bigbull338
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its nov 28th an we finally put out 4 bales of hay for the cows.might as well put the hay out an get ahead of the cold weather.i hope they dont eat it to fast.
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Jogeephus
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Its been a wonderful fall for us. Been putting out four rolls every 2-3 days and there is still hay in the ring when I bring more. Nice change of pace from the daily eight I was feeding this time last year.
1982vett
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Pastures are still green but very little growth. Oats is growing nicely. Been grazing for a month now and feeding hay only to control the squirts. Vast difference from last year.
bigbull338
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i know what you mean there.last year we started feeding hay in early nov.weve prlly saved 20 bales of hay.
fargus
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That's good to hear. We managed to stretch our grass up here until the middle of the month. Been feeding them out on grass, but it's getting pretty muddy. Think our girls are gonna have to come in the yard until we get some appreciable snow fall so they don't pug up the pasture I want to overwinter them in too bad. Glad to see that even though the markets aren't doing us many favours this fall, at least mother nature isn't being too hard on us.
Put my first hay out Nov. 14,2009. Last year each roll lasted about five days and cost $45.00 per roll. This year a roll lasts nine days and cost $20.00 per roll. Last year hay was hard to get. This year hay is everywhere. I don't have a thing to complain about :cboy: :cboy:
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SRBeef
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Glad to hear everyone is not using a lot of hay so far this year.
I have mine in two front pastures (near the road) until the end of the deer gun season next week. Calves tend to look a lot like deer to some hunters. Calves have good hay, cows, heifers and bull have corn to graze plus some hay available. Definitely have the corn squirts though. I put the hay out in the pastures however rather than in my winter hay feeding area.
I am trying something different as mentioned by someone above. I am keeping them all OUT of my winter sacrifice area until the ground there freezes solid. I spread the manure pile and dragged the winter area a couple weeks ago so it is fairly smooth and ready to go. My hope is that if it freezes solid and stays that way then it will be easier to keep clean and cleanup in the spring. Sort of a northern poor man's concrete??
We'll see how this goes. Still some grass grazing on the back pastures if the staying snow holds off for a little while and the guns quiet down.
Jim
I have mine in two front pastures (near the road) until the end of the deer gun season next week. Calves tend to look a lot like deer to some hunters. Calves have good hay, cows, heifers and bull have corn to graze plus some hay available. Definitely have the corn squirts though. I put the hay out in the pastures however rather than in my winter hay feeding area.
I am trying something different as mentioned by someone above. I am keeping them all OUT of my winter sacrifice area until the ground there freezes solid. I spread the manure pile and dragged the winter area a couple weeks ago so it is fairly smooth and ready to go. My hope is that if it freezes solid and stays that way then it will be easier to keep clean and cleanup in the spring. Sort of a northern poor man's concrete??
We'll see how this goes. Still some grass grazing on the back pastures if the staying snow holds off for a little while and the guns quiet down.
Jim
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as for winter hay feeding I haven't started and won't have to until late February if we don't get any snow or ice ( :lol: )
I have fed about 150 bales earlier when I was calving as I keep them on 3 or 4, 30 acre calving pastures so I have to feed a little then but with all the grass we have had this yr I have plenty left for awhile weather permitting
we are the same as others more hay in the country than you can shake a stick at and some people are practically giving it away $10-$20 per bale for a 4x5
I sold 100 out of the barn today at $32 and have about 200 outside still
I have fed about 150 bales earlier when I was calving as I keep them on 3 or 4, 30 acre calving pastures so I have to feed a little then but with all the grass we have had this yr I have plenty left for awhile weather permitting
we are the same as others more hay in the country than you can shake a stick at and some people are practically giving it away $10-$20 per bale for a 4x5
I sold 100 out of the barn today at $32 and have about 200 outside still
Lucky_P
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We started limit feeding 10# hay and 6# distiller's grain product per head around October 1.
Herd is split about 50/50 between Spring and Fall calving cows. Spring calvers in one 10-acre 'sacrifice' pasture, Fall calvers and weaned heifers in another 10 acre sacrifice pasture, though we're swapping fall-calvers back over to the other group after their AI service so the bull can breed any that don't stick on AI, and pulling 1st calf heifers bred for spring calving back over with the weanlings to keep numbers in the two groups about the same, and to relieve some of the competition for the 1st calf heifers at the feed bunks.
When the bull comes out around Jan 15, both groups will be combined and will rotate through 80 acres of stockpiled fescue. Should still have enough hay left to feed for at least another 6 weeks, if they eat through all the stockpile before spring grass kicks in.
Limit-feeding - cows get an hour and fifteen minutes at the hay feeders each morning before going out to their grain ration, then back out to pick around for anything they can find in the pasture - works out to right around 10#/hd/day - 5 rolls last about 7-8 days.
Herd is split about 50/50 between Spring and Fall calving cows. Spring calvers in one 10-acre 'sacrifice' pasture, Fall calvers and weaned heifers in another 10 acre sacrifice pasture, though we're swapping fall-calvers back over to the other group after their AI service so the bull can breed any that don't stick on AI, and pulling 1st calf heifers bred for spring calving back over with the weanlings to keep numbers in the two groups about the same, and to relieve some of the competition for the 1st calf heifers at the feed bunks.
When the bull comes out around Jan 15, both groups will be combined and will rotate through 80 acres of stockpiled fescue. Should still have enough hay left to feed for at least another 6 weeks, if they eat through all the stockpile before spring grass kicks in.
Limit-feeding - cows get an hour and fifteen minutes at the hay feeders each morning before going out to their grain ration, then back out to pick around for anything they can find in the pasture - works out to right around 10#/hd/day - 5 rolls last about 7-8 days.
I just put my first hay out last weekend. My main pasture is still grazable, and my secondary pasture has barely been touched at all. I live in central Delmarva and it's just starting to get cold. Hay was dirt cheap here this fall with all of the late summer and fall rain. I paid about half of what I usually pay.
CPL":2d4nyv6j said:
They are both about the same!!!CPL":2d4nyv6j said:
The people that I let hunt will not do that and if they found someone on my place doing that I AM SURE they would hold them there till the law came and no I don't charge them to hunt and they count it a honor to have a place and in return they watch out for me and my land
