Going to have to give that a LOLing........
Thick as pig shite.
- Thread starter Castle Farm
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
its got an unhappy face in the middle
livestock 1
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Unwrapped bales are subject to cats pee
You can't be serious. Wrapping is the best invention since crunchy bars or kit kat.
Game Set and Match to me.
livestock 1
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I can’t make any hay here. Too many new folks moved into the village taking rescue cats in pissing on the hay. Not worth the risk for sheep. Last I made I had to give to cattle
Recycling at a minimum charge of £90 plus VAT
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
id never feed sheep hay
Wellytrack
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Haylage costs £20 / bale to make, yet horsey folks won't pay more than £7.50, and want it delivered.
Wimbledon trophy mine, I think.
Are we still playing round bale tennis?
Wrapped bales don't keep very long whereas well made hay will last forever in a shed. I fed some 10 year old stuff this year and it was fine. Fed some 20+ (that was a guess farmer couldn't remember last time he made small bales) year old stuff in one place I helped and that was ok too.
If I have more bales than I need for the year I'd much prefer they were hay bales than silage.
I would agree that bale wrapping is one of the best inventions ever though
Wrapped bales don't keep very long whereas well made hay will last forever in a shed. I fed some 10 year old stuff this year and it was fine. Fed some 20+ (that was a guess farmer couldn't remember last time he made small bales) year old stuff in one place I helped and that was ok too.
If I have more bales than I need for the year I'd much prefer they were hay bales than silage.
I would agree that bale wrapping is one of the best inventions ever though
Scribus
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- Location
- Central Atlantic
You need one with an image of the lad JC in the middle and then you charge the faithful/gullible at the gate.
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
£30 minimum for haylage and that's cash on delivery.
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
- Location
- N.Lincs
We should combine this thread with @Danllan's thread.................
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/rams-disappearing-balls.297984/
...........................so the next line should be, "New balls, please"
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
No risk of Toxo from cat pee, just the poo from immature cats.
- Location
- Northumberland
Listeriosis from silage though.
Danllan
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- Sir Gar / Carms
We should combine this thread with @Danllan's thread.................
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/rams-disappearing-balls.297984/
...........................so the next line should be, "New balls, please"
I Leave a lot of bales out, best sheep hay up and in the barn , after that, what we don't wrap gets left out and fed first , very little wastage cheaper than wrap and cheaper that a shed, and the balers go back in the dry as they are worth more that a bit of dead grass, but it depends on the yr, the grass and the baler, last yr we left nowt out ,this year we'll end up with quite a bit, I bale quite a bit for neighbours and rounds allow me to bale every thing and then move it, good job for a one man band, always more than one way to kill a cat, and thanks for informing that i'm as thick as pig shite, obviously the wife is right yet again.
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- Limousin/Charentes toad land
We have bales out need to end until around Christmas most years. 6 ft, the percentage is feck all. Cows eat it anyway- even seem to prefer it.
What does puzzle e is a very common practice around here at least; they gather all the bales up into groups in the field but place them in rows side to side. Can see them left out like that for many weeks or even months. Thinking about it, it can only be so they can get them 2 at a time when they load the trailer?
What does puzzle e is a very common practice around here at least; they gather all the bales up into groups in the field but place them in rows side to side. Can see them left out like that for many weeks or even months. Thinking about it, it can only be so they can get them 2 at a time when they load the trailer?
Kind of with the OP here, I cannot see the reason for leaving roundbales in a grass field for weeks on end with the grass growing half way up the bales. If you collect them that late, it'll wreck the grass, and it'll be a PITA to mow again! And I agree, the amound of shite on the bottom is annoying.
If I have underdone hay that needs a bit of time, I'll cart to the field edge when I am short of undercover airing space, and then try and roll the bales every few days as well.
These days though, I'm more likely to wrap such stuff, and although I am sure some sort of Hell is reserved for me, I will also put a single layer of wrap on hay to store away from the farm on the overwintering ground...
Did anything come of a breathable yet waterproof net wrap? Weren't JD launching something?