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Sandhusker
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Triangle Bar
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mytfarms
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| Well, BMR told me to ask lots of questions and here we go. I have to know what the advantages of wrapping bales in plastic is. I know it helps keep out moisture, but can you wrap bales as soon as the hay is cut or does it have to dry? Also, do you feed it as silage or just like regular round bales?
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gcreekrch
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Go to www.mchale.net ours is the 991B model wrapper. We only stop for actual rain or ground that is too soft to get on. The haylage from our wild meadows tested 10.8 acual protein and 70% TDN last year. It is costly to wrap bales but black hay is more expensive.
And no, we don't wrap dry hay although it would probably save 10 to 15% loss due to weather. Just not enough time for the two on this crew.
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Jassy
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Your calves look great! It still amazes me that mountain cows will come home on their own once the weather changes...Aint mother nature smart>?llol Our cows are kind of like that, when we finally round em up,,once we get on our own land, we just open gates all the way home and by the next day,,majority of them are standing at the fence wanting hay..lol
Another ? If you do get those wild horses in the correl, what do you do with them then...? Thanks for the photo's
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gcreekrch
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Your calves look great! It still amazes me that mountain cows will come home on their own once the weather changes...Aint mother nature smart>?llol Our cows are kind of like that, when we finally round em up,,once we get on our own land, we just open gates all the way home and by the next day,,majority of them are standing at the fence wanting hay..lol
Another ? If you do get those wild horses in the correl, what do you do with them then...? Thanks for the photo's |
Thanks Jassy.
There is only one mare with the cattle, she is big enough to make a saddle horse out of but that depends on if she wants to be one. She sure floats at a long-trot. Those wild shi@@ers can sure move in the bush once you get them broke. She definately doesn't want to leave the herd on her own, that may change when the fences start closing in.
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REAL nice set of calves. Hope they bring good money for ya.