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| Holly |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 2:27:04 PM
Has anyone started feeding hay/haylage yet?
I havent yet as have lots of grass still and very porky girls but am thinking that i will start putting bales out in the field in the next couple of weeks. However i have got light weight rugs on 3 of my girls and they are getting a small feed each night. Prob dont need it but they are spoilt. |
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| debs |
Posted - 04 Nov 2009 : 8:07:30 PM
No hay until tonight.... lots of fireworks, thought it may take their mind off them, they didn'y seem that concerned... but, just in case! Having said that, dont think either of them have had hay on field before, they stood snorting and staring for ages until I picked it up and fed them it!!! More scarey than the fireworks, what a couple of wusses... |
| Evie |
Posted - 04 Nov 2009 : 7:48:24 PM
Mine lives out with her two friends (who belong to my friend) and we're not feeding haylage yet as we still have tonnes of grass!!! We keep moving the electric fencing every couple of days so they have extra grass. They get one feed in the evening too of just chaff and a little bit of pasture mix. My friend's gelding has more feed as he's the type not to keep weight on, but the two mares don't really need much as they are both still fatties!! |
| sab2 |
Posted - 04 Nov 2009 : 5:39:35 PM
Mine are having haylage once a day and have been for a few weeks now they are in 23 acres but they are still eating the hay so i keep putting it out, i too am a softie. |
| georgiauk |
Posted - 04 Nov 2009 : 4:09:40 PM
I have haylage all year round....just in case ! So I'm afraid I am usually tempted to hay a little earlier than normal, my gang are all still out 24/7 and are being hayed once daily or twice if I'm being a softie, they are all very well covered |
| marionpack |
Posted - 04 Nov 2009 : 11:02:55 AM
Started bringing mine in at the week-end, but before that was haying for about 2 weeks before that and they where eating it even though there is quite a lot of grass, I always think if they eat it rather than the grass they must need it, if I hay too early they don't bother eating and stick to the grass |
| Sirius |
Posted - 04 Nov 2009 : 08:07:32 AM
We're on haylage until the fields dry out after the last week of continual rain.
Our worst ever winter start was on September 14th a few years ago, and they were on 24 hour ad lib haylage until mid April. Still, that's why we call it the Lake District. Got to get the water from somewhere or it looks a bit of a con when the visitors get here...
Dom |
| Callisto |
Posted - 04 Nov 2009 : 02:42:06 AM
We started putting hay out a week ago, there's very little grass left in their current field and we're saving the winter field for as long as possible - although it's been mild we haven't had enough rain for the grass to grow as much as we would like. We are also feeding twice a day, and they are rugged according to weather conditions (mainly summer turnouts due to the warm temperatures we've been having). Two are very well covered, two are medium and one is looking a little light, (but then he always does) |
| Karon |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 9:30:59 PM
I keep mine on restricted grass so they get hay all year round. I've just increased the amount I feed to a bale twice a day as the grass has all gone (until I move to the winter field) and think I've stuffed them all! I need to decrease it a bit as they're all standing around looking like they can't eat another scrap  |
| mazey |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 8:00:50 PM
Hi Holly again, I'm putting hay out as it has been so wet here in Penzance I have to leave them in the field with a shelter which has no grass. The field with plenty of grass only has hedges and I feel sorry for them out in the rain, even though they've got rugs on. They're probably perfectly happy it's just me being a wimp.
They do seem to be very happy when they see the hay appear though. |
| Nichole Waller |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 7:56:59 PM
Mine are still out at night at the moment although if we keep getting loads of rain they will have to come in soon  . I noticed tonight as i trudged through the field that it was getting rather wet and boggy...
I'm not feeding hay at the moment, but when they come in they get half a bale per horse each night... |
| natntaz |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 4:11:56 PM
Mine are always in of a night from end of september so yes
feeding hay, have got lots and lots of grass for the day
though but i am to soft would never keep them out at night
other than in the summer lol |
| rosie |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 3:56:29 PM
My 2 are still out at grass 24/7 & don't think they'll need hay for at least another month as we still have loads of grass that hasn't had anything on it since haytime. |
| debs |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 3:56:24 PM
No, our youngsters aren't on brilliant grazing but they are both v. well covered! So much so that we keep putting off putting them on winter grazing.... too much grass! May need to though if the fields keep getting churned up! |
| NatH |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 3:34:20 PM
Mine are always in at night so I feed it all year round
Mare & foal have haylage and my Veteran mare hay |
| Kash |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 2:38:37 PM
Nope. I also have a fatty |
| Kazzy |
Posted - 03 Nov 2009 : 2:31:45 PM
No. The grass is still growing here in Cheshire and he's getting a little porker
They have not even gone in the winter field yet where there is way too much grass
Janet |
