bigbull338
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ok heres what we was faced with last year with the drought here in texas.we had a baliong fire last year that burned prolly 50 bales of down hay an 4 or 5 bales that had been baled.so we went into the drought with maybe 70 bales an 60 cows calves an heifers.we sold off 2 cull cows an every calf that was ready.started feeding hay in july 2 bales a week is what we fed.plus we feed them meal 2 or 3 times a week.then in feb our winter pasture took off.feed 8 bales between feb an mar 15th,as the cows quit eating hay.had 20 bales of leftover hay.an did not buy any hay.but sell all your calves over 300lbs or 5 months old.cull your prob cows.an limit feed hay an feed out the sack 2 or 3 times a week.i forgot to add this year we are running 80 to 90hd of cows heifers an calves.so we didnt have to cull to the bone.
