Raining here..BUT, early AM, will just off & on mist, I did spread a load of seed into a field I had waiting. Figure rain will get it into the dirt. Lots of Bermuda, trefoil, rape, grazing turnips, Australian peas, clover, etc., etc. We'll see how that goes. Normally it's fine. Warm & wet.
FEED??? My feed bill is in the $6-800 per month. When you have full sized milking goats, it takes a LOT more than a roll of hay. And in my area that hay is triple what you pay for a roll up North or out West. Generally you can't get any that isn't full of chemicals. That's why I end up with mostly square bales. They do better with the alfalfa. My 20 minis don't eat a lot of it even in winter -- many can't eat it due to age even then. So, expensive senior feeds with beet pulp in there. Yes, I have a lot of pasture with soft grasses. Summer does help cut the costs of feed store -- but, those pastures don't just grow without management. Now, the amount of management depends a lot on where you live -- weather!!! And your type of soil, it's health. Here on the coast, no rain for 3 weeks in 95 degree heat can do a number on pasture. Recovery is hard. TX shares this!
Pouring now. Inside kind of day.
Brownies may happen.
I want to go for a walk and I may well go out and get soaked if this doesn't let up soon.
