Happy Easter to my cows. I added the picture.

[highgrit]

We moved the cows from the woods to one of my food plots. The cows fed for less than 3 hours and laid down chewing their cud.

 

[M-5]

Dang hg 2 weeks makes a big difference From when I was there. Looks good

 

[Deepsouth]

Fine food plot HG.

 

[LRTX1]

Looks real nice hg

 

[Nesikep]

Don't show it to my cows!

I can't complain though, things are slowly greening around here

 

[highgrit]

It's probably grown 10-12 inches in the few weeks. We had a frost last week that burned the Bermuda grass back. I like to see the cows happy. When I push them in the woods hard you can tell their not happy. And they'll let you know their not happy, they haven't made a peep today.

 

[branguscowgirl]

Very nice!

 

[Williamsv]

Looking great! Wish my grass looked like that. Mine are finishing up their rye grass before it gets plowed up. They are getting tired of it and keep coming out in the pastures to graze.

 

[skyhightree1]

looks good I wouldnt want to stand too close behind them.

 

[torogmc81]

Looking good! Ours is green but only 3 inches tall so far

We will be doing the same thing in three weeks. It'll be a more quiet around.

 

[Toad]

That is a beautiful sight! I can't wait until our grass starts growing like that.

 

[TexasBred]

Fat and sassy and lots of groceries still on the table. ;-)

 

[nobull82]

Lucky! I'm still feeding round bales

 

[Deepsouth]

Highgrit, explain to me about putting the cows in the woods. Do you winter them in the woods or do you just take them out of winter pasture at spring green up until pasture get some growth?

 

[highgrit]

Deepsouth, I didn't plant winter grazing for the cows last year. Thought I had enough hay and corn, but I mismanaged my resources. I put the cows in the woods and let them scrounge for about a month. I try and put hay out also when I have it. The more the cows are in the woods, the better the woods get for the cows. Jogeephus, told me it takes 20 acres of woods per cow per year to get by. So I just figured 2 acres per day per cow and let them have at it. The cows did a better job eating the woods this year than last year.The first couple of days the cows make a big fuss, after that they shut up and start scrounging. I'm reluctant to push them really hard, because I have ferns, black cherry and some other toxic weeds.

 

[Deepsouth]

Ok I understand. We use to run cows in woods when I was a boy but it was always in summer not winter that's why I asked. I've been thinking about fencing about 100 acres of woods and do some summer grazing after winter burns.

 

[Deepsouth]

What kind of woods are you running them in? Pine, hardwood, mixed, planted or natural? How old?
Your cows look real good so it's working.