How Much Hay
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Free choice hay. Not sure about how much a Jersey will actually consume -- my holsteins can eat a 70lb alfalfa bale per day -- maybe half a bale for a Jersey? you'll have to experiment and see what she cleans up.
rkm
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About two and half pounds per 100 lbs. of body weight.
A 1000 lb cow needs about 25 lbs of hay if she gets no pasture or silage.
A 1000 lb cow needs about 25 lbs of hay if she gets no pasture or silage.
BoumaticWonders
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what about cows getting silage? How much hay.
rkm
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It depends on the moisture content and how much silage she consumes. Rough figuring, if your silage is 65% moisture, 35% dry matter. For every ten lbs of silage you could take away three and half lbs of hay. Do I have you confused? This just rough figures. You need to talk to your local feed store and see if they will do a ration for you.
BoumaticWonders
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yes you have me confused rkm. where in ny are you? I know some people up in Lewis County. Milk about 400 I think.
It would be good hay but not alfalfa since I feed Purina 16% dairy special plus alfalfa pellets for thecalcium and protein. (Would that do?) So a Jersey taping at 820 pounds would need about 21 pounds of good 2nd cutting hay?
