tapeworm":3gvpkya0 said:
Running Arrow Bill":3gvpkya0 said:
I personally wouldn't feed any of the Sorgham species (esp. johnsongrass) to horses. Heck...we won't feed that stuff to our cattle!!
All of our animals get bermudagrass pasture, horse quality bermuda hay, and horses get some alfalfa hay.
Running bill sounds like youve got a bunch of spoilt stock around your place! LOL You really feed horse quality hay to your cattle???? You know what a ruminant is right???? To me ruminant means low quality roughage...that is there place in the food chain. LOL
I let my horses decide on there own menus under range conditions. The ones in the horse barn always like what they get to...if they dont like it the first few days they will sure as heck love it by the time the week is out!!LOL
Tapeworm...some enlightening words here...lol:
1. We're buying semi-loads of #1 horse quality bermuda for the SAME price we can get the trashy Haygrazer, Redtop Cane, and Peanut Hay for locally. The horse quality bermuda is about 10-12% protein; the trashy stuff is about 5-8% protein...you run the numbers!
2. Yes, suppose our livestock are spoiled...however, NO sickness or other natural problems with any of them.
3. We're raising registered stock sold 99% via private treaty. All of our customers have been very pleased with our stock.
4. No, we don't pamper our horses. Just ensure they have a quality diet (pasture, hay, minerals, etc.).
5. No, we haven't lost one calf to date (except one that was a rare breech birth to a young cow we had recently bought back then). And, no we haven't had to pull a single calf (and don't ever expect to) with our Longhorns.
;-) :cboy: