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I have found that with my horses (I usually feed a coarser hay) that when I do feed a finer hay, I have to be sure to give them much less.  I had a horse and a mule that coliced (just minor colic) from eating the finer hay.  I was always told that it was the fine hay that caused their systems to get backed up because it compacted more easily than the coarser stuff.  Anyone else had this happen? 

Jackie

Tina Hicks <tina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 23 Sep
2004, Jim Holland wrote:

> I have seen NO studies that indicate that Bermuda Hay is "harder to digest"
> than any other hay. I have fed it all my life....and still do. Since it is
> the "predominant" hay here in the SE, of COURSE a lot of horses will colic
> on it! ANY horse that colics is most likely to be eating it in the SE! I
> feed exclusively Tift 44 and a "taste" of West Coast Alfafa.

Jim, I too have fed it all my life and never had a problem. But that
doesn't mean that it can't cause a problem

I see no reason why the rider I was riding with would make this up :-p Why
don't you call the vets at Auburn and find out more for us so we can all
rest easier in the SE? :)

Tina




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