Who Chooses the Hay?

2009-04-08 Thread KateSeidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com I feed fescue hay. The first batch I bought was not tightly baled (it's a local good ol' boy and his baler is giving him trouble), and it seemed to have a large number of weeds in it (although nothing poisonous). It did not smell delicious and

Re: Who Chooses the Hay?

2009-04-08 Thread jen frame
This message is from: jen frame jenfra...@gmail.com Kate, I would be inclined to not let the ponies choose, and to buy the hay that you think is healthiest. Just cuz they like it doesn't mean it's good for them. Infact it may mean that it is higher in sugars, and Fjords should have as low a

Re: Who Chooses the Hay?

2009-04-08 Thread Cherie Mascis
This message is from: Cherie Mascis vikinghorseri...@bellsouth.net It may be a different hay, and not fescue that causes abortion. I think it is the molds that the particular hay in question grows that causes the abortions. even if your horses aren't pregnant, mold that causes abortion can't be

Re: Who Chooses the Hay?

2009-04-08 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com It's endophyte-infected fescure pasture that makes mares abort and I think that is if you graze them on it late in pregnancy. I know nothing about fescue hay. Sometimes I have hay that is beautiful and expensive (almost all Florida hay

Re: Who Chooses the Hay?

2009-04-08 Thread KateSeidel
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com Guidelines for nutritional hay values - _http://www.caringforyourhorse.com/haycharts.html_ (http://www.caringforyourhorse.com/haycharts.html) Fescue and timothy are the most available here. After two rounds of colic involving coastal hay and the