Governor
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I went to pick up a few bales of haylage today as our usual delivery has been delayed (by fairly tragic circumstances). Anyway these are the thick plastic bagged Horsehage type.
I split one open today and saw a small 50p sized circle of white mould on the surface of the bale - there weren't any splits or snags in the bag - and as I pulled the bale around a bit more I saw a few more on the surface. The bale smelt absolutely fine (its quite rich stuff anyway).
Being a bit of a haylage novice and generally paranoid with regards to my horse I called my YO who said as it was white it was 'blooms' and perfectly safe to feed...so I did.
I was just curious as to who would have binned/returned the bale and who would have fed it?
I split one open today and saw a small 50p sized circle of white mould on the surface of the bale - there weren't any splits or snags in the bag - and as I pulled the bale around a bit more I saw a few more on the surface. The bale smelt absolutely fine (its quite rich stuff anyway).
Being a bit of a haylage novice and generally paranoid with regards to my horse I called my YO who said as it was white it was 'blooms' and perfectly safe to feed...so I did.
I was just curious as to who would have binned/returned the bale and who would have fed it?