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What do you feed in the winter?
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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1344717" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>We try to swath graze as far into the winter as we can. Last year we made it till the beginning of February which is pretty good. Some years the snow gets too deep for them to clean it all up or the swaths get iced down. And on a cold winter they will eat it faster and run out sooner. Once they are out of swath grazing we feed bales. They get an assortment of hay & greenfeed. The type of hay varies, some bales will be straight alfalfa, others a mix of brome/meadow brome/alfalfa and other grasses. We also cut some slough bottoms once they are dry enough.</p><p></p><p>We don't test any of it, just keep a close eye on the cows and supplement with grain accordingly. If we are short on feed we can stretch it a long ways by feeding some grain. Last year they only got grain once a week, some years they will get it every day.</p><p></p><p>And yes we will feed hay that has been rained on. The way this year is going so far all of our hay will probably get some rain before it is dry and baled. Not about to start complaining about rain though! And the cows will eat it or they will go hungry ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1344717, member: 21216"] We try to swath graze as far into the winter as we can. Last year we made it till the beginning of February which is pretty good. Some years the snow gets too deep for them to clean it all up or the swaths get iced down. And on a cold winter they will eat it faster and run out sooner. Once they are out of swath grazing we feed bales. They get an assortment of hay & greenfeed. The type of hay varies, some bales will be straight alfalfa, others a mix of brome/meadow brome/alfalfa and other grasses. We also cut some slough bottoms once they are dry enough. We don't test any of it, just keep a close eye on the cows and supplement with grain accordingly. If we are short on feed we can stretch it a long ways by feeding some grain. Last year they only got grain once a week, some years they will get it every day. And yes we will feed hay that has been rained on. The way this year is going so far all of our hay will probably get some rain before it is dry and baled. Not about to start complaining about rain though! And the cows will eat it or they will go hungry ;-) [/QUOTE]
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