per said:
So far so good per. As I said, we're only feeding a few pounds/animal/day and that's usually after they have a bellyfull of cut green pasture.
I look at this as more of a high energy snack. Hope that holds.
Sorghum harvest at the ranch; pics added Nov 8
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So far so good per. As I said, we're only feeding a few pounds/animal/day and that's usually after they have a bellyfull of cut green pasture.
I look at this as more of a high energy snack. Hope that holds.
the_jersey_lilly_2000
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I have a way off topic question. The poles with what looks like would be for a tarp shade ....is that what that's for?
And another....cut green pasture? (I may have asked this in the past because I remember wondering about it) Do you cut green feed daily for them?
And another....cut green pasture? (I may have asked this in the past because I remember wondering about it) Do you cut green feed daily for them?
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
I love your questions.
Indeed, the poles were a shortterm solution to a long term problem that I still haven't solved....SHADE. I've got this current corral's shade sytem about one half covered because it's plenty for the animals in the corral. The few trees inside also help. As I said before, I'll eventually go to all all metal pipe system but that will come after other improvements are made.
Some of my animals are fed cut green pasture daily. Others graze, all depending on what's available at a given time, and whatever the current crisis is.
I've got some pastures that I just don't want to graze animals in.....my newly-planted bermuda, for instance. I'm conditioning those pastures to be 'commercial' by next year and the best way for me to do that quickly is by using a harvester as opposed to grazing animals. Works out well from two standpoints in that respect.
balestabber
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your cattle look good standing at the feed bunk.but i have a dumb question.
i don't see any flies,or bees or birds,,,,feeding that molasses here would surely draw something.and your cattle all have good eyes.
wondered if your cattle are treated,or if the bramers are just resistant to the outside parasites to an extent.i noticed even where you store the sorhgum is OPEN bins.but no birds.
i don't see any flies,or bees or birds,,,,feeding that molasses here would surely draw something.and your cattle all have good eyes.
wondered if your cattle are treated,or if the bramers are just resistant to the outside parasites to an extent.i noticed even where you store the sorhgum is OPEN bins.but no birds.
balestabber said:
Interesting observation balestabber and for the most part, very accurate.
While the sorghum was still in the field I did have daily flocks of small emerald-green parakeets feeding on the stuff. Not much one can do about that problem though. Once harvested, I've not seen any problems with birds trying to rob grain from storage.
And our insect problems are also very manageable as well. We do have flies, and even some mosquitos, but nothing really bad and nothing like the mosquitos I experienced back in Louisiana. Once the rains come we get a lot of gnats, but they're more of a buzzing nuisance than any real problem.
The Brahman blood does make these mestizo cattle more resistant to local parasites though having said that these cattle were all sprayed for ticks and injected for internal parasites as well.
Here's a thread I started when I bought this lot of animals. There's some better pics of the typical mestizo cattle in the original post.
http://www.ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47377&highlight=mestizo