FED VERSES GRASS FED
Whether you let yearlings fatten on good pasture or grain depends on what age you want them to be butchered. Cattle grow well on pasture alone and can become quite fat on good grass. But they will grow faster and reach butchering condition more quickly if fed grain.
WATER
Make sure the cattle have water at all times.
In cool weather a 500 pound calf needs 2-6 gallons a day.
750 pound steer needs 10 -15 gallons per day,
1000 pound steer needs more than 20 gallons per day.
Hot weather causes loss of water from the body through evaporation and breathing, and they must drink even more to make up for this loss.
If a water trough has manure in it the cattle will refuse to drink from it.
Water troughs must be emptied, rinsed out periodically.
A lactating cow, that is one producing milk, needs more water.
Calves have the habit of stepping into water troughs so check the troughs.