Baling Millet For Animal Feed

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @jessicapearson9479
    @jessicapearson9479 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how people think of this ancient grain as just animal feed. You literally can use this just like barely and wheat! You can even use it in place of rice and oatmeal!! This grain also is incredibly nutritious for people!!

    • @mekon1971
      @mekon1971 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Much higher % of protein compared to barley and wheat - also makes a pretty good bread! Millet porridge is actually pretty popular in other countries.

  • @yellowdeer7163
    @yellowdeer7163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Cleaning and greasing equipment will keep them from catching fire, especially bearings. I think the millet was a success. Oh, and keep a fire extinguisher handy.

  • @dennism5565
    @dennism5565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I would plant another patch of millet next year and hand harvest the seed heads for sale to pet stores or open you own online store. Millet sells for a LOT of money to people with pet birds such as parrots.

  • @macy725
    @macy725 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If that pearl miller seed is high in protein it can replace a significant amount of chicken feed. I'm going to try and grow some on a patch of land for hay for rabbits and the seeds for chickens.

  • @auntym4729
    @auntym4729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a celiac I’m happy to see small farms grow anything I can eat

  • @gbC4mpos
    @gbC4mpos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. I'm thinking about planting millet in my backyard for my chickens! This helped me make up my mind

  • @dwilmot
    @dwilmot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there an update 🤔 video on the baled millet. How did it work out for all of your animals. Was it worth the time and effort.

  • @BigFarles
    @BigFarles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Use some of that millet seed to make a deer food plot in the woods. Great way to up your hunting game.

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sorghum seed pods any thing like that...

  • @kathrinekerns8398
    @kathrinekerns8398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was a good crop. I like the idea of a sunflower field. Sunflowers will help your soil too. Looks like you have some good soil already.

  • @horseblinderson4747
    @horseblinderson4747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Came out good I take it.

  • @BC-bf1fq
    @BC-bf1fq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Put a generous amount of salt on top of the bales. Whenever we had slightly wet hay that's we did, and it seems to help keep the mold down.

  • @Nightowl5454
    @Nightowl5454 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loose bails can still get moldy if there's enough moisture.

  • @sadie2431
    @sadie2431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your cow is so cute😍

  • @nicolaiitchenko7610
    @nicolaiitchenko7610 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lots and lots of diversity in the greenery that becomes more and more usable for fodder, can make some really nutritious bales.
    Mixing many different varieties of fodder plans including pea, sunflower, rye, millet, bracchias and whatever is available in your area naturally - even weeds - makes for good feed bales especially if the ground is left a little longer than ideal before knocking it over, drying out and baling.
    The more variety over an eighty to ninety day growing period is most often considered best. Something I learned from people like Salatin, Savory and others...

    • @jessicapearson9479
      @jessicapearson9479 ปีที่แล้ว

      You'd better be careful with weeds as there are a lot of weeds that are toxic to livestock!

  • @matthewjohnson3910
    @matthewjohnson3910 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video 👍

  • @PaulaJoDavis
    @PaulaJoDavis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice job. I know those critters are going to enjoy the oils and stuff in the millet! Blessings from NE Missouri!

  • @greensnapper1602
    @greensnapper1602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool Vid Sir happy to see that you found some other food that you can plant for Pigs..... Anyway to save a Buck !! Right ! Thank u Sir

  • @frrapp2366
    @frrapp2366 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    you might check into austrian winter peas dont know if they will grow that far up north you could go ahead and plant them this fall

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chicken feed forever Millet and 🌻

  • @MrDave8539
    @MrDave8539 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Try some mammoth sunflowers and grow a pole beans with them. Peace

  • @kevinbaker6168
    @kevinbaker6168 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Make your self a simple thrashing bench. Check the videos by Tillers. Just using some lumber, nuts and bolts and screws you can make one in an afternoon.

  • @michiganron
    @michiganron 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With storing bales of millet and hay that aren't dry, are you at all concerned about the possibility of fire in your barn? As a retired rural firefighter I've seen more than my fair share of hay fires caused by farmers who put away their hay before it was dry enough. Be sure to be moving those bales and checking for hotspots!

    • @SSLFamilyDad
      @SSLFamilyDad  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I always check and wont stack wet hay. If the hay is a little green it wont get that hot and on this small scale the stacks are small enough to not hold too much heat. I also broke these bales open so they didnt mold

  • @salmonhunter7414
    @salmonhunter7414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mold is not the problem as you already know it is heat and fire.

  • @denisewilson8367
    @denisewilson8367 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    you could fence off that area for your chickens to forage and their poo will fertilize your field. Free forage less feed for you chickens. More help for your bare field.
    Try to never send your fields into winter naked.

  • @ranchoelchamusquito3683
    @ranchoelchamusquito3683 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    where can I buy millet seeds ?

  • @mosaicfarm2389
    @mosaicfarm2389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I personally would not feed millet hay to the horses since you have other options. Foxtail millet has high oxalates so it could make them calcium deficient. Also some horses grazing millet hay may have lameness and joint swelling. Pearl millet can have an alkaloid buildup that horses may also react to.

  • @shadyhill60
    @shadyhill60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    try clover

  • @silentHangus
    @silentHangus 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What kind of millet is that?

    • @ginni1361
      @ginni1361 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looks like Proso but I could be wrong.

  • @happygardener28
    @happygardener28 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    chicken tractor to let them clean off the land?

  • @sheilamclaughlin963
    @sheilamclaughlin963 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Be careful with the cow, proso could cause her to sluff her calf,

  • @scottledyard2789
    @scottledyard2789 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seems like a great product. I do wonder if rodents will get into that?

    • @SSLFamilyDad
      @SSLFamilyDad  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We keep a couple cats in the barn to help with that:)

  • @kirksawler1199
    @kirksawler1199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First (maybe)

  • @marianhrubypumper4092
    @marianhrubypumper4092 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Our ancestors must be rolling in their graves: Millet was the primer grain in the ancient times in the Caucasian world and Mesopotamia bless you but try some ground up in your whole grain bread.