Re: Farming dilema - need help brainstorming

#1 · June 24, 2001, 10:55 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on June 24, 2001, 10:55 pm
Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Hay Deanna (pun intended), I don't live that far from you, maybe we should
buy our winter hay from you??? What type is it? I know you have mostly the
same animals I do, horses, sheep, goats..our llama's do fine on whatever hay
we feed the rest of the critters around here. If you do sell it, let me
know how much you want for it and maybe we can make a trip down your way!
Maybe I will get to meet you afterall!! 🙂 Take care, Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "David & Deanna Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: "AHomesteadHeaven" <HomesteadHeaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:38 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Farming dilema - need help brainstorming

> I'm having hay problems again and need help brainstorming.
>
> I just got my goat herd down to a managable size, my sheep down to a
> managable size and we have 3 horses (planning on one more as funds allow).
> All toll we only went through 15 round bales this winter and it was a
harder
> MN winter. We had 12 additional animals than we do now. We didn't touch
the
> 700 square bales in the hay loft.
>
> We hired a guy to bale for us because we just didn't have the money for
the
> equipment to do it ourselves. We baled 50 round bales just the first
> cutting. With it being so wet here this summer the farmers are all saying
> we'll get three cuttings, that means 150 round bales if we round bale...I
> only need 20. There was such a glut of hay last year that we couldn't
sell
> ours. This year is going to be much worse. What on earth does one do
with
> all the hay? Part of one of the hay areas will be horse pasture within a
> few weeks but that's only 4 round bales worth. The hay man says there is
no
> way my sheep and goats can eat down the other pasture/hay field, it's just
> too heavy and rich. He said it may need 4 cuttings. I know I should be
> thankful for all this forage but frankly I'm overwhelmed. I can't justify
> paying someone to cut and bale something I can't even use! We don't have a
> place to store square bales and it will cost me twice to square bale than
> it's costing me to round bale. Hubby is thinking of getting some cows but
> once again that means....more money and more work with animals. Does
anyone
> know how much hay we should figure per cow per month? We have to do
> something with all this HAY!....Deanna
>
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Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Hay Deanna (pun intended), I don't live that far from you, maybe we should
buy our winter hay from you??? What type is it? I know you have mostly the
same animals I do, horses, sheep, goats..our llama's do fine on whatever hay
we feed the rest of the critters around here. If you do sell it, let me
know how much you want for it and maybe we can make a trip down your way!
Maybe I will get to meet you afterall!! 🙂 Take care, Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "David & Deanna Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: "AHomesteadHeaven" <HomesteadHeaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:38 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Farming dilema - need help brainstorming

> I'm having hay problems again and need help brainstorming.
>
> I just got my goat herd down to a managable size, my sheep down to a
> managable size and we have 3 horses (planning on one more as funds allow).
> All toll we only went through 15 round bales this winter and it was a
harder
> MN winter. We had 12 additional animals than we do now. We didn't touch
the
> 700 square bales in the hay loft.
>
> We hired a guy to bale for us because we just didn't have the money for
the
> equipment to do it ourselves. We baled 50 round bales just the first
> cutting. With it being so wet here this summer the farmers are all saying
> we'll get three cuttings, that means 150 round bales if we round bale...I
> only need 20. There was such a glut of hay last year that we couldn't
sell
> ours. This year is going to be much worse. What on earth does one do
with
> all the hay? Part of one of the hay areas will be horse pasture within a
> few weeks but that's only 4 round bales worth. The hay man says there is
no
> way my sheep and goats can eat down the other pasture/hay field, it's just
> too heavy and rich. He said it may need 4 cuttings. I know I should be
> thankful for all this forage but frankly I'm overwhelmed. I can't justify
> paying someone to cut and bale something I can't even use! We don't have a
> place to store square bales and it will cost me twice to square bale than
> it's costing me to round bale. Hubby is thinking of getting some cows but
> once again that means....more money and more work with animals. Does
anyone
> know how much hay we should figure per cow per month? We have to do
> something with all this HAY!....Deanna
>
>
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