mardi 18 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.

Using these structures actually guarantees continuous supply of fodder for your livestock at all time. At times, when the weather conditions are hostile, fodder is usually scarce and one needs to manage the use of the available hay wisely. This may be done with the use of feeding nets that control wastage and rate at which your animals feed thus prolonging the hay longevity.

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.

When your livestock are feeding, chances of developing health defects such as stomach ulcers are high. Some would tend to develop boredom vices when feeding. This feeding structure tends to ensure that your animals are not exposed to those health defects and boredom vices. Since your animals cannot grab huge amount of hay when feeding from this structure, chances of choke to them are minimal.

The mode of feeding is good for slowing down greedy and overweight livestock. This is achieved by the nets controlling the rate at which the animals feed and the amount of hay that an animal can grab at a time. It also provides constant forage for the underweight livestock by creating a more natural feeding environment of being able to graze out at the field where they have to tear the grass from the ground.

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.

There are some times of the year when livestock normally require a certain type of fodder. For example, in cold seasons livestock will require much fibre to keep them warm throughout the season. This feeding structure is as well good when you want to control the type of feed to give to your livestock.




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