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Jan 17, 2011 18:15:15 GMT -1
Post by dalesponyrider on Jan 17, 2011 18:15:15 GMT -1
My supplier has run out of hay after telling me he would have enough till Spring! Anyone know where I could get some in Lincolnshire?
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Jan 17, 2011 18:19:46 GMT -1
Post by jap on Jan 17, 2011 18:19:46 GMT -1
try rob waite, snelland,but you may have to fetch it.
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Jan 17, 2011 18:20:52 GMT -1
Post by jap on Jan 17, 2011 18:20:52 GMT -1
or ask jill foulkes as she may know of some nearer
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Jan 17, 2011 18:57:27 GMT -1
Post by valerie n scout on Jan 17, 2011 18:57:27 GMT -1
yep my man has run out too..hope I can keep buying Equilage or similar from our local feed merchant x
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Jan 17, 2011 19:12:42 GMT -1
Post by dalesponyrider on Jan 17, 2011 19:12:42 GMT -1
How much Equilage do you feed Val?
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Jan 17, 2011 20:13:38 GMT -1
Post by valerie n scout on Jan 17, 2011 20:13:38 GMT -1
a fairly hefty haynet, they love it, our grazing is naff so I dont have much choice Linda x
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Jan 18, 2011 6:33:54 GMT -1
Post by harveydales on Jan 18, 2011 6:33:54 GMT -1
Linda - we just collected a load of hay which was stored at Jill's by a local farmer. He had another lot somewhere else but I'm fairly sure it is already sold. I can ask around for you.
I'm wary about feeding haylage but that is probably me being a bit neurotic after Quest. If you go down that route, you will be better getting the big haylage bales for the amount you will need to feed. It will work out cheaper. If our hay looks like running short again I am going to see if I can source some good straw to mix in.
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Apr 13, 2011 16:17:30 GMT -1
Post by dalesponyrider on Apr 13, 2011 16:17:30 GMT -1
Trying out some staw mixed in the hay too Pam. I managed to source some hay and some barley straw but OMG what a price! I am paying three times as much as usual!
Which straw is better? Oat, wheat or barley?
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Apr 13, 2011 20:03:59 GMT -1
Post by lucydales on Apr 13, 2011 20:03:59 GMT -1
Oat is best, then barley for feeding, impaction colics more likely with wheat.
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Apr 14, 2011 4:45:23 GMT -1
Post by harveydales on Apr 14, 2011 4:45:23 GMT -1
I'm doing the same now, Linda. The grass simply isn't growing, due to lack of rain I guess so just picked up a trailer load of straw to feed with the hay.
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Apr 14, 2011 7:15:45 GMT -1
Post by heathera on Apr 14, 2011 7:15:45 GMT -1
We've fed between a third and half their fibre diet as barley straw for years now, it saves on costs and helps keep their weight down.
We use barley as they just pig out and trough continuously at the oat straw and end up like blimps and high as kites. The wheat is more of an irritant to their guts and is quite harsh so we use the barley as a compromise between these two things but better for them than lots of hay.
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