Re: calcium content in types of alfalfa

["Susan Evans Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

>Kristi iluvdez@yahoo.com
>I couldn't find any info on this in the archives...
>I prefer to feed straight grass hay, but would like
>to add some type of alfalfa for the calcium content,
>especially at rides (yes, I know I need to feed daily
>so no diet change shock)...what is preferable
>for the most calcium - pellets, cubes, bagged compacted
>alfalfa hay, or alfalfa hay from the local fields?
>Or does it really matter? None of the bags say anything
>about it; they just list the protein, fibre, etc...Kristi


Calcium content is the same between the different forms you listed.

Don't go overboard with the alfalfa for the calcium content---regardless of
the type of grass hay you're feeding, just a pound or two of alfalfa will
supply sufficient calcium to balance---too much more than that, and you
start getting excessive, with possible hypercalcitoninism as a result.

Good luck,

Susan Garlinghouse




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