Winter Cattle Management (In the Land of Stupid Cold)
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- When you're managing animals in the winter there is cold and then there is stupid cold. Here in northern Wisconsin we just came off of 3 weeks where the average temperature was well below zero, getting close to -30 F for at least 3 days. Here you will see how we keep both the animals and ourselves happy and healthy in spite of it all.
I do the same as you water from the house. And feed out am and pm on an sled. Round bails but, wind blocks build it all one year pastor fences as well. Cows came only two strands of wire. But I made the season pregnant cattle now and expecting early may.
Well done!! Thanks for posting.
The cow is definitely the 3rd & last month during the winter season from the theory of the Chinese Lunar Calendar as I destine to melt down so much with the nature to that!! 🇨🇳🐄❄😎
I like what you're doing, nice job explaining it. We're kind of neighbors, so I thought I'd say hello. I'm not on Facebook, so this is a way to reintroduce myself and mention that I visited your farm in the summer of 2016 when you had a silvopasture workshop there. I don't expect that you'd remember but we talked for a bit while a group of us walked along the edge of a field on pasture just north of Range, WI, on Hwy D. You've got an impressive set up. I'm going to try to raise a few steers this year using your model.
Bruce
Yeah, I remember that. Good luck on raising steers. Be in touch if you need any suggestions.
Much love from phx the high desert
Zone 6 I have 17 acres of good pasture.
How many cows should I be starting with
And how can I find a good breed of cows suitable to 6b. Cold here
coldest it gets between 5-10 degrees
Nothing like where you though
Is your "Winter Pasture" your hay field in the summer? I try to out-winter my cows on crop land, after we harvest our corn we graze corn stalks and cover crops. This is the first winter in 5 years that I haven't out-wintered due to other operations that are happening here on the farm. Its only January and I already see a hug expense to haul all this manure out come spring!
No, they winter in their pasture in different paddocks. I would like to winter them in our hay field but have to figure out how to water them.
Ok, wasn't sure! We try to out-winter on our cropland as much as possible, this year we haven;t been able to due to logging... Keep up the great work! When I go to the cabin I travel about a mile north of you on the main road. If you ever host a pasture walk I'd be interested in coming. Not sure if you deal with River country RC&D at all, but thats the grazing network that I am a part of
I work with the Northwest Wisconsin Grazing Network. We have a Spring conference coming up March 3 in Luck. It should be good.
Good deal! I am ready for the 2018 pasture walks to begin! Take care
Do they have a cozy place to stay inside? They also feel cold too.
What do you use for your fence posts for the electric fencing? Rebar, t-posts, fibreglass?
T-posts and fibreglass
How does this water / shelter system work now that you bale graze?
It's the same. The steers still have access to the heated water trough and can get into the corral or behind the barn to get out of the wind. As they walk around the pasture to water and shelter they actually distribute the manure more widely.
Your not that far from me. I am near Grantsburg.
I am getting a hose in a bucket!
It really is a game changer.
You are in the Banana Belt.
Where are you?
It's stupid cold, but I am not willing to put any money into their comfort and shelter.
All they need is a place to get out of the wind. Sometimes where they pick is not where you think they would go but that is up to them.
Evil
@@BillionairesArentYourFriends you are stupid. This is their natural habitat. They are meant to live outside like this.