move # 4

Well Lil Boy and Jett are getting a taste of the 5 ft tall rye grass and very abundant vetch that had been used as a cover crop in the hoop house. Finally found my notes from pasture 2 regarding the species content for a representative 3x3 plot: dandelion 14, Broad leaf plantain 11, narrow leaved plantain 2, orchard grass 10, clover 6, speedwell 5, buttercup 2. there was also abundant bed straw by the fence and wall. At the end, all but the 2 foot tall orchard grass had been chowed down. The pasture was 132' by 15' and they were in there for 7 days. Pasture # 3 next to the hoop house didnt really have any good spots that represented the pasture as a whole, but here are the notes I have from it : size 71' by 10', orchard grass, dandelion, alsike clover, brome grass, speedwell, 1 rhubarb plant?, and 3 species that I have yet to identify. It took them only 4 days to plow through that patch, and now they are in pasture # 4, measurements to follow hopefully tomorrow. This one has a similar constitution as the last one, but with the addition of butter cups, vetch and 5' tall rye. They only have a thin sliver of the vetch as it is very rich, and are being supplemented with course hay for extra fiber. Jett's body condition seems to be at the right stage, she is plump but not obese. Lil Boy is not fair quite as well, he is a little thinner, but not to an alarming degree. Will be spending some extra time working on my body scoring skills. Hopefully pictures and measurements of new pasture will be up tomorrow!