Re: Need Hay Advice

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

If it's good quality hay, the blue grass is good stuff.  Usually a little
lower in protein (around 8%) than bermuda (7-12%), a little lower in energy,
and pretty low in calcium and phosphorus.  But without getting into finer
details, close enough to bermuda---personally, I wouldn't lose sleep over
getting one over the other either way.  If a horse was working hard and was
eating less than 20 pounds of hay, supplementing with a good vitamin/mineral
mix wouldn't be a bad idea.  You'd almost certainly have to be feeding some
other source of energy anyway, so if you're feeding a good mix, the extra
nutrients will be provided in that.

Just my opinion.
Susan G
-----Original Message-----
From: Corry, Lynda H. <lcorry@velaw.com>
To: 'Ridecamp' <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Cc: 'Chow, Les' <chowl@earthlink.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 9:16 AM
Subject: Need Hay Advice


> The owner of my boarding stable is always looking around for a
>source of good grass hay, and he found someone who was advertising bales of
>Bluestem or Bluegrass at a reasonable rate.  Is this stuff pretty good for
>horses?  I believe we've mostly had Bermuda in the past -- which is better?
>Your comments would be truly appreciated!
>
>Lynda Corry
>lcorry@velaw.com
>
>