We completely miscalculated the amount of hay we need to get the goats through the winter. We made some hay ourselves last year but because of other distractions, we knew we hadn't made enough, so we bought 10 square bales (the old fashioned ones, not the big round ones most hay farmers now produce). We thought that would get us through to April when we will be starting to chop the hawthorn branches off the hedges as they will be in leaf by then. The hay came from a farm at High Spen. We had to restock on Sunday from the same farm as we had completely run out. This time we got 15 bales. Hopefully this will be enough for the rest of the winter.
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We have much longer winters than you do, and went through a lot of hay. We had 8 sheep and two goats and fed a 50 lb bale every day.
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