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I just bought a horse from a ranch in Idaho.  They have a big pipe hay 
feeder for their horses and they put out enough hay in that feeder to last 
several horses for 10 days, 1400# I think I was told.  Of course they have 
only 7" rain per year on the average, but certainly this could be done in 
the summertime here in CA.  You'd have to have a tractor to lift it into the 
feeder, of course.  Looks like a great idea to me.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bette Lamore" <woa@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:59 PM
Subject: [RC] Question about hay--- help!


> Hi there
> A client is bringing me hay from Iowa -- second and third cutting alfalfa 
> that has been in the barn. He was originally bringing 240 bales which I 
> understand how to feed. Now he writes:
> "bringing 6500lbs of hay that 16bales at just over 400lbs per bale. 2 high 
> across the goose neck trailer thats 30 by 8."
> I have never fed hay in this form. I have a pasture with 15 geldings/mares 
> and then a large paddock with 3 mares and then a large paddock with a mare 
> and 2 foals (yes, my wonderful Silver adopted an orphan) and a stallion 
> pasture with a mare and stallion and another with 2 stallions.
> My question is this: do I just put a huge bale in with my 15 pasture 
> horses and then buy hay from the local feed store for the smaller 
> pastures/paddocks? Do the big bales break up into mega flakes???? Thanks 
> for any light on the matter.
> Bette, who is a CA girl unused to the Midwest feeding practices.
>
> --
> Bette Lamore
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