I appreciate this information as I had my Timothy analysized(it came from Klamath Falls, Oregon Area). It came in at 14% sugar, that's why I'm doing the soaking. I would hope that as more horse owners are questioning the hay analysis, the buyers would be more pro-active and incourage hay analysis in the field before they buy big loads.
Laura of Cal.
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Graves <kgraves@...> wrote:
>
> There is a McCloud in northern California in Siskiyou County. I
> haven't heard of this hay, but an tell you that it is, apparently,
> almost impossible to grow hay in my county in which the sugar content
> is low. I had my year-old grass hay analyzed and it came out at 17%.
> Also, hay grown in Siskiyou County has no selenium in it because there
> isn't any in our soil.
>
> Kathy Graves
> On Jan 5, 2010, at 4:07 PM, lauraafana wrote:
>
> > Cheryl,
> > What happened on the hay mix? I'm looking into my next batch of
> > timothy down here and one of the local suppliers was telling me
> > about a hay called Teff. I looked it up and it comes from Ethiopia.
> > Sounds like it may be grown up around McCloud. From what I've read,
> > the sugar content can vary depending upon the growing conditions.
> > I'm asking the supplier if the load has been analysised as I want to
> > keep the sugar content at 10% or less. I also checked out the Sudan,
> > but i'm not sure of the nutriental content. It does have have lots
> > of fiber. Have you looked at the safergrass.org website?
> > Have any others of you used Teff?
> > Thanks, Laura of Cal.
> > (I do have enough timothy for at least 2.5 months)
> >
> > --- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, sammybo7@ wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated 12/21/2009 7:38:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > animalshelpinghumans@ writes:
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Kathy Graves
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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