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Are straw choppers really worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="M-J-G" data-source="post: 6728198" data-attributes="member: 1819"><p>We've changed this year.</p><p></p><p>What I've noticed.</p><p></p><p>They don't save any straw, we are using exact the same amount of straw, and both neighbour and my wife has commented that the cattle don't seem as clean, I put that down to cattle making their way down through a layer of fluff rather than a mat of straw.</p><p></p><p>I've found no real time saving because the generally need bedded every day instead of bedding every second day with bales. They are quick to pit a bale through, but there is still faffing about.</p><p>And if you have to hitch it on and off each day you'll need to be putting a few bales through it to make it worth while.</p><p>It won't be with it for 1 or 2.</p><p></p><p>They make a mess inside sheds and out.</p><p></p><p>Good points are that they can bed smaller pens and subdivided sheds with ease.</p><p></p><p>If you have sh1t straw they will deal with it and you can reduce the risk of farmers lung.</p><p></p><p>I went to a 300 cow herd where all cattle were to finished, and the guy said he bought a bedder and then sold it because he didn't have time to fu#k about with it.</p><p>An other 250 cow unit near me has a bedder but uses it to feed silage, they said the same, too time consuming and too much mess driving between sheds on windy days.</p><p></p><p>Both units we're set up in an intelligent manner that made it easy to bed with bales.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M-J-G, post: 6728198, member: 1819"] We've changed this year. What I've noticed. They don't save any straw, we are using exact the same amount of straw, and both neighbour and my wife has commented that the cattle don't seem as clean, I put that down to cattle making their way down through a layer of fluff rather than a mat of straw. I've found no real time saving because the generally need bedded every day instead of bedding every second day with bales. They are quick to pit a bale through, but there is still faffing about. And if you have to hitch it on and off each day you'll need to be putting a few bales through it to make it worth while. It won't be with it for 1 or 2. They make a mess inside sheds and out. Good points are that they can bed smaller pens and subdivided sheds with ease. If you have sh1t straw they will deal with it and you can reduce the risk of farmers lung. I went to a 300 cow herd where all cattle were to finished, and the guy said he bought a bedder and then sold it because he didn't have time to fu#k about with it. An other 250 cow unit near me has a bedder but uses it to feed silage, they said the same, too time consuming and too much mess driving between sheds on windy days. Both units we're set up in an intelligent manner that made it easy to bed with bales. [/QUOTE]
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