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    Small square hay prices ...

    ^^ Many thanks So it really only going to be your racing / performance / breeding establishments that would be looking for straight or high percentage alfalfa hay bales? 1 to *maybe* 2 cuts only??? Wow - thats not much at all, is it? Or - maybe thats the norm and we are the exception...
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    Small square hay prices ...

    Thank you! Do you get straight alfalfa in the UK? or predominantly alfalfa (70-80%) mixed with grasses / timothy? With the UK growing season, do you get 2nd / 3rd cuts at all? Really curious as with my fields over here I always get 2nd and 3rd and in many cases get a 4th cut as well and...
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    Small square hay prices ...

    What is the current price like for small squares (40-45 lb range per bale) and what is the available quality like? And what is the current availability? What types of hay are currently available? Timothy? Timothy/alfalfa mix? Straight alfalfa? Have interest from someone looking to import...
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    Guaranteed Gold cremello Canadian Stallion

    Hi everyone Its been ages since Ive been on here. I really should come on more often! :) I was kindly alerted to this thread. At this time Guaranteed Gold does not have any frozen semen that has been quarantined / collected / stored according to EU protocols but as always, it is something...
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    Any help would be very much appreciated!

    Thank you so much!
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    Any help would be very much appreciated!

    I hope you guys can all help me out here! I started a True Colours Farm Facebook page about 2 months ago. Its located at: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/True-Colours-Farm/272521362777798 and when I bought Panoramic, my new stallion, back in October 2011, his previous owners had...
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    Straw Pellets

    Yes - I had a client that mixed them in with his bulk sawdust (and wood pellets are just that - sawdust extruded into pellets) and he was happy with the results as the straw pellets kept the dust down in the sawdust
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    Straw Pellets

    Oh - and BTW- we tried it with our cats and hated it. There was more debris tracked out of their litter boxes with it than with almost any other product out there One client ground them up in a coffee grinder for their hamsters and guinea pigs and absolutely loved it, but the cat...
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    Straw Pellets

    Ive been selling the straw pellets here in North America for about 5-6 years now. I worked for a company that produced them in the States and for the last 3+ years Ive had my own product called EcoStraw that Ive been selling This page gives you some information on them and what you do and...
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    *Safe-Gum* Blanket and halter protectors

    I am bringing this item in to sell in North America http://www.angelfire.com/on3/TrueColoursFarm/SafeGum.html Before I place my first order, a few questions Have you seen them over in Europe / UK at all? Would you buy them - why or why not? Would you use them on your halters...
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    2 questions on AI

    What colour is the "coloured" mare? If she is chestnut base coat she will 100% have a palomino foal bred to a cremello. If she is bay / brown / black then palomino, buckskin, smoky black or smoky brown are all options You will have better odds of conception with fresh cooled and more vets are...
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    Fantastic remedy for Sweet Itch!

    Ok - you guys over in the UK seem to really know your stuff on Sweet Itch. Is this waht I am dealing with, with my poor mare??? She has always been inundated with those little black midgey things and she got pea sized hard bumps under her skin - always in the chest area, so for the last...
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    HELP HELP HELP

    The problem with needling in a mare and giving her Estrumate or Lutalyse to pinpoint ovulation is that unless that MARE has read the book and knows what she is SUPPOSED to do according to "The Plan", she can shoot through in 2-3 days, be breedable in 5 days like she is supposed to, the follicle...
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    BIG "Shout Out" to this breeder of white TB's!!!

    Sure looks that way to me!!! :D
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    An all white TB heads for the silver screen

    Ugh. Dont even TALK to me about hay!!! I am NOT looking forward to this at all ... 36-37C with a humidex of 48C. I swear I am going to melt ... But yeah - I guess heat and hay that is DRY, beats wet and hay that has to be baled moist any day ...
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