Sections, folds, slices.... how do you refer to a 'piece' of hay?

[kiteman0]

Biscuit

 

[Heilo]

A leaf of hay is what I call it and everyone I know does too
Must be a Scottish thing

 

[hhmmmm]

I'm a Cheshire person and its always been a pad!

 

[Tash88]

A section, and I'm in London

 

[sidsmum]

I call it a flake or generally just refer to it as <insert number> bits of hay!

 

[whizzer]

I've always called it a section, know a few people who say pad.

 

[Jnhuk]

Leaf/ leaves of hay. Seems to be a Scottish thing.

Leaf with me too - another Scot!

 

[baby_dudley]

Slice usually but in my younger days a wad of hay

 

[Riz]

Wedge for me! I'm 31 and come from Hertfordshire. Moved 30 miles up the road to Bedfordshire & no-one knew what i meant-they all call them sections!

 

[EquiGal92]

Slice for me, every now and then I may say section

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Im from Shropshire and I call it a slice

 

[PoniesRock]

I always call it a wedge of hay, or a slice....

 

[Faithkat]

I call it a section, but someone I know calls it a biscuit which I just can't get my head around because its not circular and covered in chocolate

Perhaps it's a Southern thing - 50 odd years ago when I learnt to ride it was always referred to as a biscuit and I lived in Southampton then!

 

[Pongwiffy]

Used to call them biscuits when growing up but in adulthood noticed noone else did so settled on slices!

 

[Star_Chaser]

another biscuit... never heard it called a fold. Slice and section I've heard before but we've always called it a biscuit.

 

[RockinRudolph]

I've always called it a slice of hay. Never heard of it being referred to as a biscuit or a fold!

 

[Ellen Durow]

How long is a piece of string?!

Exactly!

Here we call them "slices" but there is nothing written in stone. In fact, there is no such actual measurement, as a "slice" can vary in size according to the machinery which makes the bale. Whenever I get a new batch I weigh a couple of slices then I know how much I'm feeding. I have a little brass spring balance that I can hold in my hand or hang from a hook above the feed room door frame.

 

[hobo]

For me it is a wedge I'm from Middlesex, for OH it is a log he is a Yorkshire farmer! Never heard of biscuit before.

 

[charliesarmy]

I've always known it as a "page" Cheshire/Lancashire borders

 

[Lexie81]

Sections or slices but as a kid when I worked at a RS and later as a livery on the same yard they were known as biscuits!

 

[Lexie81]

Maybe its a southern thing then as I'm from sussex and YO's when I was a kid on the 'biscuit' yard were from Hampshire?

 

[Ranyhyn]

Section or biscuit!

 

[cptrayes]

Perhaps it's a Southern thing - 50 odd years ago when I learnt to ride it was always referred to as a biscuit and I lived in Southampton then!

I leant to ride in the Portsmouth/Fareham areas over 40 years ago and never heard it called anything but a slice, pack or section. How odd

 

[mon]

Northampton area and always called it a Wad. Interesting how many terms for same item.

 

[MissCandy]

It's a cake where I come from!

 

[CinnamonChristmasCookie]

Four yards and everyone says section. Is it a regional thing?

 

[TarrSteps]

Where I'm from. . . .

Small bales - always 'flake'.
Large bales - can also be 'flake' but more likely 'section' or 'slice' if a large square section is folded and broken into 4 those pieces are similar in size to small square bale flakes so called flakes by some.

'Fork full' is used when you're pitching it with a fork (obviously) Not a standard size but again, often about the size of a small bale flake.

 

[pizzi]

We call it a leaf of hay.

 

[Venevidivici]

Slice.

 

[_GG_]

Firstly...."flaps" made me snigger

Secondly, "rashers" so soon after seeing "flaps" made me really snigger and I am wondering if anyone else sees the humour in that, as wrong as it is

Born and bred in South Wales and they were always referred to as "waifs" there. I still call it a waif of hay, but if I am around people here in Wiltshire calling them sections, I join in

Thanks OP for the unintentional humour delivered in this thread