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Benefits Of Using Round Bale Hay Net To Feed 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.

Wastage of hay is by far much reduced when using these structures to feed your livestock. This is because animals usually do not stomp on the hay or sleep on it leading to wastage. Wastage as the feed is blown in wind is as well avoided as the feed is put in a net. Animals usually grab much hay and as they pull it apart, some is wasted; this is controlled through this feeding mode.

It helps prolong the longevity of your bale. When bales of hay are put in nets and left out for animals to consume, it is probable to take long than when not in net. This is because less hay is wasted and the rate of animal consumption is monitored especially for the greedy ones.

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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