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Subject: Re: [RC] If they were the same price... 1st or 2nd crop hay?

 

        If you're talking coastal hay------I've read articles saying to get the cuttings cut in cool(er) weather (early/late) - that hot temperatures increase the lignin content, which is not good.

 

Claudia

Texas

 

 

Always get the second cutting the first crop will have too many weeds in it.

-------------- Original message from Sharon Levasseur <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx>: --------------


> Without a doubt, for this hay, that would be the 2nd crop. It is
> beautifully soft leafy grass. Still unbelievably green for December.
>
> The 1st crop hay is much stemmier... round stems instead of flat
> blades... which I understand can be better for digestion, or the hind
> gut, or something like that. Some of it is really fine, and some
> thicker, but none of it remotely approaches the coarseness of the hay
> that my last supplier produced.
>
> But yes, I will get it tested.
>
> -Sharon L. in Maine
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Quentin & Libby Llop :
>
> > I would reach into each bale, grab a handful, squeeze it and feed
> > whichever was softer. Unless it was for my haflinger pony, in which
> > case I would look for the prickliest stemmiest, brownest stuff I could
> > find :)
> >
> >
> > Sharon Levasseur wrote:
> >> If you were feeding grass hay (timothy/brome to be specific),
> >> and if you could pay the same amount regardless of 1st or 2nd crop,
> >> and if your horse was an easy keeper with no history of founder,
> >> which crop would you feed?
> >> Why?
> >>
> >> I'm asking because I'm buying excellent t/b hay at $2.50 per bale,
> >> and I can get either crop, though 2nd crop bales are lighter. (1st
> >> crop bales ~40# and 2nd crop bales ~30#.) I've been feeding
> >> almost entirely 1st crop because everyone says 2nd crop is so much
> >> richer and more sugary... and that scares me a little. Which is
> >> funny, because back when I boarded I never knew or cared what he
> >> was given. Ignorance is bliss!
> >>
> >> I plan to get both types tested, but meanwhile, what would YOU do?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Sharon L. in Maine
> >>
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