Feeding Cows

One perk about the open winter is not having to feed. However, the time comes when the cows need some good nutrients, especially as they close to the end of pregnancy. So, I chose today as they day to give them a bale of hay. 

With about 33 round bales of grass in possession, I don't want to run out before I truly need them in March. My hope is just to roll one out a week for the next month or so. 

White Horse is ranch ready. The bed is made for hauling round bales; I just have extension on the arms for skinning cows. Taking them off and putting on the bale spears, she's ready to feed. 

As I came out to the field, Andi caught a whiff of grass. Coming to me, she hollered for her buddies. 

Who all came running. 

I whine about netwrap, but it does a good job of holding the bale together. Just cut it and and drag it around. No real pretty way to do it. 

This grass was baled pretty dried out, but the cows still love it. 

Round bales are beautiful. So versatile with minimal equipment. The bales are wrapped up in one direction. You can unroll it one way, so it slowly goes long, or another way, so it bulks up fast. 

Keep rolling until you get to the core. Eventually you just have to leave it at that. 

Giddy up. 

Happy cows make for a happy cowboy. Generally, you figure 40 cows a day to one round bale. 11 cows on one bale, should go for four days. I was hoping for a week. Maybe so with all the other picking they can do. We'll keep an eye on them. I dig feeding season. It's fun and a great way to keep an eye on the cows as they get closer to calving. Let's ranch.