Feeding Balage to Stockers ?

[Stocker Steve]

I am remodeling an old diary site which includes some RC hay meadows which will be a be nice to dry. The goal is to background calves from November thru April. Feeding bales in rings gets tough when the snow or mud is deep... and I don't plan to buy a TMR.

My first thought is make make a lot of young RC balage, and then place the bales up to a feed through fence for the stockers. I have also seen one set up where the feeding alley is perpendicular to the fence so they can get to both sides. Any other simple winter balage feeding approaches?

[Old_man_emu]

from the image i have in my mind, its gunna get muddy along your feed through fence.
I can use my bale handler to push a bale along and unroll it. It allows me to unroll each bale in a different spot. I find if the cattle are hungry the losses are minimal.
I just don't know how this works for you.

[1wlimo]

from the image i have in my mind, its gunna get muddy along your feed through fence.
I can use my bale handler to push a bale along and unroll it. It allows me to unroll each bale in a different spot. I find if the cattle are hungry the losses are minimal.
I just don't know how this works for you.

I was using a processor move over every day, bale unroller would do the same.

When I had bunks available you can use these for a week then move them on. Unless of course they get frozen in.