One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

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It's strange how you have all the rain and we have all the alfalfa. I can literally buy it at 10 feed stores within 15 miles of my house any day of the week. We pay 17.00 for a 100 lb bale most of the time, but right now I am paying 180.00 for 1400 lb bale. They are a pain to deal with when they are that big, they stay where they land when we unload them but I save about 260.00 a month in hay so it is worth it.

Glad you found somewhere closer, traveling for feed is a read nuisance.
 
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babsbag said:
It's strange how you have all the rain and we have all the alfalfa. I can literally buy it at 10 feed stores within 15 miles of my house any day of the week. We pay 17.00 for a 100 lb bale most of the time, but right now I am paying 180.00 for 1400 lb bale. They are a pain to deal with when they are that big, they stay where they land when we unload them but I save about 260.00 a month in hay so it is worth it.

Glad you found somewhere closer, traveling for feed is a read nuisance.
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I roll the bale of of the truck right under the carport and in a pallet
We flake it off into a basket and put in the feeder
We buy grass hay in rounds too
Much cheaper
He said he baled this in rounds because it had some grass in it and couldn't sell it to his horse clients
Good for my goats and I don't see much grass in it
It's the same farm that has 400 round bales of Tiffany Teff
Goats like that too
 
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I've heard tales that you shouldn't stare at that yellow ball very long... Something about going blind.
 
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OneFineAcre said:
I'm confused
Can someone tell me what that big yellow ball in the sky is :idunno
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Hmmm, seems strange I only saw it like 3 times in May, it came for my birthday thankfully. Can you tell me why there was only 100 yards of visability this morning?
 
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Rachel is tracked out of school and we are taking our first real vacation in years
Williamsburg VA and the Great Wolf Lodge
Why?
We have a great goat sitter
She is staying at our house, feeding and milking for $40 per day
She is the ring steward of our show and has had goats her entire life
We even left her a breeding list and a couple of our does are bred while we are gone
 
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