This is fantastic! I live in an apartment I Houston but this has held my attention the whole time! Raised on my grandparents farm InThe summers! Love this soooooo much! Thank you!
Good video. Can't wait for the livestream! One tip for that style of bale grazing is that sometimes, if a pasture is really needing extra free grass seeds, is to find hay that was harvested when plants were a bit mature, and use that as a means to deposit seeds onto the land. Often green hay contains plants that were harvested before they had a chance to produce seeds; usually they're at or prior to flowering state. Not always, but most of the time. :) Also, there's another style of bale grazing that larger operations use which are basically putting a bunch of large round bales out in rows over several acres and allowing livestock to eat a row at a time--enough for, say, three days before being moved onto the next row. This is good for operations with +20 cattle, but I doubt it would work as well for smaller farmsteads. You basically have to know the average weight of the bales, average weight of the cows, and calculate how much a group of cows will eat per day in order to figure out how many bales they can have every three days, spaced out so that all cows have equal share, not just the dominant cows that want it all for themselves.
Hi, I am not a farmer and don't have any animals but if I was all that information was good and interesting. I hope that the winter weather doesn't get too hard for the animals and yourselves.
Great to c you back on film, when will we c new baby calf n gender ,not sure it was said or guessed at ... N when will we be seeing your new son n some birth info n pictures ??? Great vlog about winter grassing ...those coos looked awesome with the snow all over them
3 weeks is a great stretch on hay! I started with hay rings but with my animals and the number of mouths, the bales lasted just as long without the rings as they did with. Not to mention the larger animals just flipped the rings out of the way. By all means do what works for you and your animals, hay budget, time, etc. Even moving the hay ring from place to place will help spread out the litter and manure. Creating a little bit of distance between the hay and water source can also help spread that manure in a wider radius as the animals travel from hay to hydration. You could also do what I call a "rationed unrolling" - unroll the bale away from the animals little by little. Using a reel running perpendicular to the unrolling. Unroll a ration to match your feeding goals (enough for one day, three ways, etc). When they've finished their allotted feed, unroll more and more the line ahead of them accordingly. Or use two reels and leap frog them so they animals never get ahead of you while you set up the line. This would spread the impact further than feeding in place for 3 weeks at a clip. I hope that helps, please fire back with any further questions! Eli
How wide of a paddock do they recommend? I have more square shapped paddocks and am thinking about changing the shape to more narrow and long. Any advise?
Random but what do you feed your goats? I have two NG does. They are just a year old, not pregnant. I’ve been just doing alfalfa and a mineral block and I’ve had them for two months. I’m rethinking that. I want to get them in the best shape to breed soon.
I really Want milking robots to be possible with small scale homesteads and farms. How is it that almost Evert other machine is possible to make in a homesteads vertion but milking robots is not? Have anyone build their own??
Here in Ohio it very seldom gets cold enough to solid freeze the ground and the cattle would ruin the turf they sink at least 6” or more plus the erosion is terrible
Them cows are so cute. Glad y'all have some help with feeding the cows for winter
This is fantastic! I live in an apartment I Houston but this has held my attention the whole time!
Raised on my grandparents farm InThe summers!
Love this soooooo much!
Thank you!
It's nice to see you smiling.
Good video. Can't wait for the livestream! One tip for that style of bale grazing is that sometimes, if a pasture is really needing extra free grass seeds, is to find hay that was harvested when plants were a bit mature, and use that as a means to deposit seeds onto the land. Often green hay contains plants that were harvested before they had a chance to produce seeds; usually they're at or prior to flowering state. Not always, but most of the time. :)
Also, there's another style of bale grazing that larger operations use which are basically putting a bunch of large round bales out in rows over several acres and allowing livestock to eat a row at a time--enough for, say, three days before being moved onto the next row. This is good for operations with +20 cattle, but I doubt it would work as well for smaller farmsteads. You basically have to know the average weight of the bales, average weight of the cows, and calculate how much a group of cows will eat per day in order to figure out how many bales they can have every three days, spaced out so that all cows have equal share, not just the dominant cows that want it all for themselves.
