how much hay will my Dexter eat and how to feed it efficiently

27 thoughts on “how much hay will my Dexter eat and how to feed it efficiently”

1. Well said!

2. Pete, I’m curious as to how much alfalfa is in your hay?

   Thanks so much for investing in us newbie farmers!
   We so enjoy your videos and appreciate all the things you teach us!

3. Absolutely love your channel. I've been working with Angus but considering getting dexters for my own farm.

4. Pete you make videos that have educational value, especially to new inexperienced farmers, you and Hillary work equally hard, so you show new couples what can be expected, and the videos where you two share the work by going to the farmers market, keep the videos coming

5. My dad taught me that if hay is dry enough to bale, it's dry enough to put in the barn!

6. Thank you for the calculations. We just obtained a hybrid mini-Jersey heifer and hybrid mid-Highland steer that are less than a year and are trying to figure the right amount of feed. Do you also use distiller grains and/or range cubes and if so what sort of percentage do you use in relation to hay?

7. Can you pasture them with a two strand solar powered fence?

8. Thanks for the numbers. Here in NC we have a bit longer season, but when working out a business plan I like to use higher numbers than what I may actually need so yours are perfect.

9. Great info. Thanks Pete.

10. what do you for water trough? Do you use metal ones?

11. I can always use a math lesson.

12. What if you live somewhere very dry? Does it still lose that much value? We’re around 20% humidity. High is 35% and low is 10% or less. No one stores hay inside here… we buy hay that sits outside. $165/bale, 1200lbs. We figure we paid $100/cow/month and fed February-May. We’ll be keeping better track this year. Unfortunately, we need to irrigate to be able to grow hay, which will cost $6k the first year between getting the well running and paying the bill to use our water rights….

13. It is very intéressant all your doing thank you gentil pit

14. Very informative

15. Hey Pete, you should also include how much land it might require to grow the hay!!

16. What kind of hay are you using?

17. Great information. Do you have a video on where and how you keep them in the winter. We're trying to figure out balancing giving them room in the winter but keeping them from putting pressure on the pasture when we feed hay. How much room do you give them and do you rotate them around or just lock them up in a large paddock? Thanks.

18. Great information.

19. Cheers

20. Excellent video 🎬

21. I was doing my own calculations for 2 cows and 2 calves as I was watching the video, then you did the exact same math as an example. perfect explanation, looking forward to prime harvesting season video👍.

22. Hi Pete its our first year farming. We have 3 heifers with calfs. We just ran out of hay and there is nothing for sale in our area. Would it be ok to feed the cows just grain for the remainder of the winter? If so how much per cow. They weigh roughly 800-900 lbs. Thanks

23. I've watched 4 of your hay related videos and they have answered so many questions that were in my mind. Thank you so much for taking the time to make such informative, well structured content, your efforts are much appreciated. Keep up the excellent work! Cheers from Australia.

24. We are on our way to look at some dexters any should I look for, ask about etc?

25. This is th dr exact information I have been looking for.
    Been thinking of moving into dexter cows.

26. Very informative.👍

27. That’s some crazy math about losses when rolling out and storing outdoors.

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