southerncomfort
Well-Known Member
When we moved here three and a half years ago the old owners had left several big wrapped bales of haylage at one end of the land.
The bales had split and are on a piece of land (approx. quarter of an acre) that had been used for haylage storage, storing Harrow and roller and the muck heap.
We've completely cleared it except for the old bales which are fenced off.
I am absolutely desperate for grazing, all my fields are dust and nothing is growing, so we spent all day yesterday putting in post and rail fencing on this spare bit of land to create a small paddock.
However, I'm now worrying myself daft that, even though they cannot reach the old bales, that the land might have had loose haylage fall on it at some point and might be contaminated in some way.
Am I being silly? I've never fed haylage because I worry too much about botulism but I *think* that it only grows in the absence of oxygen.
Could someone more intelligent than me please tell me if I have anything to worry about please?
The bales had split and are on a piece of land (approx. quarter of an acre) that had been used for haylage storage, storing Harrow and roller and the muck heap.
We've completely cleared it except for the old bales which are fenced off.
I am absolutely desperate for grazing, all my fields are dust and nothing is growing, so we spent all day yesterday putting in post and rail fencing on this spare bit of land to create a small paddock.
However, I'm now worrying myself daft that, even though they cannot reach the old bales, that the land might have had loose haylage fall on it at some point and might be contaminated in some way.
Am I being silly? I've never fed haylage because I worry too much about botulism but I *think* that it only grows in the absence of oxygen.
Could someone more intelligent than me please tell me if I have anything to worry about please?
