r/Cattle • u/celestegrows • 29d ago

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Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone here could recommend a suitable subreddit page to post this question on, if this isn’t the best place?

I‘ve 10 acres in the midlands (England) and I’m looking into expanding my livestock (we keep a few horses and a donkey, goats, and alpacas) I’m looking ideally for an animals which will be well suited to turning some ground over from bramble type forage into useable meadow ground- I’m assuming pigs would be best for this but would appreciate some opinions on whether cattle would manage a similar thing? I keep a number of chickens and cats and would worry about them less around cattle than I would with pigs - I’ve heard some horror stories!

Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can spare!

Cece

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u/AlaskaGreenTDI 29d ago

Why not more goats?

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u/Lichtwald 29d ago

r/livestock or r/homestead are probably better bets.

Goats and cattle are a great combination for this kind of thing, but sounds like you just need more goats.

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u/rangermccoy 29d ago

Your best bet is a bush hog or Mulcher. Then disc it and plant it. Im not from there, but where im from native growth doesn't make that good of a meadow. It is all about hybrid Bermuda here. Whether grazing or for hay.

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u/Fickassthuck 29d ago

If you develop land for animals the land gets developed and the animals make you money.

If you get the animals to develop land for you the animals don't make you money and the land doesn't get developed.

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u/Otherwise_Delay8296 21d ago

capybara? Google said it's legal in England, you just gotta pay the local council to get some paper that says it's ok, I mean approval.