On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:28:46 -0500, you wrote:

>Just doesnt happen!  I wonder if it has something to do with most
>hayfields being 50-100 acres of open fields surrounded by lush wooded
>habitat that animals would naturally prefer?  

Ah, I think we have that country difference cropping up again! Here,
most hay fields are a maximum of 5 acres, most are much smaller.

Maybe has something to
>do with things out in the sun with no shade here are treated to
>merciless heat even on a nice day?  

Merciless heat? We don't get that much of it in Wales! ; )

>to me for it to be such a real concern with you Mic, and no one I know
>ever hearing of it except from you, that it is for whatever reason a
>way lesser threat here?

Could well be. It's a widely acknowledged threat here, which is why
many people are against feeding haylage at all, and I will only feed
it when I know exactly how it's been made.

Mic


Mic (Michelle) Rushen

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