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Originally Posted by Whiskeydan
Way to go Randy! Pictures?
It's been so dry here I've been filling the pond and already halfway thru my winter hay.
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I should have taken some before and after pics of the pond but didn't think of it...I'll get some of the pier when we start construction.
Danno, you might think about feeding those cattle some protein supplement like cottonseed meal. It will take up the slack in crude protein that the forage is lacking and the cattle will make better use of the stemmy, lignified forage that is out there.
Any decent feed mill will have cottonseed meal. Have them mill in about 30% salt by weight and offer it free choice to your herd in a covered feeder. The salt will limit their consumption to about 2#/day. It will cost you about .50/day per head to do this and is a great way to get those cows to eat what is out there even if it's less palatable by their standards. IT ruins it if it gets wet so, if you don't have a feeder, only put out what they'll consume before it rains.
They need access to plenty of good water too.