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I am not very educated on the process which is used to produce alfalfa
pellets and cubes. What are the important questions to ask a dealer on the
way it was processed?
I always thought alfalfa pellets were processed with heat, hot enough to
kill all mold, bacteria and such. Are there different processes?
As a mater of fact didn't know cubes were processed in the field. (some one
mentioned this)
Please give me a quick education on the subject. One of my young horses
and mare in foal will be supplemented with cubes due to shortage of bailed
alfalfa mixes and quality hay shortage.
We have an alfalfa pellet processer near and we stopped in to inquire for
a back up plan, during the summer. (The shortage is very bad
here)Personally prefer cubes, but some times will top dress (sounds weird)
with a small amount of alfalfa pellets in a pinch (if hay is not up to
snuff off our fields)
I am questioning the rabbit/rat in the food. I would guess the rabbit may
have been already infected with the bacteria, botulism (makes more sense)
Bailed hay is chuck full of small animal body parts (not to be gross) If
you have ever bailed hay you can not play dodgem with all of the moles,
mice, and bunnies. Normally they are just unrecognizable when they are
dried, bailed , fed, and go un noticed along with the grasshoppers.
Some one, tell me what ya know.
After all of this, do you mean pelleted grain sub. or pelleted alfalfa?
Sigrid
>Laney,
>I've feed both pellets and cubes a few times but now only for a treat. I
>don't really like to use them as my horses are used to hay and are fed
>together in a pasture. Therefore when I give them any pelleted food they
>gobble it down and look for the rest of the "hay". Horse's also have a
>natural instinct to chew and hay allows them to "satisfy" this. The
>boarding area sounds great and I wouldn't let the feed situation stop you.
>If you spend time getting your horse used to the pellets it shouldn't be so
>bad. The main thing with pellets is to make sure they are coming from a
>reputable dealer and you can see the ingredints list. Several years ago
>some horses in So. California died of botulisam due to a dead rat falling
>during processing. If you know the dealer then you shouldn't have a problem
>with this or with the quality of hay used.
>J.C., Don, and the gang
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