katrina said:Come on guys pictures please for this old blonde..![]()
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gcreekrch said:A good friend of mine on the prairies told me once that if a cowman starts thinking he should pour some concrete to feed cattle in that he should just take two aspirins and go to bed.
Soapweed said:gcreekrch said:A good friend of mine on the prairies told me once that if a cowman starts thinking he should pour some concrete to feed cattle in that he should just take two aspirins and go to bed.
We only have two feedbunks on the whole place, and they are ten-foot steel bunks that are occasionally used for a few early weaned calves. Otherwise, all our cake and hay gets fed directly on the ground.
gcreekrch said:Soapweed said:gcreekrch said:A good friend of mine on the prairies told me once that if a cowman starts thinking he should pour some concrete to feed cattle in that he should just take two aspirins and go to bed.
We only have two feedbunks on the whole place, and they are ten-foot steel bunks that are occasionally used for a few early weaned calves. Otherwise, all our cake and hay gets fed directly on the ground.
We've got 18-20 wood grain bunks I built in 1993, they don't owe me anything but are getting tired. As we have more snow on average and then mud it is more efficient to feed any grain or pellets off the ground. If we go the TMR route for our calves next fall we will use tires to feed in so they and not the manure can be moved.
I thought you might appreciate that little sharing of wisdom. :wink:![]()
strawking said:I have been building portable bottomless bunks out of oil field pipe this winter. I dont feed much grain to my cows mostly just ground hay and it takes alot of space to hold enough pounds of ground hay to feed a cow. The pipe comes in 30 foot sticks so i split them to make 15 foot bunks. They are 3'6 wide on the bottom and 5' wide on the top with another pipe running 3' high down the center to keep them from climbing in side and makes it easy to pickup and move when it gets muddy around them. I welded angle irons in the corner and bolted 2 2x10s in the sides and ends. I figure 20 cows per bunk and they have been working great.