Bestoutwest
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How do you guys feel about cows going through corrals from one pasture to another?
Ebenezer":20ocsz58 said:Works good. But allow a detour route in case the corrals are holding a group.
5S Cattle":227xy0y1 said:I'd have a way to bypass like ebenezer said. Could get real muddy if you have a wet year
Wow that's a lot of water to put down to soak right up. Sandy soil?Bestoutwest":3bxk9q53 said:5S Cattle":3bxk9q53 said:I'd have a way to bypass like ebenezer said. Could get real muddy if you have a wet year
Thanks for the advice, but we live in the desert. I'm lucky to get above 12" a year. We do irrigate, but it's so hot and dry that in a day or so it doesn't look like you watered. And I'm talking about putting down 4"+ in 24 hours.
5S Cattle":1gaoe2tc said:Wow that's a lot of water to put down to soak right up. Sandy soil?Bestoutwest":1gaoe2tc said:5S Cattle":1gaoe2tc said:I'd have a way to bypass like ebenezer said. Could get real muddy if you have a wet year
Thanks for the advice, but we live in the desert. I'm lucky to get above 12" a year. We do irrigate, but it's so hot and dry that in a day or so it doesn't look like you watered. And I'm talking about putting down 4"+ in 24 hours.
That's the way it should be set up and handled.JMJ Farms":1hk9onl6 said:I'm in the process of setting mine up where the have to go through the corrals at least half the time on a normal rotation schedule. And they will also have to get water from a trough inside the lot while in some pastures and will also have access to that water trough even if they have a secondary water source in the other pastures.
Easier to trick them sometimes. They are caught before they realize it. And also gives them the sense that the lot is not always a "bad" place.