Rushes

[Boughtabay]

i cannot for the life of me find any info online - are they going to cause any issues if eaten dried? They eat them live out in the field & keep them down. We bale them and use them as bedding normally but this year that field has grown a lot more grass and the bales are more like meadow hay with some rushes in rather than the other way around so I’m thinking about trying feeding them... I assume they’ll either leave the rushes behind or reject the whole thing, but on the off chance they decide to eat them up are they likely to cause any issues?

 

[[153312]]

do you know the species? 'Rushes' is a very broad catch-all term; some plants called that will be fine, some won't be. Certainly don't feed anything you aren't sure exactly what it is. If it's a juncaceae species, it will be ok, but it could be plenty of other things too....

 

[[153312]]

edited because basic spelling and grammar is apparently completely beyond me today!!

 

[rabatsa]

My field used to be mainly rushes and it was fed as hay ok.

 

[Boughtabay]

do you know the species? 'Rushes' is a very broad catch-all term; some plants called that will be fine, some won't be. Certainly don't feed anything you aren't sure exactly what it is. If it's a juncaceae species, it will be ok, but it could be plenty of other things too....

Sorry yes it’s some variant of juncus

 

[[153312]]

Sorry yes it’s some variant of juncus

oh! it's fine then not the most nutritious mind you

 

[Boughtabay]

oh! it's fine then not the most nutritious mind you

That’s a-ok, it’s mostly grass this year! Thankyou