We used to use paddock of set sizes but it didn't work very well. You'd have to be able to be more flexible with paddock sizes so you can adjust to grass cover. Some kind of compromise between strip grazing and paddock system.What way do most lads manage dairy cows when grazing outside do ye strip graze them or paddocks pros/cons ?
We used to use paddock of set sizes but it didn't work very well. You'd have to be able to be more flexible with paddock sizes so you can adjust to grass cover. Some kind of compromise between strip grazing and paddock system.
We just split fields along the length with a permanent fence and move the troughs out to the middle the way the cows can stand all around it. That way you can put temporary fences wherever you want and still have a long run to cut silage in them.
You can sing that!Same here. Fixed paddocks of 2.5 acres. Found them not flexible enough for different growth rates through out the year. Also, awkward when cutting surplus grass, grass under the wire looked untidy, spreading with vacuum tank, couldn't use an umbilical system with fixed paddocks. Much prefer more gaps off the roadways. The invention of the geared reel with pigtails I think has made the fixed paddock system obsolete.
The way it was here we had 70 acres in fields between 9 acres to 11 acres, they were originally divided in 3 paddocks per field, a wire divided each paddock so they got a 12hr period in each half. Heifers were given The after grass.Same here. Fixed paddocks of 2.5 acres. Found them not flexible enough for different growth rates through out the year. Also, awkward when cutting surplus grass, grass under the wire looked untidy, spreading with vacuum tank, couldn't use an umbilical system with fixed paddocks. Much prefer more gaps off the roadways. The invention of the geared reel with pigtails I think has made the fixed paddock system obsolete.