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whats up doc
Posts : 19
Join date : 2009-04-02
Age : 55
Location : SYDNEY
| Subject: Haylage for horses  Tue May 19, 2009 10:33 am | |
| Has anyone ever fed haylage out of round bales...just wondering if it is safe to feed to horses
the bales only have 30 to 40% moisture. Smells really good!!! | |
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lb-ranch
Posts : 510
Join date : 2009-03-31
| | Subject: Re: Haylage for horses Tue May 19, 2009 10:47 am | |
| we use haylage, good protein content, one roll lasts the 5 in one paddock about 5 days. | |
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whats up doc
Posts : 19
Join date : 2009-04-02
Age : 55
Location : SYDNEY
| | Subject: haylage for horses Tue May 19, 2009 11:12 am | |
| Thanks!!! so they have free choice haylage?
I gave some to my horses on the weekend and they loved it !!!
I just didn't know how much to feed? | |
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lb-ranch
Posts : 510
Join date : 2009-03-31
| | Subject: Re: Haylage for horses Tue May 19, 2009 11:38 am | |
| yes mine have free choice 24/7 their pasture is just finally greening up so they're starting to get some grazing mixed in too. | |
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Pink Lady
Posts : 123
Join date : 2009-04-15
Location : Hants co.
| | Subject: Re: Haylage for horses Wed May 20, 2009 12:22 pm | |
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Loves Color
Posts : 629
Join date : 2009-03-30
Age : 52
Location : South Shore
| | Subject: Re: Haylage for horses Wed May 20, 2009 12:48 pm | |
| I was always advised not to feed it because of the risk. | |
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whats up doc
Posts : 19
Join date : 2009-04-02
Age : 55
Location : SYDNEY
| | Subject: haylage for horses Wed May 20, 2009 4:04 pm | |
| Yeah i hear ya.... thats why i am scared to feed it myself but these bales
have only 30% moisture and the round bales of hey don't seem to have any
nutricial value in them.
The few people i have spoke to have fed it and there horses are fine???
I am confused lol.... | |
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Pink Lady
Posts : 123
Join date : 2009-04-15
Location : Hants co.
| | Subject: Re: Haylage for horses Wed May 20, 2009 6:37 pm | |
| Four or maybe five years ago I went to a seminar that was put on by agripoint on growing hay for horses. There was talk about six horses that had died from eating haylage somewhere down the south shore.I do know people that feed it . My cousin sells alot of haylage to people for horses.This time of year they will not sell any for horses because the weather is to warm and it spoils to fast. | |
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whats up doc
Posts : 19
Join date : 2009-04-02
Age : 55
Location : SYDNEY
| | Subject: Haylage for horses Thu May 21, 2009 9:34 am | |
| Thanks for the info Guys :cheers: | |
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D-Cutch
Posts : 967
Join date : 2009-03-30
Age : 39
Location : Charlottetown, PE
| | Subject: Re: Haylage for horses Thu May 21, 2009 10:14 am | |
| We feed all of our horses haylage and have had great success - we always start them out really gradually and eventually they get full choice for the winter. We are really really really careful of mold though and always making sure it smells right.
We lost one sheep this winter to listeriosis... I was not a happy camper. Mold was likely the culprit - she was at another guys place and he doesn't check the haylage as diligently as we do. | |
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