On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>What we call oat hay has never been threshed -- it has the seed heads > >>still attached. > > > > OK - we would call that long straw. It's not used as a feed stuff over > > here - in fact I think it's only used for thatching. I would have > > thought it would make a very pretty energy feed, with the grain still > > attached. > > I think it was the oat hay that was fed to Cookie when we had to board the > horses, that caused her to become so heavy and potentially IR.
I think that is a concern with hte oat hay and why I don't think I'd feed it free choice. -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them." - William Farley
