FourSquareFarm
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So, I put out my last round bale yesterday. I am wondering if I should buy some more or let them graze the start of green I see in my other pastures. How long do you wait to turn them loose on it?
I do the sameRafter S":1s5303b6 said:I quit feeding hay when they don't clean it up. As long as they keep eating it all I keep putting it out.
dun":2isfme3p said:I do the sameRafter S":2isfme3p said:I quit feeding hay when they don't clean it up. As long as they keep eating it all I keep putting it out.
FourSquareFarm":1x69nbc2 said:So, I put out my last round bale yesterday. I am wondering if I should buy some more or let them graze the start of green I see in my other pastures. How long do you wait to turn them loose on it?
AllForage":137ln649 said:FourSquareFarm":137ln649 said:So, I put out my last round bale yesterday. I am wondering if I should buy some more or let them graze the start of green I see in my other pastures. How long do you wait to turn them loose on it?
If you manage your grazing ( mig). I suggest waiting til you have 4-6 inches and then doing quick rotations. Up here, pounding young early spring grass is s recipe for poor pastures and lots of weeds or thistles. Just wait for all the threads on chemicals to control them posted here.
I always figure about mid March but plan for another month in case winter hangs around longer.Bigfoot":8m08ietu said:Intresting to me that although we all live in different parts of the country, we end up stopping feeding hay the same time. I'd have figured you guts down south would have hit spring a long time ago.
What do you use to scrape or pile your waste hay up with?slick4591":1i3be3kl said:Ended up buying one bale last week cause the girls were not out grazing like they should have been. They went to work on it right away but slowed down a few days later and took to grazing. Now, if it ever will dry up I'll get all the waste scraped up for compost.