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RE: [RC] round bales-anybody feeding? - heidi



I'm lucky. I have a tractor with a bale spike. It's a snap to move bales and a 
whole lot easier on my arthritic self than lugging around squares! I'm also 
lucky that my pastures are right up close to my house, so I don't have to go 
very far. 

 

The only problem I've run into with round bales is that my stallion, who is 
usually by himself, just can't finish a big one, so I look for the "baby" 
bales that are left over at the end of a baling operation. they are just right 
for him. 

 
I can't lug the small ones, either.  I unload them directly in front of
each paddock whenever I get a trailerload of small bales, and can just
open them right there and put the flakes over the fence.  The big bales
require use of a pitchfork if you don't have room to free feed them--and
that REALLY kills me.  

Heidi


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