How many calves on an acre?

[mississippicalf]

Ive got about an acre of land that I want to put some calves on. I wanna run some bottle calves on it , gonna keep them until they get to about 400 to 500 lbs and sell them and start again. My question is what is the maximum amount of bottle calves I can run on an acre of land.

 

[TexasBred]

If they're gonna run free on that acre you can put as many as you feel like feeding. All they'll do is drink, sleep and walk around a bit. Better have a system to know who's had a bottle and who's still in line. I hate working with bottle calves so I wouldn't have many...

 

[MikeC]

My question is what is the maximum amount of bottle calves I can run on an acre of land.

Let's see....There's 43,560 sq.ft. in an acre....and a calf would take up about 6 sq. ft.

43,560 divided by 6 = 7,260

But I would only put about half that many so that they have room to move around.......... ;-)

 

[skyline]

My question is what is the maximum amount of bottle calves I can run on an acre of land.

Let's see....There's 43,560 sq.ft. in an acre....and a calf would take up about 6 sq. ft.

43,560 divided by 6 = 7,260

But I would only put about half that many so that they have room to move around.......... ;-)

Now that would be a well fertilized acre of land.

 

[onecowfarms1]

depends on if you are double stacking!

 

[bigbull338]

i wouldnt put more than 6 or 8 bottle babies to an ac.id put them in pens till they are weaned an on feed good.then turn them out an feed them grain an let them eat grass.

 

[Horticattleman]

Just make sure you buy 5 times as many as you plan on selling!

 

[mississippicalf]

I plan on selling all I get, make keep 1 or 2 for the beef. Id like to run bout 10 to 15 head if Ive got enough land to do. I think I do have enough but wasnt sure.

 

[gerardplauche]

If you stack them tight in there, you WILL lose a few. Trust me, I learned the hard way. :nod:

 

[The Bachelor]

I plan on selling all I get, make keep 1 or 2 for the beef. Id like to run bout 10 to 15 head if Ive got enough land to do. I think I do have enough but wasnt sure.

I saw it around here somewhere, but I think people were having a 30-40% mortality rate with those things.

 

[gerardplauche]

I plan on selling all I get, make keep 1 or 2 for the beef. Id like to run bout 10 to 15 head if Ive got enough land to do. I think I do have enough but wasnt sure.

I saw it around here somewhere, but I think people were having a 30-40% mortality rate with those things.

30-40% :shock: :shock: :shock: I would give it up on the first try... :???: