Carol, Texas has no hay in our area either so hay is being purchased from
out of state. Of course they are mostly large round bales and some large
square bales. We have been feeding hay since the first week of July because
our pastures dried up. My husband searches on a web site called
Carol,
I made hay feeders for my sheep, and they eat every scrap with no waste. Each
feeder feeds 3 sheep. Is there anyway that I can post a picture to this site?
I viewed the lucerne horse feed from Maine. Sounds like Chaffhaye, only
without the added grain.
Liz Radi
Idar Alpacas, Nubian
In defense of the farmer that sold you the hay, it is extremely
difficult to get an accurate weight on round bales of hay. In the same
field, I have found as much as 300 lbs difference between hay bales.
While there are some out there who are taking full advantage of the
plight of farmers
Hi Liz,
Most members don't realize it but this group has a Web site at
http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ If you send me the photo, I will
post it to the scrapbook. I made my own feeders as well and there are
photos of them in the Scrapbook. I'd love to see yours; anything to
reduce the
BBSAI--
Heard from the NRCS guy today and he said that the Dakotas, Nebraska and NW
Kansas are in a high selenium area. It comes from shale to the north and is
in the N Platte river. From the S Platte river where we are, the elevated
levels of selenium are suspected as coming out of the
I'm wondering if you have access to the large rectangular bales. Sort of like
a round bale, but the large 3x3x7 foot bales are heavier than a round bale and
they are flaked like small bales.
The large bales I get are about 850 pounds, that's quite a lot of small square
bales and I only pay
I have used both cubes and pellets for horses. After my experience, I would
never use the pellets again. The alfalfa pellets made my horse founder
terribly. The cubes are fine, when you soak them, but my sheep don't really
like the wet alfalfa, which is what it winds up being.
Southern
This is the forage I was talking about. I have also used beet pulp for my
horses, only we needed to let it soak in water like the cubes. If I didn't
soak in water, they would choke. I did have a sheep choke on it once, she got
into it and really liked it and sucked it down too fast and
How many sheep do you have and how much hay do you put out per day.
You said you only use 45 bales for the winter--what time frame does that cover?
Maybe because I've always had horses to feed, I find 45 bales to sound
absolutely wonderful.
Nancy L. Johnson
imgr8a...@comcast.net
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