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You guys with livestock, how long does it take you to feed, check water, etc.?

Not factoring in breakdowns, froze pipes or maybe of course that never happens to you.......

About two hours a day Sam IF. Are you using blended fuel?

just fed my my two dogs.....

does that count ?

We use straight #1 Richard. But I did have a blended tank in one tractor and it gelled up on Christmas. Should have ran the #2 out of it but we don't use that tractor quite as often and it got parked with half a tank of summer fuel. Thought I had mixed enough #1 in it....wrong.


Got it going this afternoon. I also added some additive to the last bulk tank of fuel.

Hey, I just did the same thing! 1 minute, maybe 2.

Average about 4 hours/day this time of year. Cattle and horses.

Depends on the time of year.

Early on when we are out on grass it might take 4 or 5 hours to get around to all the cows if we are feeding.


Later on when we bring them home, last year about the end of February, it takes way less time.

2 hours tops with the hay processor.

oh yea.......

filled the water trough 100' behind the house today....

keep it full with a heater in it.......have the local 30+ deer that use it......

Couple of hours now. Usually check things twice a day with some cattle calving.

Feeding hay, cubes and protein tubs now too.

I rewired my downrigger to the new style Scotty plug and same thing with the skiff. I waterproofed a couple pairs of hip boots and organized my duck hunting gear and decoys. Mid season sees crap gets distributed everywhere. Thank god my wife is as cool and understanding as she is....I got lucky. She quietly deals with my gear year round, half the year it’s fishing gear and the rest it’s hunting gear. I’ll go drop the crab pots in the morning with the carcasses of some waterfowl and then I’ll take Kenai my lab for an afternoon duck and goose hunt.

I didn’t come close to answering your question Sam but our chickens and dogs are the only livestock I wrangle, not counting teenagers and they get fed and water daily. The whole process takes from about breakfast time until just after bedtime. 😉

no cows anymore. Used to be about 2 hours to hay and cake, about 2 hours to chop ice and fill tanks and about 8 hours to warm back up

Two hours? You guys are making me look like I am goofing off. More time involved when you are scrapping the feeding floor and loafing shed and hauling manure out onto the fields. Plus, breaking up fodder bales for roughage and bedding, just saying.

Man, I swear most mornings you look at the clock in the pickup and it's already noon!

Easy days I'd say 4-5 hours, done before noon maybe 3-4 days a week. The other 3-4 days it's probably 5-7 hours a day.

This with my dad and I both working. It would be ALL day if it was just one of us.



The hardest thing about cold weather is dealing with water(electricity) and equipment. Freezing your ass off is the easy part.....grin

Didn't know we was counting working on tractors, fixing fence, looking for cows, cleaning and scooping and all the other things you do in your spare time .It's an easy life

Blanket, I'm just talking about feeding the damn cows/calves!

Been thinking about this and got to wondering if we are just slow pokes....


Should add that I've been moving a generator back and forth to a well and that is becoming a time drain but so far it's keeping the cows off the river(which has just iced up).

more cows you have the longer it takes

I'm a little confused on this whole time thing. How many beers it takes to complete, I understand.

Just think it will soon be calving time and you will think feeding will be easy

3 hours 2x,a day

as many as it takes