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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 643004" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p>This is the first year I regularly unrolled. Each day I'd unroll next to the area I used the day before. Didn't have wet weather to contend with. On the rare occasion the ground was wet I'd feed in the rings. At peak hay feeding I had 4 groups of cows. One with about 30-35 cows without calves that would eat a roll a day. The second had about 40 cows with calves, they would get about a roll and a half a day. The third group had 13 bred heifers that got the rest of that roll. Then the last group of 15 (5 miles away) got fed in a ring every other day, moving the ring each time. Been feeding since July, probably have used about 50 acres to feed on.</p><p></p><p>I kept an eye on how well they were cleaning up vs. quality of hay they had gotten. Some days I'd feed in the afternoon instead of the morning to get them to clean up a bit better then split a roll or feed a smaller one since I had two sizes to get them back on morning feeding. Takes about 45 minutes to feed and look them over quickly except the days I had to feed the place 5 miles away, Then it would take about an hour and a half tops.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 643004, member: 7795"] This is the first year I regularly unrolled. Each day I'd unroll next to the area I used the day before. Didn't have wet weather to contend with. On the rare occasion the ground was wet I'd feed in the rings. At peak hay feeding I had 4 groups of cows. One with about 30-35 cows without calves that would eat a roll a day. The second had about 40 cows with calves, they would get about a roll and a half a day. The third group had 13 bred heifers that got the rest of that roll. Then the last group of 15 (5 miles away) got fed in a ring every other day, moving the ring each time. Been feeding since July, probably have used about 50 acres to feed on. I kept an eye on how well they were cleaning up vs. quality of hay they had gotten. Some days I'd feed in the afternoon instead of the morning to get them to clean up a bit better then split a roll or feed a smaller one since I had two sizes to get them back on morning feeding. Takes about 45 minutes to feed and look them over quickly except the days I had to feed the place 5 miles away, Then it would take about an hour and a half tops. [/QUOTE]
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