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.

One of the merits of this mode of feeding is that there is continuous provision of hay especially in adverse climatic conditions. Hay is usually precious at these adverse weather conditions thus it needs to be used carefully without wastage. This would as well help prolong the duration of sweet hay, as animals would tend to consume it more and fast

Use of this structure to feed your livestock ensures that you minimize wastage of hay. Animals that feed without these items are likely to waste much hay. The wastage occurs from the animals stomping on the hay, sleeping on it, pulling it apart as well as hay being blown away in the wind. In the case where feeding is done on nets, wastage occurring from these ways is controlled.

Nets feeding will help maximize the duration in which your animals consume hay. This ensures that each bale would last longer than usual as these structures are used to control the amount if fodder an animal grabs each time. Some type of hay such as those made from rye grass are sweeter compared to normal grass and animals will tend to consume it fast. The bale of rye grass would probably last for shorter duration than that of normal grass. To ensure that livestock consume these palatable hay at normal rate, feeding nets can be used because animals would always grab small amounts each time.

This structure is vital for the safety of your livestock. During feeding, livestock may develop boredom vices and other health defects like stomach ulcers. Hey nets are good because they ensure that your livestock are not subject to such health defects and boredom vices. They also reduce chances of choke, as your animals cannot grab huge mouthfuls of fodder.

Some of your animals may be greedy such that they feed fast. The facility is good as it controls the feeding rate of these greedy and overweight animals. Underweight livestock are as well catered for as they are ensured constant supply of hay. As they grab feed from the net, they are subjected to a natural feeding environment of practicing grazing habits.

Because of controlled wastage and feeding rate of the animals, the bale is likely to last long. This greatly helps to reduce labour because an individual does not have to put bales often. Time wastage that could result due to frequent service of bales is as well minimized.

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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