One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[OneFineAcre]

I'm surprised more people don't grow it here
Probably because coastal is just so much easier

 

[Southern by choice]

If we had our milk machine running @Goat Whisperer would be stowing away in the Suburban! She would LOVE to go see the nationals!

 

[Southern by choice]

LOVE the bales.

We have been cutting our Lespedeza and giving it to the goats and they have been turning their nose up to it. Going to try the bucks this weekend... they probably will eat it. Our goats are weird.

 

[babsbag]

Let them go hungry for a few days and they will eat it. They aren't weird...just spoiled.

Our cheapest hay is alfalfa and it is going down in price this year which is good for me, not so good for the growers. Have never seen Bermuda hay here but Bermuda grass sure does grow in a lot of lawns so I know it would grow here so not sure why no one grows the hay.

 

[Mike CHS]

A good portion of our pasture is Bermuda and it does make good hay. Our neighbor has cut once this season and should be able to cut again in about a month if the rains keep up.

 

[Baymule]

We let the back yard grow up and didn't mow it. It is a mix of Bermuda, Bahia and lots of weeds. We weaned the lambs to the back yard. The lambs utterly ignored the Bermuda, nipped the seed heads off the Bahia and ate every last weed first. When they ran out of weeds, they stripped the leaves off the blackberry brambles, then started on the Bahia and finally the Bermuda. Real eye opener.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

My goats eat Bermuda as a last resort and they're not crazy about Bahia. We are in real hay drought around here because of all the rain, lol. I might have a lead on some hay this weekend....and it's Bermuda. Goats aren't gonna be happy - but whatcha gonna do?

 

[Southern by choice]

We have Bermuda in the field- not hay- and our girls love it.
@babsbag they like lespedeza only if their fecal count is up.
We can always tell who may be having parasite issues by who eats it.
"Cept the boys- they eat anything.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Mine eat the lespedeza hay like it's candy. Same as they would alfalfa.
I wonder if what they grow for hay is a different variety than what you have growing ?
Or, if it tastes different dried?

 

[samssimonsays]

We have Bermuda in the field- not hay- and our girls love it.
@babsbag they like lespedeza only if their fecal count is up.
We can always tell who may be having parasite issues by who eats it.
"Cept the boys- they eat anything.

My goats don't even like veggies or watermelon when given the chance.... and mine aren't all that spoiled! I just get all the weird ones.... You are not alone! New food items scare my goats just as they scare me haha!