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| Spring FINALLY feels like it’s here, but unfortunately with the late spring our first cutting hay is likely going to be later. We had been aiming to cut our grass pasture mid May and we are thinking closer to June 1 now.
Could change with nice weather, but we are pretty sure we are going to run short on hay. We like to feed all grass, but with as dry as last year was we picked up some alfalfa and have been mixing it. We can still find alfalfa around, for a price of course.
Would you go straight alfalfa hay?
I can get Standlee Timothy pellets, alfalfa/Timothy cube and thought about that too. Thought about adding timothy pellets to stretch what hay we have left, we are going to get an accurate bale count tonight or tomorrow night.
Other products I should look for?
Even areas 3-4 hours that should have had better hay weather away I’m not finding ads for grass hay. | |
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| I used to only feed grass hay, anything but bermuda. Timothy, Orchard, mixes etc. Being in CA, we have lots of alfalfa. I had to switch to that and once I did, my horses will not touch the grass hay!!!! They will " Pick" at it but only as a last resort, which is not often. At first they loved TEFF, but now won't eat it really. Timothy here is 30.00 per 100 pound bale, I refuse to feed bermuda, and orchard is 18.00 a bale. Orchard alfalfa mix is 25.00/bale. Just be aware that once they taste the alfalfa, they are going to come to expect it. LOL | |
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| FLITASTIC - 2018-04-23 12:57 PM
I used to only feed grass hay, anything but bermuda. Timothy, Orchard, mixes etc. Being in CA, we have lots of alfalfa. I had to switch to that and once I did, my horses will not touch the grass hay!!!! They will " Pick" at it but only as a last resort, which is not often. At first they loved TEFF, but now won't eat it really. Timothy here is 30.00 per 100 pound bale, I refuse to feed bermuda, and orchard is 18.00 a bale. Orchard alfalfa mix is 25.00/bale. Just be aware that once they taste the alfalfa, they are going to come to expect it. LOL
Well, they’ve been getting alfalfa and they’re still cleaning up the grass as well.
I’ve got 20acres of grass to bale as soon as it’s tall enough and only 7 acres of alfalfa/grass mix (which ended up last year being all alfalfa since grass didn’t grow) so the spoiled piggies will have to eat what momma gives them! | |
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