Smart cow!

[djinwa]

Don't know if this has made the rounds yet - my MIL sent it to me.

 

[Calman]

Be good for old cows with no teeth. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Cal

 

[mnmtranching]

Lawn clippings will poison cows. :clap:

 

[alacattleman]

Lawn clippings will poison cows. :clap:

that fast?

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Lawn clippings will poison cows. :clap:

I've heard that before. Why would that happen?? Rarely, but occasionally, I have to rake up some of our lawn, and I feed it to our cattle. Maybe 1-2 wheel barrow full. They fight over it & it's quickly gone.

 

[djinwa]

Lawn clippings will poison cows. :clap:

Lawn clippings have been most of my cows' diet for several summers, with plenty of mineral added as it seems pretty lush. I have wondered though if one used weed and feed if that would be a problem.

 

[regolith]

It's not the lawn clippings but the chopped leaves from overhanging trees/garden trimmings that get mixed in. Don't have yew, laburnum, arum, lily-of-the-valley tree, foxglove?
Some trees that are supposed to be poisonous I've seen cattle browsing with no apparent ill-effects (rhododendron and camellia, various of the pine family) but I still wouldn't deliberately add it to their diet.

 

[Douglas]

Green leaves growing on trees are not normally a problem, but when they start drying posion can accumulate.