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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1479847" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>BF, </p><p>I'm jumping in here without having read any of the prior responses. </p><p></p><p>Like you, I'd not liked unrolling... but, in the past, I just didn't have enough cows to eat it all, when fed, and they wasted A LOT. Current herd size... split into Fall/Spring calvers... they'll eat it a full roll in a couple of hours... and it supplies the 25-27#/hd that we've calculated (using a ration calculator) that they need... with almost no waste - and certainly a whole lot less waste than when we're feeding in rings on the concrete pad. Anymore, I only feed on the pad if it's muddy (like yesterday!)... much 'faster' to unroll, and, in addition to what I perceive as less wastage, I get the benefit of adding seed(Johnsongrass, dallisgrass, cheat) to bare spots in these sacrifice paddocks where we feed. </p><p></p><p>25-27# hay and 5-6# DDG should pretty well provide everything they need... they may not be 'happy' about being fed everything all at one time, but they'll get over it. When we first started limit feeding, we got some protestation, but they eventually settle into the routine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1479847, member: 12607"] BF, I'm jumping in here without having read any of the prior responses. Like you, I'd not liked unrolling... but, in the past, I just didn't have enough cows to eat it all, when fed, and they wasted A LOT. Current herd size... split into Fall/Spring calvers... they'll eat it a full roll in a couple of hours... and it supplies the 25-27#/hd that we've calculated (using a ration calculator) that they need... with almost no waste - and certainly a whole lot less waste than when we're feeding in rings on the concrete pad. Anymore, I only feed on the pad if it's muddy (like yesterday!)... much 'faster' to unroll, and, in addition to what I perceive as less wastage, I get the benefit of adding seed(Johnsongrass, dallisgrass, cheat) to bare spots in these sacrifice paddocks where we feed. 25-27# hay and 5-6# DDG should pretty well provide everything they need... they may not be 'happy' about being fed everything all at one time, but they'll get over it. When we first started limit feeding, we got some protestation, but they eventually settle into the routine. [/QUOTE]
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