I would ask this supplier to be more specific on what is in the grain hay. I know down here, forage hay has a mix of oat, wheat and barley, grain hays that mature at different rates. He needs to be more specific. I certainly can not feed Scharly forage hay. 1st, she's allergic to the oats and wheat, and 2nd, it's got to many carbs for my air fern. I don't work her enough. Ask him if they've done a hay analysis on it, so you can see how much sugar is in it.
Maybe someone else has more information. I'm feeding timothy(I know it's exspensive, but she's doing well on it).
Laura of Cal.
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, sammybo7@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/21/2009 7:38:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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> Hello All,
> I have a question about Hay that I am hoping maybe somebody might be able
> to answer. Is anybody familiar with Grain Hay? If so, do you know what is
> in it and do you think it would be ok to feed the Haflingers?
> We usually allways only feed straight Orchard Grass Hay, but our our usual
> hay suppliers don't have any straight orchard grass right now.
> Our options are a 95/5 mix of Orchard Alfalfa(95% orchard 5%Alfalfa or the
> Grain hay. I think the Grain hay is a mixture of some timothy, oat and
> something else, but I am not sure.
> I really don't like feeding alfalfa at all, but 5% is not much. The grain
> hay is cheaper which of course is nice, but it is a completely different
> hay than they are used to eating so I am just not sure what would be best?
> Any thoughts on what you think might be the better way to go?
> They are all easykeepers who put on weight very easily.
> Thanks for any help or advice.
> Cheryl in Napa CA
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