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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

On 10/24/06, Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com> wrote:
> It depends -- as others have said -- how much pasture and brouse you
> have, but I'd feed a couple of bales every three or four days (spread
> out over the days). If you have feeders, keep an eye on how well they
> are cleaning the hay up. If they don't clean up every little bit, I
> back off (unless it's first cutting and has really tough stems).

Thanks, I really think that this all goes back to know your animals
and I don't....yet!

> Something else that no one has mentioned, I don't think. Don't put a
> big round bale in the pen with the goats. More than one goat owner has
> had a goat or two disappear and only found the remains under the
> collapsed bale when they cleaned the spot where the bale was placed.


I've heard that and point taken!

Rob