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Trigger, DC Feeds Edmond 405-359-4808 Lincoln County Feed Chandler 405-258-0770

S & S Farm Shawnee 405-273-6907 These are some of the ones listed on their dealers list that Kimber gave to me.
 
Does everyone still like Chuffhaye? Good hay here is $6 a bale and they waste most of it. I was thinking of getting a skid of 40 bags ($400), and giving it a try. I only have 23 deer so it should last me most of the winter. Any new coments would be appreciated.
 
i read about that and would love to try it here too. It is hard to find good hay for my goats in the winter too, and this has a great shelf life for the deer . But I would have to go out of state to get it....Sux
 
gcw matt said:
Does everyone still like Chuffhaye? Good hay here is $6 a bale and they waste most of it. I was thinking of getting a skid of 40 bags ($400), and giving it a try. I only have 23 deer so it should last me most of the winter. Any new coments would be appreciated.
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I'm a big fan. The deer eat every drop of it.
 
On Sale this weekend Evansville IN. About an hour and a half drive, but thought we would try it.
 
I bought a ton of this stuff on Monday, my deer are licking the feeder clean everyday. Kinda reminds me of chewing tobacco. I haven't tried any myself yet.
 
The Roberts Ranch said:
Thanks Dennis. Mitch said you were at NADeFA, but I did not see you there. $450 for a ton, I guess is not to bad considering no waist.



The place you are picking it up at, is it 20 minutes further away from me. It took me about 40 minutes to get to your place. I may have to get the name and order some.
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ya all sounds good guys BUT the protine ????????? 18% chaf vers... 20% plus in reg, and YOU can beat the smell of just cut alf. suuport your loc. famer, hes always been their for you , and always will be , how about your chaff . sulp. ????????
 
This is just me! BUt im not sold on it. I got a sample bag and the deer had at it thought it was good. bought a bag put it side by side with a bail of alfalfa and had just as much waste! there was still stems in the bag that the deer didnt eat. well bottom line there was still waste! ( and now i didnt put the hole bag out at a time. i matched a bisket with a 5 gallon bucket. and did it till it was gone) just cant justify 12 dollars a bag now versus 3 dollars a bail.
 
In my opinion, this product is the perfect fit for our industry. Through out the years of feeding dry alfalfa, I would estimate that waste ran 60% or better. We spent as much time burning old hay as we did feeding new! Chaffhaye cured that problem. We feed over 150 deer in our breeding pens, and what they dont eat wont fill a five gallon bucket! We are located in SE Kansas, where alfalfa can be bought off the farm for $4.00 a bale. Yes, it's a bit more expensive than baled alfalfa, but considering the waste and labor cleaning up the waste, we are now saving money. We are so sold on this product that we became a dealer. If anyone would like a quote on it by the bag or by the pallet, shoot me an email. The discounts for picking it up by the pallet are considerable.



Kirk Kelso

Rim Rock Ranch

(620) 642-6402
 
Mine don't like it. They like fresh alf alfa better. Tried ten bags of it and most of it went to waste. Suppose if they were really hungry they would eat it but they have sweet feed 24-7 and just don't seem to want any thing to do with it.

What did you guys have to do to get them started on it?
 
How important do you all think feeding hay is? I don't currently feed any hay because my pens are full of clover and chicory. With winter coming that browse will stop growing and I'm wondering if I should add this Chaffnaye? How do you feed it, do you put it in a trough or use a hay rack?
 
Brett,

Once the browse in your pen is gone you need to feed the deer some form of hay. We use Chaffhaye because we have trouble getting baled alfalfa. It is a much smaller chop than regular alfalfa so we feed it in small feed troughs. A hay rack will not work as most of it would just fall to the ground immediately.



Russ
 
Hey Dennis, if you keep up all this goat talk I'm going to tell everyone about your cwd out break you had on your farm. Sure glad that didn't trace back to any of my deer. Don't worry not many people read these forums so no one should ever find out.
 
crocket said:
ya all sounds good guys BUT the protine ????????? 18% chaf vers... 20% plus in reg, and YOU can beat the smell of just cut alf. suuport your loc. famer, hes always been their for you , and always will be , how about your chaff . sulp. ????????
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one farmer had chaf tested and it was actually almost 25% pro... ive been using it now for about a year... i had the problem with them not eatting it at first so i started mixing it in with my grain and they lick it clean now... i do have a small farm so the cost doesnt bother me... i do know i fed a round bale and ended up having more waste than what they ate....
 

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