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tallyho!

tallyho!

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Not being funny but I've just spent the last three weekends knee deep bale making - nose full of hay snot and generally itchy pants only to be told categorically by liveries they will not use my hay. :confused:

Call me ignorant but what are horses eating this year?

When is dry grass not dry grass?

Call me a farmer but I did get a degree in grass. Basically.
 
tallyho! said:
Not being funny but I've just spent the last three weekends knee deep bale making - nose full of hay snot and generally itchy pants only to be told categorically by liveries they will not use my hay. :confused:

Call me ignorant but what are horses eating this year?

When is dry grass not dry grass?

Call me a farmer but I did get a degree in grass. Basically.
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stuff them, and sell it on!! then later on when they whine - tell them tough!
 
Have they said why they won't use it?

As Moses06 said sell it then, I am sure there are plenty of people who would willingly buy it off you and let your liveries sort their own hay out!
 
TBH will need most for cows. Sod the flippin horses.

Mine eats it fine and so do my mum's - I'll laugh when surounding farmers sell haylage for £40 a bale cos we've had no rain down south and there'll naff all be any straw neither!

If I've got any left over I'll let you know now :)
 
They must be mad to refuse it - don't they know there won't be any left come Christmas at this rate?!
 
Some people are really fussy. I met someone who was really fussy about hay for her goats! Wen and looked at a bale about 4 times!

If other horses are eating it's fine though and you'll be able to sell it. There's no reason for those who don't want it to worry, but it's there loss in the end! My horse will eat anything...old hay, new hay, haylage, silage, cotton wool, straw, a bucket, a small pony...but then I am not sure he is right in the mind.
 
many pet owners are too fussy dogs/cats etc eat all disgusting stuff horse poo dead rabbits, then pet food manufacturers spend millions seling there wares to us humans and horses are the same they are only fussy as we choose to make them fussy
 
We have the same - woman on the yard won't use our hay because her horse "doesn't like soft hay, he much prefers seed hay", dosen't stop him from snatching a mouthful everytime he walks past the barn! :confused:

We struggled to sell our hay last year - most of it went to a friend for cattle. Hoefully it will be a different story this year! ;) :D
 
Hi Kub, hopeless in Somerset, isn't it? Our regular winter suppliers have already warned us they are going to be very short of 2010 hay.
 
Kub said:
If you're in Somerset and have any left over, please let me know! I keep ringing up about hay and no-one is getting back to me :(
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I will Kub, I'll add you as a friend so I remember - I understand. I think we'll be struggling ourselves this winter. I just hope we get a good dose of rain (never thought I'd say that after last winter) so we can all do another cut this autumn...

If any of you have winter fields growing now, get a farmer to do a cut and keep it.

They said they won't use it because it's bad to give horses new hay... has to be a year old. I give up.
 
johnrobert said:
I'd keep some back and then charge them treble when they realise there isn't a lot of hay about this year.:D:D:D:cool::cool:
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Will suggest that to boss - might buy a "load" for my own horses first tho at current workers tariff before he does that though.. :D:D
 
We're paying £4 for rubbish, dusty hay ... and we're grateful to be getting enough for all this year! Lovely farmer has set aside 2000 bales of his new hay for the winter for us - hurrah. Quality will be ok if not great, but it will see us through a difficult season.
 
tallyho! said:
TBH will need most for cows. Sod the flippin horses.

Mine eats it fine and so do my mum's - I'll laugh when surounding farmers sell haylage for £40 a bale cos we've had no rain down south and there'll naff all be any straw neither!

If I've got any left over I'll let you know now :)
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Same here - we have bought our straw not yet cut!! Our own hay yield is 40% of last year so we are buying as much as we can. No rain for a month and temps of 30-38 deg. Your liveries are ill-informed.
 
your liveries are a bit mad.

we made our own small bales again this year, 185 last year 110 this. thankfully thats enough for us, we sold 80 last year. Cantered through an environmentty area that is normally cut for hay after the flowers have finished... it is long and stalky and has no depth underneath the brown tips at all
 
Thanks tallyho, it's all a bit of struggle southwards isn't it :rolls eyes: I think we may be lucky and get a good bit of rain this week, it's rained the last couple of nights so if that continues, things might get a bit better. Fingers crossed!!
 
But if they can't feed hay for over a year, won't that make it last year's hay?

We cut our hay a couple of week ago and we are 50% down. We were leading it back through the fields and the horses were walking at the back of the trailers trying to stuff as much as they could down their necks!
 
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