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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1093495" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>We are feeding a bale a day, or about 5 a week (we skip 12 hours every few days). Our bales were weighed, and averaged 1050 lbs. We are feeding 24 cows, plus fall and new spring calves on that bale a day. Will we have enough? Probably, if spring gets here before mid March! But we will be close (we are also feeding 4 spring yearling heifers, but they go through a bale a month, and 4 horses, which go through about a bale every 2 weeks). We started the season with 120 bales, 90 of our own hay and the rest bought. Hay is running about $25/a 4 x 5 round out here, so not as bad as last year. I can find some if I need to. Hope not to though!</p><p>Last year we fed light, because of the drought, and the cost of hay (over $75 for the same stuff available this year). Our cows came out of winter with a lower than liked body condition score, and our fertility suffered in the spring. I DO NOT want to do that again!! So we are keeping hay in front of them, and it is a better quality hay (tested, at 12% protein, not bad!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1093495, member: 18809"] We are feeding a bale a day, or about 5 a week (we skip 12 hours every few days). Our bales were weighed, and averaged 1050 lbs. We are feeding 24 cows, plus fall and new spring calves on that bale a day. Will we have enough? Probably, if spring gets here before mid March! But we will be close (we are also feeding 4 spring yearling heifers, but they go through a bale a month, and 4 horses, which go through about a bale every 2 weeks). We started the season with 120 bales, 90 of our own hay and the rest bought. Hay is running about $25/a 4 x 5 round out here, so not as bad as last year. I can find some if I need to. Hope not to though! Last year we fed light, because of the drought, and the cost of hay (over $75 for the same stuff available this year). Our cows came out of winter with a lower than liked body condition score, and our fertility suffered in the spring. I DO NOT want to do that again!! So we are keeping hay in front of them, and it is a better quality hay (tested, at 12% protein, not bad!). [/QUOTE]
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