</a JR Holmes Oil Company </a Shark Guard Southeast Woods and Whitetail Mayer Insurance Services LLC
Aldeer Classifieds
Looking for Lowrance Ghost or 24v Ultrex
by bradbathome. 03/28/24 08:17 PM
Turkey loads/decoy
by Rem870s2. 03/28/24 04:41 PM
Wtb Browning 300 Mag
by desertdog. 03/28/24 03:36 PM
WTB Chevy 1500
by Okalona. 03/28/24 07:44 AM
Iso ruger american ranch
by AustinC. 03/27/24 08:20 PM
Serious Deer Talk
The Hollywood Buck.
by Mbrock. 03/28/24 08:56 PM
For the Don’t Shoot Does Crowd
by SEWoodsWhitetail. 03/28/24 10:45 AM
High Fencing
by RareBreed. 03/26/24 10:45 PM
Who's got the best deer hunting in AL
by TensawRiver. 03/26/24 01:26 PM
What makes you happy?
by Fishduck. 03/26/24 10:25 AM
March
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Land, Leases, Hunting Clubs
West Jefferson County hunting club
by Jmfire722. 03/18/24 08:36 AM
Western Ky farm
by todd w. 03/15/24 01:23 PM
Information on bibb county hunting club
by quickshot. 03/10/24 01:46 PM
Hunting Club
by Hibby. 03/08/24 04:34 PM
Mississippi club
by Gobl4me. 03/07/24 09:55 PM
Who's Online Now
121 registered members (Turkey_neck, Kdog, Zbrann, hawndog, jwalker77, WMEC615, blumsden, BhamFred, Snuffy, Turberville, timberwolfe, RCHRR, Rockstar007, Ray_Coon, Catbird, Goose, lefthorn, 7x57_Mauser, Copes, bward85, Mansfield, desertdog, BurningBright, cajunshooter, WEMOhunter, RSF, Chiller, BCD, Ben2, eclipse829, GomerPyle, oldbowhunter, Tree Dweller, StateLine, Cuz-Pat, WDE, Floorman1, doublefistful, Beak_Buster, Bushmaster, jlbuc10, lalongbeard, Bamajoz, 10 POINT, jdhunter2011, Reaper, Herdbull, Ryano, William, hallb, HawkPilot, Deerslayer33, BCLC, Chancetribe, fourfive45, TGreen, Geezer, Bandit635, ucmducks, outdoorguy88, Justice, Gobble4me757, CrappieMan, BPI, Atoler, Lightfoot, Jweeks, Coosa1, lectrode, TideWJO, taggedout, Marengo hunter, dirkdaddy, cartervj, TroyBoy1988, AustinC, KENT, LuckyGoose, Mbrock, PourIron12, just_an_illusion, FNG68, Jotjackson, Powers, Last Soldier, Solothurn, jbatey1, GATA87, MC21, Prohunter3509, robinhedd, limabean, kpswihart, Calvin, JohnG, Aldecks1, aucivil, Shaneomac2, MS_Hunter, globe, CAL, Cjunkin, Paxamus, JB71, bambam32, HBWALKER14, jumboSHRIMP, 14 invisible), 617 guests, and 0 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Feeding hay #2259293
10/15/17 02:12 PM
10/15/17 02:12 PM
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,702
Cleburne
.308 Offline OP
14 point
.308  Offline OP
14 point
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,702
Cleburne
How do you cow pokes feed your round bales? I use a typical 8' ring seen at any farm supply but my cows waste 20-25% of every bale. When paying 25-30 bucks a roll that gets expensive. I need a better idea.


"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
Re: Feeding hay [Re: .308] #2259380
10/15/17 03:23 PM
10/15/17 03:23 PM
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,498
cullman,al
deerfeeder89 Offline
10 point
deerfeeder89  Offline
10 point
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,498
cullman,al
I use the by rings as well. A buddy of mine uses a hay unroller on the back of his tractor. They don't waste near as much but he feeds every morning and every afternoon and I frankly don't have time to spend feeding like that. I think he told he spends and hour each feeding rolling hay out twice a day in one field. I have cows in separate fields so figure time wise. 20 min. Tractor ride to go get 2 bales of of the barn, 20 min. Back to the fields, say he spends a hour per feeding one field. I've got cows in two fields I've got to feed so 2 hours there in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. That's almost 5 hours a day. I feed hay about every 3-4 days in a hay ring. Hay quality has alot to do with waste as well. If no ring was used they'll make a huge mess and waste a alot of hay if you just sit the bales out. The other option I've seen used i think it's called a hay cradle .

Re: Feeding hay [Re: .308] #2259665
10/15/17 11:17 PM
10/15/17 11:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,702
Cleburne
.308 Offline OP
14 point
.308  Offline OP
14 point
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,702
Cleburne
I see a cone type hay feeder on the interwebs but I haven't found one local. They run around a $1000 give or take but cut the waste back to around 5% possibly.if I paid that & it worked as advertised I could make my investment back in a year or 2.


"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
Re: Feeding hay [Re: .308] #2261218
10/17/17 06:54 AM
10/17/17 06:54 AM
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,377
Marshall County
FurFlyin Offline
Freak of Nature
FurFlyin  Offline
Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,377
Marshall County
We roll em out here and burn what's left over on the ground when it's dry enough in the early spring. It beats the heck out of having that knee deep mess in an area in the pasture.


If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Re: Feeding hay [Re: .308] #2262985
10/18/17 05:29 PM
10/18/17 05:29 PM
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 1,502
Cullman,AL
T
turkey_killer Offline
8 point
turkey_killer  Offline
8 point
T
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 1,502
Cullman,AL
I go get one at a time from a guy. He loads if on my truck with his tractor and I go push it off in the pasture or barn. This year I also got some square bales. But I only have 4 head so not many to feed

Last edited by turkey_killer; 10/18/17 05:29 PM.

Aldeer.com Copyright 2001-2023 Aldeer LLP.
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.6.1.1
(Release build 20180111)
Page Time: 0.097s Queries: 14 (0.034s) Memory: 3.1232 MB (Peak: 3.3293 MB) Zlib disabled. Server Time: 2024-03-29 13:36:18 UTC