Re: [IceHorses] survival ideas

2007-08-06 Thread Robyn Schulze
On 8/6/07, Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Janice, > The hay shortage in Florida is so sad, I have a friend in Oklahoma who has > so much hay they can't get cut all they have as they don't know where to > sell it to. > This is how it is for us here this year too. But a few years ago, I

RE: [IceHorses] survival ideas

2007-08-06 Thread Robyn Hood
Hi Janice, The hay shortage in Florida is so sad, I have a friend in Oklahoma who has so much hay they can't get cut all they have as they don't know where to sell it to. Strange year - really feast or famine depending on where you are. I really feel for you because before the first hay of this

Re: [IceHorses] survival ideas

2007-08-06 Thread Janice McDonald
thats a good point Karen. here in NW fla deer eat acorns and lichens etc. i find deer tracks in my pasture every day where they come in at nite in ecstasy over a little grass. People bait up deer with sweet feed and corn and they go nuts. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo

RE: [IceHorses] survival ideas

2007-08-06 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> http://www.abc.net.au/landline/stories/s805364.htm Is this intended for feeding meat-producing livestock or for horses...? There's a quote in that article I immediately noticed that I'm not sure I buy into: " "God never made animals to eat dry hay and grain, God made animals to eat green fee

Re: [IceHorses] survival ideas

2007-08-06 Thread The Lund family
> Any ideas?? I dont have a large storage area. I have looked into sprouting grain for forage. They have done this in drought stricken areas with great success, and there are even some high end horses that get such a diet all of the time because it is so nutritious. It doesn't take a lot of ar

Re: [IceHorses] survival ideas

2007-08-06 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 06/08/07, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > people around here are talking like thiswinter/next spring is gonna be > a hay shortage to end all hay shortages. Janice, what we have done during dry years is feed hay cubes. The horses did great on them. The best part is they can take a