Bruce
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I don't know the restaurant chain but in general I don't expect much (other than quantity) from "all you can eat" of a food that is typically pricey.
Maybe head over to NC and OFA, he's got some nice beef
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Maybe head over to NC and OFA, he's got some nice beef
greybeard
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Only exception to that I ever found was a little place down in Concan Tx that had "all-you-can-eat" grilled sirloin on Thursday nights. I put a hurtin on 'em..
Baymule
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Those soil surveys are informative. I have a tiny pocket of deep sand, surrounded by red clayish iron ore dirt that turns all white livestock a rusty color. I'd rather have the sand. Even though the sand drives me nuts-both for trying to grow ANYTHING and for sticking to our shoes and tracking in the house. I never get the house clean, between us and 2 dogs, I am losing the battle......
The pasture grass of choice around here is bermuda followed by bahia. My sheep will eat bermuda last. That tells me that the favored monoculture of a green field of bermuda is not for me. They snip the seed heads of bahia and move on to eat their favorite weeds before coming back to eat the bahia, saving the worst-bermuda-for last.
Joe, what is your goats favorite grasses?
The pasture grass of choice around here is bermuda followed by bahia. My sheep will eat bermuda last. That tells me that the favored monoculture of a green field of bermuda is not for me. They snip the seed heads of bahia and move on to eat their favorite weeds before coming back to eat the bahia, saving the worst-bermuda-for last.
Joe, what is your goats favorite grasses?
CntryBoy777
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@Baymule your sheep sound like my goats, with so much to choose from they avoid bermuda and don't eat the hay either.
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My goats favorite is cereal, poured over the grass... This is a mixture of Honey Nut Scooters (Malt-O-Meal for Cheerios) and Tootie Frooties (Malt-O-Meal for Froot Loops).
CB - Bang- CM - Dot - CC - April As the amount of cereal diminishes, Bang starts butting the others to get to her chosen fence hole
It's one thing to butt the others when they're in the open... Whole 'nuther thing when they've got their heads stuck through a fence and can't move.
As you can see, my little wether CM isn't the brightest crayon in the box... He's easily cowed by the others and therefore does without unless I stay nearby and keep the others at bay.
So he ends up standing off to the side wondering what he's missing. It's only recently that he figured out how to put his head through the fence to get at the cereal. Up till he figured it out, he'd try to fit his head through the small gaps at the bottom to try and reach it. As you can see above, he's one level too high, aside from being outside the range of where the cereal is. I try to spread it much wider than their heads can cover so they stay in one place long enough that all can get some... even CM.
They eat the grass as a last resort. I can't even say for sure what grass they prefer as they eat leaves and bark first choice (after cereal of course) then 2nd would be the pellet and grain mix I give them twice a day, then whatever weeds look the tastiest, then the hay. I expect that until I get sheep and cows, I'll continue to have to mow the pastures.
CB - Bang- CM - Dot - CC - April As the amount of cereal diminishes, Bang starts butting the others to get to her chosen fence hole
It's one thing to butt the others when they're in the open... Whole 'nuther thing when they've got their heads stuck through a fence and can't move.
As you can see, my little wether CM isn't the brightest crayon in the box... He's easily cowed by the others and therefore does without unless I stay nearby and keep the others at bay.
So he ends up standing off to the side wondering what he's missing. It's only recently that he figured out how to put his head through the fence to get at the cereal. Up till he figured it out, he'd try to fit his head through the small gaps at the bottom to try and reach it. As you can see above, he's one level too high, aside from being outside the range of where the cereal is. I try to spread it much wider than their heads can cover so they stay in one place long enough that all can get some... even CM.
They eat the grass as a last resort. I can't even say for sure what grass they prefer as they eat leaves and bark first choice (after cereal of course) then 2nd would be the pellet and grain mix I give them twice a day, then whatever weeds look the tastiest, then the hay. I expect that until I get sheep and cows, I'll continue to have to mow the pastures.
Mike CHS
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We tried hay from 4 different sources and we never did find anything that would keep them in good condition. That's actually why I started cutting grass for them before I got the bigger paddocks closed in. I have an almost full large round bale that we are cutting up for bedding for the chickens.
Baymule
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My goofball sheep will eat bermuda hay, but leave the stemmy parts. They adore leaves.
CntryBoy777
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I'm always cycling the hay from the goat house to the ducks, since it is used for bedding I will keep the fresh for the goats, but they just don't eat it, even in winter....
CntryBoy777
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CM will probably change some as he matures and grows....I have noticed with the goats that they each will eat different things than another, or more of this than that....what Star used to do to the boys when they were young, they do it to her now.
Baymule
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We're sure getting the rain! Pouring down, tornado warning expired thank goodness. Joe, looks like you're getting rain too. We got an inch yesterday evening, now we get more.
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