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<blockquote data-quote="rlrobinhood" data-source="post: 1663667" data-attributes="member: 40025"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>We have a small 7 acre place and my daughter loves agriculture. She's been raising three pigs each year for the last the last couple years. About 9 months ago, she acquired some Scottish Highlands cow, calf, and a heifer. With this small of an acreage, we have been doing intensive rotational grazing and it is working. We have enough feed. But, I want to be able to dry lot them in the spring to give the grass a jump start before we rotational graze again.</p><p></p><p>Attached is a corral design that I want to build this spring. What do you think of it considering the maximum cattle we would have would be two cows and two calves. The majority of the time it would be a cow/calf and a heifer. Is this large enough to drylot this scenario for a couple months until the grass is ready to start grazing? I want the ability to take care of a calving cow or sick cow. What do you think of the size of the maternity/sick pen?</p><p></p><p>Any recommendations you would make on any of this? Easier to address it now before its built, lol. OH, and what do you think of letting three pigs co-habitat with the cows for about a month before we turn the cows out on grass?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks and please, let me know any and all thoughts!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlrobinhood, post: 1663667, member: 40025"] Hi all, We have a small 7 acre place and my daughter loves agriculture. She's been raising three pigs each year for the last the last couple years. About 9 months ago, she acquired some Scottish Highlands cow, calf, and a heifer. With this small of an acreage, we have been doing intensive rotational grazing and it is working. We have enough feed. But, I want to be able to dry lot them in the spring to give the grass a jump start before we rotational graze again. Attached is a corral design that I want to build this spring. What do you think of it considering the maximum cattle we would have would be two cows and two calves. The majority of the time it would be a cow/calf and a heifer. Is this large enough to drylot this scenario for a couple months until the grass is ready to start grazing? I want the ability to take care of a calving cow or sick cow. What do you think of the size of the maternity/sick pen? Any recommendations you would make on any of this? Easier to address it now before its built, lol. OH, and what do you think of letting three pigs co-habitat with the cows for about a month before we turn the cows out on grass? Many thanks and please, let me know any and all thoughts!! [/QUOTE]
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