Have you tried unrolling the hay? Don't feed the sheep and cattle with the bale rings, good chance of the sheep getting stepped on. If you combine them together you will get better utilization of the stock pile. The sheep should stay as long as you dont push them too hard. Pastures looks good
Yes we unroll hay for the cow herd, on the next hill over and have been for years. We're giving bale grazing a try this year so we don't make as much mud with the tractor.
@@georgeheller2281 we have done that. It works but the hills can be a blessing and a curse. With so many convex and concave slopes the bales tend to unroll in the same or close to the same path. We use a bale unroller so we get better coverage of the field and better manure distribution. Bale grazing appears to give us the same manure distribution with no tractor work all winter.
Have you tried unrolling the hay? Don't feed the sheep and cattle with the bale rings, good chance of the sheep getting stepped on. If you combine them together you will get better utilization of the stock pile. The sheep should stay as long as you dont push them too hard. Pastures looks good
Yes we unroll hay for the cow herd, on the next hill over and have been for years. We're giving bale grazing a try this year so we don't make as much mud with the tractor.
@@clintfinneyspringvalleysto8437 it appears that with the hills you are on, you could just unroll them by hand from the top of the hill.
@@georgeheller2281 we have done that. It works but the hills can be a blessing and a curse. With so many convex and concave slopes the bales tend to unroll in the same or close to the same path. We use a bale unroller so we get better coverage of the field and better manure distribution. Bale grazing appears to give us the same manure distribution with no tractor work all winter.