hay for goats

[1 old hen]

I have found a way of adding to my hay. when I mow I collect the grass and store in a lean to type of shed on pallets. BUT DO NOT USE if grass has been treated with pestaside or outher weedkillers. I am lucky as as I have a large yard and a small field. I bought a sickle bar mower to cut the field as I devided it into sections to mow. Then I pick up the clippings with a yard broom or sweeper. I let the areas grow to abought 4-5 inch then cut. Helps on the cost of hay only cost time. You can also mow with your mower and pic up you just have a little more dust but it fulls out as you feed. If what I was told how to figure amount I had out up a total of about 12-14 round bales.My shed is 12x12 8 feet high. Just wanted to share.

 

[Stacykins]

As long as the grass is drying out properly so it does not mold, there is nothing wrong. There are actually presses that can be made (or bought) to hand make your own bale of hay. It is tedious, but stacks better.