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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 22059" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>First day dining room, second bedroom, third day bathroom. You either need to adjust the amount of hay fed each day if unrolling or go to feed rings. If the hay is very good, they will sometimes just stand with their heads in the feeder and eat continually. We had that problem when we fed Alfalfa/Orchard Grass hay. They didn't waste a mouthfull from trampling but the wasted a lot just squirting it out behind them. If you put out several days worth at a time it certainly saves on tractor wear and tear.</p><p>Unrolling does minimize the manure load and chrning that happens around feeders, but unless you can really balance the intake you will waste a lot. It also depends on how much your hay costs and how many hay days you have each winter. You need to do the math and see how long it would take for a hay ring to pay for itself then balance that against the depreciation value.</p><p></p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 22059, member: 34"] First day dining room, second bedroom, third day bathroom. You either need to adjust the amount of hay fed each day if unrolling or go to feed rings. If the hay is very good, they will sometimes just stand with their heads in the feeder and eat continually. We had that problem when we fed Alfalfa/Orchard Grass hay. They didn't waste a mouthfull from trampling but the wasted a lot just squirting it out behind them. If you put out several days worth at a time it certainly saves on tractor wear and tear. Unrolling does minimize the manure load and chrning that happens around feeders, but unless you can really balance the intake you will waste a lot. It also depends on how much your hay costs and how many hay days you have each winter. You need to do the math and see how long it would take for a hay ring to pay for itself then balance that against the depreciation value. dun [/QUOTE]
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