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Re: [RC] Question about hay--- help! - rdcarrieYes, you can just put one of the big bales in the pasture with the 15 horses, and when it's gone, put out another one. For the paddocks with only a couple of horses, these large square bales do break up into "mega flakes" that you can feed. You'll just need to play around with them till you figure out the amount to feed, unless you already feed by weight, which will make it easy to make the adjustment.
Dawn in East Texas -----Original Message----- From: Bette Lamore <woa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, 15 May 2006 20:59:10 -0700 Subject: [RC] Question about hay--- help! Hi there A client is bringing me hay from Iowa -- second and third cutting alfalfa that has been in the barn. He was originally bringing 240 bales which I understand how to feed. Now he writes: "bringing 6500lbs of hay that 16bales at just over 400lbs per bale. 2 high across the goose neck trailer thats 30 by 8." I have never fed hay in this form. I have a pasture with 15 geldings/mares and then a large paddock with 3 mares and then a large paddock with a mare and 2 foals (yes, my wonderful Silver adopted an orphan) and a stallion pasture with a mare and stallion and another with 2 stallions. My question is this: do I just put a huge bale in with my 15 pasture horses and then buy hay from the local feed store for the smaller pastures/paddocks? Do the big bales break up into mega flakes???? Thanks for any light on the matter. Bette, who is a CA girl unused to the Midwest feeding practices. -- Bette Lamore Whispering Oaks Arabians Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance! http://www.arabiansporthorse.com "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --WOW-- what a ride !! " =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp&nb sp; Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.
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