Coffee anyone ?

[farmerjan]

This won't really help with the eating the alfalfa stems.... but most alfalfa here is chopped for silage for 1st cutting because of the coarseness of the stalks. Most all alfalfa hay should come from 2nd or 3rd cutting as the stems will be much finer. There is also a variety of alfalfa that is very bladey now and makes for better grazing and some cutting for hay. You might want to try to find some local alfalfa and ask about 2nd or 3rd or even 4th cutting in areas that get multiple cuttings.
I would feed a good grass hay and supplement with the alfalfa pellets to get more "bang for your buck"....
My cows will even leave the coarser stems.

 

[SageHill]

This won't really help with the eating the alfalfa stems.... but most alfalfa here is chopped for silage for 1st cutting because of the coarseness of the stalks. Most all alfalfa hay should come from 2nd or 3rd cutting as the stems will be much finer. There is also a variety of alfalfa that is very bladey now and makes for better grazing and some cutting for hay. You might want to try to find some local alfalfa and ask about 2nd or 3rd or even 4th cutting in areas that get multiple cuttings.
I would feed a good grass hay and supplement with the alfalfa pellets to get more "bang for your buck"....
My cows will even leave the coarser stems.

So much to learn. I know what I get is from CA - I always ask . I'll look into the grass hays. I've got about a month's worth of alfalfa left. Time to go find the formulas to work it out.

 

[Baymule]

Sheep can drive you crazy and simultaneously renew your optimism.

My sheep restore my sanity.... well, maybe not. You gotta have sanity to restore it.

I have a chair in the sheep lot. I sit down and they come up for scratches, petting and all the attention they can get. Several will paw my leg, one chews my clothes, only problem with that is I'm IN those clothes. I usually have 5 or 6 at the same time, trying to pet them all. It's my favorite part of the day.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready, breakfast is not. High of 87 today. Blech.

 

[Baymule]

 

[Baymule]

It’s so foggy I can’t see the end of the driveway.

 

[farmerjan]

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I am so glad to be in the house before midnight and actually have time to eat a normal meal and do what normal people do... like watch TV????

 

[Blue Sky]

Coffee is ready, breakfast is not. High of 87 today. Blech.

87?

 

[Alaskan]

30s here

 

[SageHill]

Second cup - a chance to sit down - probably will for quite a while - rain, wind, high today 60. It's "winter" happy dance. . current rainfall .32 in!!! and still coming down - mostly at a nice steady rate. Things are going to be greening up for sure!!