This message is from: "Reena Giola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheryl
thanks for bringing it up about the density.....also the richness of the hay has to be considered. When we moved from CA to MI the hay was much richer in CA, so a very small flake was required....we also do it by weight.....and after a while you can pretty much tell how much a flake weighs...roughly........so when in MI I didn't realize how much less the quality was......poor Gus was so hungry there as I had them feeding him a very small amount after we arrived......then after I discovered the difference he got a HUGE flake of hay, gosh sometimes it was up to 3 flakes, but loosely packed and didn't weight much, nor was the hay very rich......and believe me, he never got fat!!! so it's not just the size of the flake, it's the quality of it and the weight of it. This message is from: CHERYL GARNICA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I I am going by rule of thumb and feeding by weight, meaning feed 2% of body wt. estimated as I do with the other horses. The others will gain or lose depending on season or activity. I will adjust feed by about a pound depending on the gain or loss. It has worked pretty well for me with other horses with only a few changes in feed. In my area and probably everyone elses, the way they bale hay can be dense feed or pretty lose so weighing is safest way to go.... I
