frozen carrots

[adgetom]

do you feed carrots when they are frozen , i dont meant like out the freezer but i have a sack of carrots at the yardwhich have frozen a bit because its so cold , should i feed them

 

[Tiarella]

i feed them frozen. Dont think it really matters

Theyre like carrot ice lollies

 

[milliepops]

We feed them like that, if you leave them too long they go mushy - yuck!

 

[Sprout]

I have never had a problem.

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Feed them or as milliepops says they go slimey!

 

[kerilli]

i still feed them, but i feed fewer as i think they're a bit cold for their tummies.

 

[RachelB]

I still feed them, but I try not to let them freeze in the first place. Mine are in a plastic supplement pot, buried in the middle of my chaff bin (with chaff!) and with a stable rug over the top (which the morning's feed gets put inside) and bin lid on top of all that. It really works - no frozen carrots since I've started doing that!

 

[michaelj]

Ahh, bob better get eating!

 

[Stinkbomb]

I boil the kettle and leave them in bolilng water for 5 mins they soon defrost!!

 

[Chestnuttymare]

i just rub them between my hands and they thaw out quite quickly. once you slice them, they are not so bad anyway.

 

[lilym]

I do and all mine are still alive!!, no different to them eating frozen grass when out...

 

[Cop-Pop]

Feeding too many can cause spasmodic colic.

 

[kerilli]

ah, thanks Zalacca, i had a feeling my instincts were right.

 

[palomino698]

Our 32 year old Welsh A was free ranging around outside when I was rugging the others this evening, he came into the barn and started on the net of frozen carrots, which was still knotted. He has them grated or finely sliced into his feed - he can graze, but not eat hay - but he'd crunched about 5 huge carrots, without splitting the net, so there was a mush of frozen mashed carrot at the top (he had that instead of grated carrot tonight)!

 

[pocket]

Yeah I feed them, just pour kettle of boiling water over whole feed and then let it cool before feeding