Why does a cow

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SVcummins

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• Jul 20, 2021

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In a 200 acre meadow want to eat a bale of cured hay in July?

 

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JayinNY

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• Jul 20, 2021

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They got to check it out, its something different!

 

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da.bees

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• Jul 20, 2021

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Didn't your mom always say Curiosity killed the cow? LOL

 

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wheat straw

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• Jul 20, 2021

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Variety is the spice of life!
Andy

 

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valleview

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South West Le Sueur County, Minnesota

• Jul 20, 2021

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With cows, it's either feast or famine.

 

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Texasmark

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• Jul 20, 2021

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Because, just like old round bales you dump in a ditch, they ferment, make alcohol and sugar and they get drunk on the sweet taste.

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Virginia

• Jul 20, 2021

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I had put a couple of dry broom sedge bales in a ditch to stop it from erosion,cows never touched it all Winter.When I switched them back into the pasture in the Summer with great grass the first thing the cows did was to go in and eat up all those old bales.

 

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ss55

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• Jul 20, 2021

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One cow out of how many?

 

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cumminspuller

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• Jul 20, 2021

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Something different

 

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37 chief

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• Jul 20, 2021

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The same reason, the don't want to go back through a hole in the fence they just got out of. Just being a cow. Stan

 

rustred

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• Jul 20, 2021

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probably because you did not give her a straw bale to nibble on. lol. i was told that it is something they do to get that roughage, something about their stomach. mine do the same thing. i was told to keep a bale of straw in the pasture for this reason.

 

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fixerupper

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• Jul 20, 2021

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Because the cow can get a big mouth full with one bite from the bale. When they graze they have to work harder to get a mouth full.

 

ChasK

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• Jul 20, 2021

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Even a 24 hr fermentation makes a sweeter meal.

 

Crazy Horse

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• Jul 20, 2021

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Who can explain how women think or behave? Not me !!!

 

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SVcummins

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• Jul 20, 2021

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Me either and Ive about done give up tryin

 

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SVcummins

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• Jul 20, 2021

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They will eat straw before hay when its 30 below zero

 

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SVcummins

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• Jul 20, 2021

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They are quite inquisitive they are kinda fun to watch I think sometimes they make you mad the stunts they pull but

 

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SVcummins

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• Jul 20, 2021

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They are famous for that trick

 

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SVcummins

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• Jul 21, 2021

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That do doesnt surprise me a bit