Awesome video! So excited to learn more about this.
Great interview👍🏼
Awesome content 👏 Thanks Guys 👦
Can't wait to see live steam
It's gonna be fun!
Those fuzzy faces 🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍 love this info! I will definitely be using this technique when we move to our new homestead next year!
Great video, such valuable knowledge
Hi, I am not a farmer and don't have any animals but if I was all that information was good and interesting. I hope that the winter weather doesn't get too hard for the animals and yourselves.
Thanks Rose!
L8
I give the tip you gave on the other video 👍🏻☺️
Learned alot. Thanks
Aust this is a great video.
Thanks Cyndi! Eli is so knowledgeable!
Great video
Interesting thanks for the info
Glad you enjoyed it!
7:05 “Hey, you guys gonna let me have that hay or nah?”
🤣
Great to c you back on film, when will we c new baby calf n gender ,not sure it was said or guessed at ... N when will we be seeing your new son
n some birth info n pictures ??? Great vlog about winter grassing ...those coos looked awesome with the snow all over them
Lots of new vids coming!
Eli,
I have 4 cows it would really be a waste to unroll a full round bale they usually last about 3 weeks in the hay ring.
What are some good options?
3 weeks is a great stretch on hay! I started with hay rings but with my animals and the number of mouths, the bales lasted just as long without the rings as they did with. Not to mention the larger animals just flipped the rings out of the way. By all means do what works for you and your animals, hay budget, time, etc. Even moving the hay ring from place to place will help spread out the litter and manure. Creating a little bit of distance between the hay and water source can also help spread that manure in a wider radius as the animals travel from hay to hydration.
You could also do what I call a "rationed unrolling" - unroll the bale away from the animals little by little. Using a reel running perpendicular to the unrolling. Unroll a ration to match your feeding goals (enough for one day, three ways, etc). When they've finished their allotted feed, unroll more and more the line ahead of them accordingly. Or use two reels and leap frog them so they animals never get ahead of you while you set up the line. This would spread the impact further than feeding in place for 3 weeks at a clip. I hope that helps, please fire back with any further questions!
Eli
How wide of a paddock do they recommend? I have more square shapped paddocks and am thinking about changing the shape to more narrow and long. Any advise?
Good question
Random but what do you feed your goats? I have two NG does. They are just a year old, not pregnant. I’ve been just doing alfalfa and a mineral block and I’ve had them for two months. I’m rethinking that. I want to get them in the best shape to breed soon.
Watch blue cactus dairy goats she shows Nigerian goats
@@donnapeitz8737 thank you but I can’t find a video of hers specifically of what to feed adult NGs.
@@aneloperez4610 i don’t have goats i used to have pigmy hay and goat feed from elevators or farm supplies store
We feed a good hay, a small amount of grain, and a goat mineral 👍
I feed mine 1/2 goat pellets, 1/2 alfalfa pellets, sometimes sprouted rolled oats, and a little molasses, along with goat mineral and prairie hay.
Very interesting Aust , I'm glad you did your research to help the Farm and Animals success 👏.
I hope Mum and Baby are doing well 💝.
JO JO IN VT 💕😄
If you have a Greg Judy bail unroller you can spread your bail very quickly
No doubt!
The thumbnail picture looks like sedge grass 😂
I really Want milking robots to be possible with small scale homesteads and farms. How is it that almost Evert other machine is possible to make in a homesteads vertion but milking robots is not? Have anyone build their own??
Here in Ohio it very seldom gets cold enough to solid freeze the ground and the cattle would ruin the turf they sink at least 6” or more plus the erosion is terrible
Aust, You'll get tired real Quick rolling them big bales out in the field by hand.
It's good, I need the exercise in the winter ;)
@@Homesteadyshow lol
Gender i only watch TH-cam if you left im sorry it’s one less video for me not good ive lost most of my videos cause TH-cam take down