Originally Posted By: FurFlyin
Originally Posted By: Ryano
Cows eat grass that is fertilized by their poop all the time. They even eat grass that I am sure had poop attached and hay that gets mixed with poop if feeding in the same spot especially if using hay rings. Only difference I see is that it comes from a chicken and has added nutrients and whatever else is gave to chickens.


There's a whole lot of difference in being fertilized by poop and eating poop. I've been around a few cows, they will leave the grass standing around a pile of cow manure.

If deer can't eat it, how would you keep them from eating fescue? They probably don't eat much of it because of the palatability of the grass.


I have been around a few cows also. Not that many we jsut have 120-150 brood cows at any given time. I know they eat crap and force you to eat crap also if on the wrong end and talking while checking to see if that calf is coming right or not. Never hurt the cows or any of us that I know of. That being said I know it would not be near the same quantity as when mixed in feed. As for the fescue I dont know if they eat it or not but thats what I have been told. I assume if its the truth they have instinct not to eat it I have no clue.