kitcat0601
Outhouse Monitor
Smooth Flyin' Jet AKA: "Rocky"
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Post by kitcat0601 on May 19, 2007 6:04:43 GMT -5
Coastal is in short supply in Florida. I have to get T&A or Alfalfa which is very pricey. 12-18 a bale. 18 for the compressed stuff. The 650lb bales of O&A is 120.00 and last's the mare and foal almost 3 weeks. I have one horse who eats coastal. The others get belly aches from it. Its pretty cruddy quality.
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Post by Blacklabs on May 20, 2007 7:39:32 GMT -5
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Post by twnpnds on May 22, 2007 12:29:47 GMT -5
Heather, I was lucky to get 12 large rolls of bahalia last year and will be lucky to find hay this year. It's being cut right now but no one wants to sell it. We have a drought too. Large rolls were costing up to $50.00 each last year. I got mine for $25.00 delivered but that was from a friend who happened to have extra. A lot of people sold their cattle and horses because they couldn't find hay or couldn't afford to pay those prices. I'm thinking about selling half of my llamas this year.  I can't handle them not having something to eat this winter because I can only get a few bales. I can't afford $50.00 plus a roll either. Thought about going to TN but fuel is just too high. Would end up costing me about $75.00 a roll or more. We all need to be doing a rain dance! And a lot of praying. |
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Post by charlotsmom on May 22, 2007 15:53:40 GMT -5
Where I live in AR there is a hay shortage. I know for a sqaure bale of wrangler burmuda is 6.00 a bale, and thats at our local feed store and only as long as they have it. I buy round bales of wrangler burmuda for 40.00 from a freind. He bales his own land and my father n law works for him so my hay supply shouldn't dry up netime soon. I also get square bales of the same kinda hay from the freinds brother since my father n law AI's his cattle. I hang on to the sqaure bales just incase someone is desprate for hay..no i don't sell it ..i give it to them...its better then having animals go hungry due to a horrible drought. So far this year we have gotten more rain then in the last 2 yrs and first cut has already taken place which is so much better then before. So just maybe there won't be such a shortage.
Hopefull it will be a better yr for everyone, and no one will have to sell there beloves.
heather
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Post by darbyponygirl on May 29, 2007 17:56:18 GMT -5
We just had the first cuts yesterday and today i am in Greenville, SC we ar going to get some this weekend atleast this WInter was so wierd here we had grass most of it Is it Coastal? NO i think bermuda but I dk we weren't able to get it, my dad's back was hurting really bad from yard wrok and he couldn't or wouldn't be able to load/unload 100plus bales and we havea bout 2000 at the moment and our horses don't eat much hay we have aLOT of grass |
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Post by Heather T on Jun 3, 2007 13:34:07 GMT -5
Has anyone ever heard of Cheyenne Bermuda hay? I have some available to me but I don't know what the quality is (nutritional)
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Post by lilpondarosamini on Jun 3, 2007 14:17:10 GMT -5
I looked it up on line it said crude protein 8 to 13% TDN(dont know what this is ) 50 to 55% NDF 58 to 66% and ADF 29 to 40%. Hope this helps also said it was and is safe for horses.
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Post by Heather T on Jun 4, 2007 22:55:57 GMT -5
Where did you find that Pondarosa? I'd like to see if I can compare it to some others.  |
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Post by darbyponygirl on Jun 5, 2007 8:15:27 GMT -5
we had bernmuda at one time and had to change it gave our horses bad diarrea sp?? we will never feed it again and make sure if you do get a fescue that it is cut on time we got some and it was cut late and the grass was to hard my pony polo who eats anything and is fine got this HORRIBLE cough i know this is gross but he coughed up like luigi things so we put him on cough free and changed hay and it got a lot better
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Post by darbyponygirl on Jun 5, 2007 8:16:07 GMT -5
oh and i found out that the hay was fescue
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Burke and his favorite pig
It's that good. The cows even fight over it. If anyone is close to my area just let me know and I can get you some. He had someone call from Texas last year and offered 70 a round bale but he said no, it's just for my neighbors. It's the freshest grass hay I've seen since I've lived here. Awesome stuff. 
