Can you feed this year's hay?

[Scampi]

or does it have to be last year's?

 

[Patchwork]

We normally plan to start feeding this year's hay in November

 

[Jane_Lou]

Agree with Patchwork, we buy enough each year to see us through until late October/ early November. Only once after a particularly wet winter and a series of ponies on box rest did we ever run out at the end of August, we then ensured the hay was soaked before feeding to reduce the nutrient content.

 

[immybrookstud]

i wouldnt we usually start this years in oct

 

[Orangehorse]

I have fed "this year's hay" in late July, we usually make ours quite early in June.
As this year, I had just about run out of last year's and was going away to a show, so the horse had to eat it, or have nothing.

It was about 6 weeks old, and I introduced it gradually. Normally I would say leave it until the autumn, but he didn't suffer any ill effects.

 

[1275gta]

We normally don't feed until September/October, can you get hold of some of last years and mix for a while. If not I wouldn't feed too much.

 

[kellyeaton]

if turned and bailed in june i would not feed until late october!