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| Anyone feed an Oat alfalfa mix hay? I can get an Oat/Alf mix and also Forage mix.. Just Curious thanks... |
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| A long time ago (8 or so years ago) we bought oat hay and fed it with alfalfa hay but it was not of the same field or baled together. They did good on it. From my understanding, oat hay has to be harvested just right to be ok to be fed to horses???? |
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Location: sunny california | my ulcer prone horse can not eat oat hay |
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| kwanatha - 2015-09-16 7:56 AM
my ulcer prone horse can not eat oat hay
why not?
Most vets and the newest research are now praising oats for the ability to help with ulcers... |
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| Thanks, I am actually supplementing right now with an afl/oat cube and my horses love it... |
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| I am also supplementing with the oat/alfalfa cube, my older guy loves it and it is easier to chew. But I soak all my cubes anyway as the older guy likes his feed kinda mushy and he doesn't have bad teeth just likes it that way plus then it is easier to put his THE supplements with it. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | astreakinchic - 2015-09-16 11:11 AM kwanatha - 2015-09-16 7:56 AM my ulcer prone horse can not eat oat hay why not? Most vets and the newest research are now praising oats for the ability to help with ulcers...
The only oat hay I've ever seen looked like straw with a few oat heads attached. I can see mine making a huge mess and just wasting it.
A cube made with oat hay seems like it would just be a filler? How many actual oats would there be in a cube like that? The few articles that I've read about oat hay didn't make me want to deal with it. There are way too many variables about where it's grown, how it's fertilized, when it's cut, etc.... |
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Location: Willows, CA | Most Oat hay is not put up very well. When it is, it will draw every rodent to it like spoiled child to candy. I would stay away unless there is no alternative. If Oat hay is cut too soon there is too much moisture in the grain head and it can mold. If too late the grain shells out and leaves only straw. My grandfather used to put up some oat hay and said the proper time to cut it was when the blackbirds started to eat the soft grain out of the head. I don't think many people put it up properly today. In my area, in the best case, you end up with a barn full of mice and rats.
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| rachellyn80 - 2015-09-16 12:39 PM
astreakinchic - 2015-09-16 11:11 AM kwanatha - 2015-09-16 7:56 AM my ulcer prone horse can not eat oat hay why not? Most vets and the newest research are now praising oats for the ability to help with ulcers...
A cube made with oat hay seems like it would just be a filler? How many actual oats would there be in a cube like that? The few articles that I've read about oat hay didn't make me want to deal with it. There are way too many variables about where it's grown, how it's fertilized, when it's cut, etc....
I'm sorry I didn't read this very well I was simply referring to oats. I have no experience whatsoever with oat hay....not much of that makes it back east. |
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| winwillows - 2015-09-16 10:22 AM
Most Oat hay is not put up very well. When it is, it will draw every rodent to it like spoiled child to candy. I would stay away unless there is no alternative. If Oat hay is cut too soon there is too much moisture in the grain head and it can mold. If too late the grain shells out and leaves only straw. My grandfather used to put up some oat hay and said the proper time to cut it was when the blackbirds started to eat the soft grain out of the head. I don't think many people put it up properly today. In my area, in the best case, you end up with a barn full of mice and rats.
Makes total sense! I can see how it would attract them. I have one cat and a huge goffer snake but they can only do so much.. lol I think based on this I will stick with the cube. My horses have alf/Orchard hay in front of them 24/7 but I noticed the alf/oat cubes are much softer than regular alfalfa cubes. |
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