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Post by midhilldexters on Oct 30, 2014 14:10:16 GMT -5
Haha, nope don't take it as raining on my parade at all, it's all good advice from everyone. It can take a while for me to freeze where it's safe enough to let them back on to pasture, could be mid Dec or late Dec when it's safe. I don't want my cows on the pasture until then, in fact they shouldn't be on there now, but they are. Sometimes I can be so wet here in mid Dec, then I will get a foot or two of lake effect and that insulates the ground and stops it from freezing. Rolling over it with a heavy tractor does enormous damage. Dave I did mine the same, except just have the cloth about 10' either side of gate and in front of barn entrance. I have two ditches under the gravel, the one with pipe is not deep enough and will have to be fixed, the other is an open ditch at the end of the gravel. I'm sure it will be a huge mess come spring, but, that's what it's for, it's a sacrifice area.
Carol K
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Post by legendrockranch on Oct 30, 2014 14:47:06 GMT -5
Carol, I just see them as being covered in muck and poop, so much so won't be able to move them or in some cases find them. Hope I'm wrong. Barb
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Post by midhilldexters on Oct 30, 2014 19:09:24 GMT -5
Hmm, no the mats go in front of things like the water tank or the entrance to the barn. In winter our cow turds are frozen and easy to remove from mats, with a pick axe lol ?. It's when they fall in 3' of snow and disappear that you get a build up. You should see the place when the snow melts, not pretty. The mats help out in high traffic areas even gravel can get soupy if there is lots of traffic, they are heavy rubber and generally don't move. Carol K
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