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Discussion on Chopped hay for oldsters
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Member:
Tkranch
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 2, 2003 - 12:28 pm:
A more economical way to get chopped hay for your older horse is to use your lawn mower. Spread a weeks worth or so of hay flakes on the lawn and run over them with the lawn mower with the bag attached. Empty each bag in garbage bags or boxes as the bag fills. If you have a bagless just rake it up.
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Canyon28
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Posted on Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003 - 12:17 pm:
I dont have a lawn or a lawn mower, but it sounds like a good plan. I use a hay cart to feed out of, since I have 25 horses or so. I take the leaves that are left in the bottom of the cart and sift them through a screen apparatus I have made over a wheel barrow. The holes inthe screen are about 1/2 square. My old stallion has missing molars, so he cant eat any stems, even small ones, I would also be afraid he would impact if he did. By screening the leaves through plus lots of old horse feed soaked in water, he gets plenty to eat. I have found a source of alfalfa/timothy cubes that i also use in the winter for him, but of course these have to be soaked in water to a gruel consistancy. I had been concerned that he was getting too much protein because most of the leaves he gets are alfalfa leaves and also the old horse feed in made up of partly alfalfa pellets, manna, and grain. What I would like to do is find a good source of grass pellets if there is such a thing.
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Member:
Tkranch
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Posted on Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003 - 3:43 pm:
Cristine,
Have you tried beet pulp? The protein is 9.5%,Fat is 0.5%, Fiber is 18.0%. It might be the closest thing to grass pellets (I haven't heard of them either). I use the soaked beet pulp for our old guy. In the winter I add vegetable oil for the added fat. This year I have started adding the black oil sunflower seeds. The old guy doesn't like it when I add the oil so I mix his senior pellets to the beet pulp mix and he loves it!
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Member:
Dres
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Posted on Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003 - 4:32 pm:
https://www.elkgrovemilling.com/product%20line.html
don't know where you are located but these pellet feeds are great.. i have been using them for years..! its worth a look at..
good luck Ann
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Sep 15, 2003 - 8:25 am:
One caution on what is a fairly neat idea: be sure not to pick up significant amounts of fresh grass if you plan to store it: it will promote mold. You can cut the grass first or set the mower higher seems like two easy ways around the problems.
DrO
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New Member:
Jewels
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Posted on Sunday, Jan 4, 2004 - 12:13 am:
Hi I'm new here so hope this works. Just another thought on the whole mulch hay idea. Put your hay in a big plastic garbage container or similiar size and put the head of your weed trimmer (you know those plastic string jobbies) and turn it on presto chango mulched feed and you don't get any dirt, like you can if you get your lawnmower blade too low. Hope this helps!
Julie from Canada
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Member:
Suzeb
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Posted on Sunday, Jan 4, 2004 - 12:27 am:
Julie,
I am flattered but you need to edit your profile. Go to Member's Services and then go to "Edit Profile". Retype your name as you want it to appear on the board and remember to save the changes. Hope this helps. Sue B.
ps. Welcome and glad to see you here!
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