First Cutting Orchard grass hay
May 30th was a big day for Big Rock Alpaca Farm. With all the rain we’ve been having this spring getting good hay made was looking to be a real challenge. Rick from Rick Jones Custom Baling did a wonderful job of getting our hay made for us during one of the few three day windows of sunny weather. One of the advantages we had was that most of our field is pretty high. There was one low section that was still too wet to get into without tearing up the ground. We got nearly 300 bales from the field this year, up from 250 last year for the first cutting. The grass is getting thicker and the rain really helped it grow in good. Now hopefully we’ll continue to get some rain so we get a good second cutting which is what we’re really interested in for the alpacas. The field is all grass, primarily orchard grass which alpacas love.
Below is a picture of Rick doing the baling.
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