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FLITASTIC Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-08-16 10:30 PM Subject: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 5293	I feed a really nice Alfalfa/Orchard mix hay. Just got a new delivery from the same grower. THe hay I had before from him had a little darker green alfalfa and orchard. THe new load is a little lighter, not quite as lush but still very high quality hay. My horses wont eat it!!!!! Great. It looks fine and smells fine. Clean. Horses are extremely frustrating. Hopefully they will eat cause that's what they are getting! LOL
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lindseylou2290 Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2015-08-17 3:05 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 2457	UG ... sorry, I bet when they get hungry they'll eat it! LOL. That's all I got, good luck!!
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BS Hauler Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2015-08-17 3:18 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 1314 Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass	Was it baled with a little acid preservative ?
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-08-17 3:30 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	BS Hauler - 2015-08-17 3:18 PM Was it baled with a little acid preservative ? What's that?
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BS Hauler Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2015-08-17 3:37 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 1314 Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass	It is used by a lot of custom baler guys that is sprayed on with the baler on hay that is just a little too wet to bale and it will keep the hay from going into heating and discoloring and molding the hay. Some horses will not eat it as it had a little smell to it.
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FLITASTIC Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-08-17 4:17 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 5293	Not that I know of. lol Hay looks and smells great to ME. I am rushing after work to get some Alfalfa to mix with it. These darn horses..
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-08-17 4:35 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	FLITASTIC - 2015-08-17 4:17 PM Not that I know of. lol Hay looks and smells great to ME. I am rushing after work to get some Alfalfa to mix with it. These darn horses.. LOL!!!! That's a joke right? Someone on here posted they were trying to get their horse to eat some additive in the feed. They counted out 15 pellets and mixed them in with all the rest of the grain.... Came back later and everything was gone.. except those 15 pellets.
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cheryl makofka Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2015-08-17 5:23 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
The Advice Guru Posts: 6419	BS Hauler - 2015-08-17 3:37 PM It is used by a lot of custom baler guys that is sprayed on with the baler on hay that is just a little too wet to bale and it will keep the hay from going into heating and discoloring and molding the hay. Some horses will not eat it as it had a little smell to it. In our area, some alfalfa farmers fertilize the crap out of the alfalfa and my horses won't touch it, but it makes for great dairy farm hay
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FLITASTIC Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-08-17 7:33 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 5293	Who the heck knows. I will say this, he must have got hungry cause by the time I got home he had eaten all his hay. I picked up some straight alfalfa and Will mix it in.
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astreakinchic Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2015-08-17 8:19 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 1611	LOL spoiled ponies Our ponies eat "peasant hay" when they aren't being hauled or are on stall rest and the first time they go on vacation and get it they are like "da heck is dis?" its quite humorous to watch a spoiled pony refuse regular orchard grass when they are used to high quality alfalfa.
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FLITASTIC Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-08-17 10:10 PM Subject: RE: Second Cutting Hay? Frustrating!!!
Expert Posts: 5293	Oh yes. I mixed in some premium alfalfa this evening and they are scarfing it down (mixed with the other hay) my horses look phenomenal and the curost is the bomb. I promised them to be spoiled if they work for me. Both are running turning machines! Lol
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