Was at a neighbors place the other day. He is
feeding silage bales in a bale feeder to calves and
a few skinny cows. The calves are in very good
shape and odviously gaining good weight. He has
sisal twine on them and just cuts accross the
wraps then leaves the twine on. He then puts
them in a regular rectangular bale feeder. He says
he can put them thru his bale shredder but it's
pretty hard going. When he puts them in the bale
feeder the exterior 1/2 inch is very smooth and
stiff but the do get if open.
I am wondering if this would be a good way for me
to switch over to feeding silage. Buy a TMR screw
feed wagon and I am all set up. This would avoid
buying a silage cutter and wagon, silage truck and
packing and wrapping a pit, then in winter trying to
dig it all out again. I already have a silage bale
capable baler and this neighbor custom wraps
bales very cheaply. Add one 20 to 30k used
machine and use my 700' of steel bunk fence for
silage feeding.
feeding silage bales in a bale feeder to calves and
a few skinny cows. The calves are in very good
shape and odviously gaining good weight. He has
sisal twine on them and just cuts accross the
wraps then leaves the twine on. He then puts
them in a regular rectangular bale feeder. He says
he can put them thru his bale shredder but it's
pretty hard going. When he puts them in the bale
feeder the exterior 1/2 inch is very smooth and
stiff but the do get if open.
I am wondering if this would be a good way for me
to switch over to feeding silage. Buy a TMR screw
feed wagon and I am all set up. This would avoid
buying a silage cutter and wagon, silage truck and
packing and wrapping a pit, then in winter trying to
dig it all out again. I already have a silage bale
capable baler and this neighbor custom wraps
bales very cheaply. Add one 20 to 30k used
machine and use my 700' of steel bunk fence for
silage feeding.
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