Re: Feeding bermuda

[rides2far@juno.com (Angela C. McGhee)]

>> The Vets at North Carolina State University vet school believe that 
>bermuda
>> hay (not growing, cut, dried hay) keeps them in business.  They've 
>told me
>> never to feed it, it causes impaction colic often.

I've heard this a lot.  What I've found in the last 4 years of feeding
Bermuda almost exclusively is that I'd better not feed it for at least 2
weeks after it's cut.  I've had a few gassy colics when I did. 

I've heard people say, "I bought that stuff and threw it to 5 mares and
they all coliced. I'd never feed it again".  I've only had one horse
colic on cured Bermuda.  He was new here and just LOVED it.  He ate it
like he was in a pie eating contest.  It was just a gassy colic and
passed with a little hand walking.

Angie

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