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<blockquote data-quote="IGotMyWings" data-source="post: 616447" data-attributes="member: 8639"><p>My little herd is on rent free (due to the well going bad-and the owner has no idea where it is to begin figuring out why!) ground which, this time of year has little or no valuable grass on it, so I'm feeding hay everyday. I figured it the other day, using my cost per bale and I'm running about .83 per day in hay. I have a free choice mineral block with them that lasts about a month between them and the elements, so there's .30 a day to replace that. Due to the well issues, I'm hauling water once a day from the home place, so there's .67 a day (at today's pump price) in fuel to feed/water them. I feed "sweet feed" every few days partially for the protein, etc., but also they have a thing for that white bucket which makes them really easy to move and load. So figuring my daily cost plus the every few days of the sweet feed, and I end up about $1.88/cow/day. Has anyone seen where my backside went? I seemed to have lost it! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> </p><p></p><p>My costs will even out once I get my pasture finished and they are here. I've got $200 in seed (so far), $48 in having it drilled, and $300 worth of Locust fence posts piled up out back. My brother-in-law is going to take his dozer and clear the fence rows of unwanted trees, etc. before we start setting the new fence which will cost me about $50/hr. Factoring all of that in makes my backside more lost than ever! I am starting to think it took my mind with it! :dunce:</p><p></p><p>**EDIT**</p><p>My math was a little askew. I forgot to divide the fuel for each animal...when I did that, I end up at $1.20 or so which is more in line with what everyone else is showing. :dunce: :dunce:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IGotMyWings, post: 616447, member: 8639"] My little herd is on rent free (due to the well going bad-and the owner has no idea where it is to begin figuring out why!) ground which, this time of year has little or no valuable grass on it, so I'm feeding hay everyday. I figured it the other day, using my cost per bale and I'm running about .83 per day in hay. I have a free choice mineral block with them that lasts about a month between them and the elements, so there's .30 a day to replace that. Due to the well issues, I'm hauling water once a day from the home place, so there's .67 a day (at today's pump price) in fuel to feed/water them. I feed "sweet feed" every few days partially for the protein, etc., but also they have a thing for that white bucket which makes them really easy to move and load. So figuring my daily cost plus the every few days of the sweet feed, and I end up about $1.88/cow/day. Has anyone seen where my backside went? I seemed to have lost it! :oops: My costs will even out once I get my pasture finished and they are here. I've got $200 in seed (so far), $48 in having it drilled, and $300 worth of Locust fence posts piled up out back. My brother-in-law is going to take his dozer and clear the fence rows of unwanted trees, etc. before we start setting the new fence which will cost me about $50/hr. Factoring all of that in makes my backside more lost than ever! I am starting to think it took my mind with it! :dunce: **EDIT** My math was a little askew. I forgot to divide the fuel for each animal...when I did that, I end up at $1.20 or so which is more in line with what everyone else is showing. :dunce: :dunce: [/QUOTE]
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