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mercredi 19 mars 2014

Merits Of Using Round Bale Hay Net To Feed Your Livestock

By Linda Cantrell


Grass, legumes and other herbaceous plants are usually used as animal fodders and are meant for livestock consumption. These fodder crops are harvested and dried to make them suitable for animals. Dried fodder crops make hay that can be fed to animals using feeding nets for different reasons. One of the commonly used feeding net is the round bale hay net, which has a number of advantages to people who use it to feed their animals.

Putting round bale nets out for livestock is a great way of ensuring that your livestock have a continuous hay supply especially in drought conditions when the fodder is scarce. During dry weather conditions, hay is a more precious commodity than usual and thus the need to use this structure to prolong its use. Use of this item as well manages the amount of hay that an animal consumes thus avoiding a cases of livestock overfeeding.

Animals that feed without these structures are likely to waste much hay as they would stomp on it, sleep on it and pull it apart. Some fodder is as well blown by wind causing its wastage. When feeding of livestock is done using these facilities, wastage through these ways is reduced. Instead, hay that would be wasted is preserved for use at other time.

Longevity of your fodder is prolonged by use of these items to feed animals. Bales that are put in nets and left for livestock to feed are likely to last long than bales not in nets. For this reason, feeding nets are used to control the feeding habits of your animals as well as wastage of hay.

This structure is vital for the safety of your livestock. During feeding, livestock may develop boredom vices and other health defects like stomach ulcers. Hey nets are good because they ensure that your livestock are not subject to such health defects and boredom vices. They also reduce chances of choke, as your animals cannot grab huge mouthfuls of fodder.

Some of your animals may be greedy such that they feed fast. The facility is good as it controls the feeding rate of these greedy and overweight animals. Underweight livestock are as well catered for as they are ensured constant supply of hay. As they grab feed from the net, they are subjected to a natural feeding environment of practicing grazing habits.

This feeding method also reduces amount of labour required to feed the livestock. Bearing in mind that the fodder put in net would last long due to controlled consumption rate and wastage of fodder, one needs not to put bales frequently. The time interval between when one puts fodder in net and when he or she needs to do it again is great. This helps reduce amount of labour required to feed your livestock.

These bale hay nets are used to control the type of feed that the livestock requires. Animals will tend to need different types of feed at different times of the year. For instance, livestock will tend to require much of fibre feeds on cold seasons to maintain them warm throughout the season.




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