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How to Dry Wet Cut Hay in the Field
When you cut hay, it has a high moisture content that must be reduced before you can bale and store it. If hay is baled and stored when it is wet, it is likely to get moldy, making it useless as animal...
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How to Use Jersey Cows for Nurse Cows
Using a Jersey for a nurse cow is a smart choice because the breed produces milk for multiple calves with a high butter-fat content. The butter-fat enriched milk provides good calf nutrition and...
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How to Care for Black Swedish Ducks
Originating in Pomerania in the 1800s, black Swedish ducks are found in many parts of the world. These ducks are one of the hardier breeds of duck and are relatively low maintenance. Black Swedish...
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How to Feed Beet Pulp to Beef Cattle
Sugar beet plants are processed to make table sugar. Beet pulp is the byproduct left over once the sugar has been extracted from the beet. Beet pulp is commonly fed to farm animals including cattle,...
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How to Mix & Feed Hay Rations for Beef Cattle
As ruminants, or animals with a four-compartment stomach, beef cattle primarily consume roughage feeds such as hay and pasture. The nutrient requirements of beef cattle differ according to the sex,...
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How to Feed Goats & Sheep
As with any livestock or pets, one of the keys to raising goats and sheep is keeping them well-fed with the proper nutrition. It's really not much more difficult to feed goats and sheep than it is to...
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How to Build Floating Duck Feeders
Floating duck feeders can be helpful if you have a large amount of ducks and a pond. Instead of feeding them on land, which would require sufficient space for the ducks around individual feeders,...
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How to Build a Feed-Trough for Cattle
Feed troughs are commonly used for feeding large farm animals. Essentially a community eating area, a simple trough can be built out of an old plastic barrel. Not only is it durable and capable of...
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How to Raise a Cow for Slaughter
Raising beef cattle often yields a very high return on investment while also being less labor intensive than other forms of farming. Pastures are best for soil conservation. However, more and more...
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Types of Hog Feed
Pigs are bred mostly for their meat, but pigs can also make excellent pets. In fact, some types of pigs are regularly kept as indoor pets because of their intelligence and personality. Whether you are...
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How to Feed Cattle on Silage
Silage can be used to feed cattle during periods of food scarcity. To make silage, green fodder is fermented to retain its moisture. Silage can be stored under anaerobic conditions in a silo, for long...
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How to Feed Grain to Cattle
Cattle can be free to munch on grass in a pasture, or receive a carefully controlled diet of grain, hay and further supplements. Their exact diet will depend on their purpose and your resources. If you...
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What to Feed Chickens if You Run Out of Chicken Feed
Don't panic when you suddenly realize that you are out of chicken feed and the stores are all closed for the night or even the entire weekend. While commercial chicken feed provides a convenient...
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How to Feed Peanuts to Cattle
Peanuts are an excellent source of protein and nutrients, particularly vitamin E. Not only do peanuts have nutritional value for people, cattle can also benefit from eating peanuts. Although humans...
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How to Make Your Own Pig Feed
While you can buy bags of premixed pig food at most farm supply stores, you might want to make your own pig food mix. Many people believe that you can feed pigs anything, such as your table scraps and...
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How to Feed Millet to Livestock
Millet is a fast-growing cereal plant commonly used as a feed for cattle, sheep and swine. Similar to oats and barley in feeding value, millet contains high amounts of protein and fiber. Millet...
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How to Make a Small Feed Lot for Cows
Small feedlots are used by family beef farmers or dairy farmers raising heifers or housing dry cows. The feedlots are a place where cattle can be fed grain and hay on a regular basis. They usually...
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How to Feed Steer for Slaughter
Feeding a steer for slaughter is referred to as "fattening out" the steer. This process takes between 1 and 3 months, depending on the breed, age and starting weight of the steer. Feeding a steer on a...
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How to Use Moringa to Reduce the Volume of a Broiler Feed Intake
Moringa oleifera grows in tropical areas from South America and South Asia to East Africa and the Pacific Rim. This tree is also known as the drumstick, horseradish or clarifier tree. Nutritionally...
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How Much Feed Is Needed to Feed an Average Cow?
Although cows can survive on grasses and wild grains, some ranchers supplement the diet with purchased feed to ensure their cows receive an adequate amount of food. The amount of feed required mostly...
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