kenny thomas":1cjjfc3f said:Another good reason to unroll
kenny thomas":3f1ucg98 said:Mine are on19+% stockpile fescue but eating like they are starved. There is no limit to what they can graze but they still bawl when they hear me coming. Might be spoiled.
As soon as I turn them into a new strip it starts getting muddy. Rain 6 of the next 10 days and no temps below freezing.
TCRanch":1m8a3c1h said:We tried unrolling and they wasted the majority of it, pooping & using it as bedding. Although I think it may be a learned behavior because we put out straw for bedding when it gets really cold. We had a horrible year, ended up with a third fewer bales and that's including junk prairie we normally don't bale. Currently feeding the stemmy brome, saving the good stuff for when it really gets cold, and they're not loving it. They're also not tearing into the Bermuda like previous years but will clean up old alfalfa. Also supplementing with 20% protein cubes & 30% protein tubs. I'll go with spoiled.
My girls are due to start calving 2/26 (which means there's always one that kicks off spring calving 10 days early). So they were on fresh, spring grass & still supplemented with cubes/tubs when I turned the bulls out in May. Kansas can get some pretty brutal winters & I want them to have the best hay in the worst conditions. But good information, thanks!Bright Raven":6gblylbz said:TCRanch":6gblylbz said:We tried unrolling and they wasted the majority of it, pooping & using it as bedding. Although I think it may be a learned behavior because we put out straw for bedding when it gets really cold. We had a horrible year, ended up with a third fewer bales and that's including junk prairie we normally don't bale. Currently feeding the stemmy brome, saving the good stuff for when it really gets cold, and they're not loving it. They're also not tearing into the Bermuda like previous years but will clean up old alfalfa. Also supplementing with 20% protein cubes & 30% protein tubs. I'll go with spoiled.
This is interesting. I AI during my hay feeding season. Which begins about Thanksgiving. I was talking to Fire Sweeps Embryologist, Dale. Dale told me to feed my best hay first while the cows are in "Conception Mode". Then when you have them bred for at least two cycles, he said you can feed your worse hay. His words were "once the embryo is established, you can abuse them. They don't require a lot of nutrition to hold the pregnancy after it is established. Since you got calves on them and you creep feed, the calves will be far enough along at that time to continue growing. The cows will winter out on the worst hay and soon go to grass".
I took that strategy and use it.
TCRanch":itksjcc0 said:My girls are due to start calving 2/26 (which means there's always one that kicks off spring calving 10 days early). So they were on fresh, spring grass & still supplemented with cubes/tubs when I turned the bulls out in May. Kansas can get some pretty brutal winters & I want them to have the best hay in the worst conditions. But good information, thanks!Bright Raven":itksjcc0 said:TCRanch":itksjcc0 said:We tried unrolling and they wasted the majority of it, pooping & using it as bedding. Although I think it may be a learned behavior because we put out straw for bedding when it gets really cold. We had a horrible year, ended up with a third fewer bales and that's including junk prairie we normally don't bale. Currently feeding the stemmy brome, saving the good stuff for when it really gets cold, and they're not loving it. They're also not tearing into the Bermuda like previous years but will clean up old alfalfa. Also supplementing with 20% protein cubes & 30% protein tubs. I'll go with spoiled.
This is interesting. I AI during my hay feeding season. Which begins about Thanksgiving. I was talking to Fire Sweeps Embryologist, Dale. Dale told me to feed my best hay first while the cows are in "Conception Mode". Then when you have them bred for at least two cycles, he said you can feed your worse hay. His words were "once the embryo is established, you can abuse them. They don't require a lot of nutrition to hold the pregnancy after it is established. Since you got calves on them and you creep feed, the calves will be far enough along at that time to continue growing. The cows will winter out on the worst hay and soon go to grass".
I took that strategy and use it.
kenny thomas":39ebzqo8 said:Another good reason to unroll