bird dog
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My animals are just going to have to lose some weight. I ask them if they were all right with limited grass or did they want to go to the packers. The majority voted to lose weight but the vote was close.
I don't have enough hay to feed now and through the winter and corn stalk rolls to me are a waste. I have the best herd I have had in a long time but the count is way off. I have shipped everything old, open, to big, or a poor performer. You lose your calf, you lose your life. They are actually in pretty good shape. Pasture rotation has worked well and it wasn't until the latest move that they have rotated back to a pasture where it hasn't rained since they were there last. I know its not good but its what I do. I went through this in 2011 and the cows got embarrassingly thin but they recovered pretty quick when the rains finally came in the fall. I know my weaning weights from my spring calves will suffer but then again so did the fall calvers since we have been way below normal since last fall.
I started discing a pasture today and will try some oats and rye grass again. This is the plan for now and I reserve the right to change my mind.
I don't have enough hay to feed now and through the winter and corn stalk rolls to me are a waste. I have the best herd I have had in a long time but the count is way off. I have shipped everything old, open, to big, or a poor performer. You lose your calf, you lose your life. They are actually in pretty good shape. Pasture rotation has worked well and it wasn't until the latest move that they have rotated back to a pasture where it hasn't rained since they were there last. I know its not good but its what I do. I went through this in 2011 and the cows got embarrassingly thin but they recovered pretty quick when the rains finally came in the fall. I know my weaning weights from my spring calves will suffer but then again so did the fall calvers since we have been way below normal since last fall.
I started discing a pasture today and will try some oats and rye grass again. This is the plan for now and I reserve the right to change my mind.