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1st pasture rotation this year & 3rd year clover (pics)
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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 757060" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Before the frost goes out they have the run of a couple pastures and the woods (for winter shelter). </p><p></p><p>My cows heifers and calves (as they are born) spend the last part of winter (after the frost goes out) on about a 2 acre "sacrifice" area around the hay feeders and corrals. I last put out hay about April 20th but they were grubbing around for anything green in the sacrifice pasture. </p><p></p><p>So I rigged up some electric wires to let them into a lane along the woods, cleanup the grass around my apple trees, etc all with still access to hay but they didn't seem to eat much of it. They did clean up a lot of the undergrowth on the edge of the woods in the background behind the waterer in the last picture though.</p><p></p><p>This first rotation is a longer pasture and I move the back wire. The next one down the hill should be ready about the time they cleanup this one. My problem is that with the rain and cooler weather some pastures will all be ready at the same time. I am tempted to move them along quickly but then they eat just the "candy" and don't eat the small weeds as they will if i leave them on a paddock a bit longer.</p><p></p><p>The "odd patches" don't have this much clover in them. Thanks for the kind words. Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 757060, member: 7509"] Before the frost goes out they have the run of a couple pastures and the woods (for winter shelter). My cows heifers and calves (as they are born) spend the last part of winter (after the frost goes out) on about a 2 acre "sacrifice" area around the hay feeders and corrals. I last put out hay about April 20th but they were grubbing around for anything green in the sacrifice pasture. So I rigged up some electric wires to let them into a lane along the woods, cleanup the grass around my apple trees, etc all with still access to hay but they didn't seem to eat much of it. They did clean up a lot of the undergrowth on the edge of the woods in the background behind the waterer in the last picture though. This first rotation is a longer pasture and I move the back wire. The next one down the hill should be ready about the time they cleanup this one. My problem is that with the rain and cooler weather some pastures will all be ready at the same time. I am tempted to move them along quickly but then they eat just the "candy" and don't eat the small weeds as they will if i leave them on a paddock a bit longer. The "odd patches" don't have this much clover in them. Thanks for the kind words. Jim [/QUOTE]
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