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Feb 18, 2011

gcreekrch

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Took the camera to Morrison Meadow yesterday. The photos tell me that we pushed the wire a little far in making these young cattle work for their groceries until Jan. 6th. Circumstances, disorganization and my trip to the flat country delayed getting this bunch Ivomeced until Feb. 9th. Don't know how you organic guys do it, all we ended up with was a bunch of Mexican Hairless cows.
Anyway, here we go..............

Morrison Meadow Momma Mowich
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Steaming beef in -30 temp.
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Someone asked a while back about our bale feeder, here are a couple of photos again.
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Soup line.
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Thieves.
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We are not due to start calving until the end of the first week in April, there are alot of heifers starting to show already'
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One of the heifers we bought last fall.
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A couple of Mexican Hairless cows. :roll: :(
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Mountains to the west.
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There ya go girls, eat til ya bust.
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PATB

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How much difference in production is there in areas you feed to area that you don't? I will open this question up to anyone who feeds hay on pasture or hayland.

I have a hard time getting my photos to come out on bright sunny days :???: .
 

burnt

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Gcreek, I was wondering how the bale unroller works, or maybe I should say, how the bale unrolls in deep, soft snow? Does it still roll or does it just want to slid and push snow?
 

gcreekrch

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Usually, the summer following an intense feeding program on hayland produces very little. The next ten years production increases by double or triple in most cases.
 

gcreekrch

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burnt said:
Gcreek, I was wondering how the bale unroller works, or maybe I should say, how the bale unrolls in deep, soft snow? Does it still roll or does it just want to slid and push snow?

We normally roll out at the edge of where we fed the day before to prevent the cows from trampling too much feed under the snow. You can roll out in deep snow if you say your Hail Mary's and hold your mouth right. :wink: :D
 

Dylan Biggs

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Gcreek, nice mountain shot.

Your mexican cows are missing a bit of hair but I think they need to lose some more before they qualify as hairless. :)

What is interesting is the ones that show the natural resistance.

We bought a bull last year and he is a bit closer to hairless then your few cows. The other bulls in the pen show virtually no signs of hair loss.

Over the years it seems like the reds are a bit more prone to hair loss then the blacks in our herd.
 
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