What were they eating?!

[Beefy]

Years ago on my way to town i would see some neighbor's (dont get me started) cattle down the road in the pen being fed what looked to me like fiberglass. it would be in a pile, shredded, and looked like ...FIBERGLASS. what in the world was that? i saw them eating this on several occasions.

 

[Scout]

Fibergrass?

 

[Crowderfarms]

Maybe one of those traveling carnivals needed a place to dump some cotton candy. :roll:

 

[ga. prime]

Cane stalks that had been run through a 1903 patented Golden Bro's. cane mill?

 

[Susie David]

Does the neighbor have a hay chopper?

 

[Beefy]

it was pink in color and looked glossy. looked like something laminated. who knows.

 

[Beefy]

it definitely looked like some kind of paper or laminate material. fiberglass, is exactly what it looked like to me, from a distance. (not far from the road). i wonder if was candy or gum with wrappers and everything? what kind of byproducts do they shred?

 

[Beefy]

it was peppermint and plastic wrap.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

it was peppermint and plastic wrap.

:shock: :shock:

Well, I guess those little plastic wrappers aren't as bad as plastic bags or artificial flowers. But still, that's alot of little plastic bits.

Do you suppose those bits of plastic count as "fiber"/"roughage"? ;-)

Katherine

 

[dun]

it was peppermint and plastic wrap.

:shock: :shock:

Well, I guess those little plastic wrappers aren't as bad as plastic bags or artificial flowers. But still, that's alot of little plastic bits.

Do you suppose those bits of plastic count as "fiber"/"roughage"? ;-)

Katherine

Maybe it pre/repackages the manure so that it's easier to clean up

dun

 

[sidney411]

where would someone get that many peppermints to give to the cattle?

 

[TR]

Guess they'd have good smelling breath at the least....... :lol:

 

[sidney411]

LOL! or their owner eats out at a LOT of restaurants.

 

[TheBullLady]

When we lived in Illinois we fed a LOT of byproducts, because they were easy to find and cheap. However, anything that came in wrappers I un-wrapped. Something not quite right about a cow eating plastic... but that's just me.