White mould on haylage do you feed it?

[ScarlettLady]

The white mould on Haylage is apparently harmless to horses, but who actually feeds it in haynets/ haybars etc?
I always chuck it, but a recent debate with a friend left me wondering if anyone feeds it..
Thanks

 

[BigRed]

I would just pull the mouldy bits off and feed the rest of it. Any decent feed shop would exchange the bale if you were worried.

 

[YasandCrystal]

I feed it. I only chuck any wet haylage. Haylage when it is off really smells horrid and that to me is the sign not to feed it.

 

[hoorayhenry]

I tend to pull the mouldy bits off, and try to use the rest of the bale. x

 

[A1fie]

No I don't feed it.

 

[kirstykate]

I wont feed it either, can cause COPD

 

[Vetwrap]

No, I don't feed mouldy or wet haylage either, though I think they would eat the mouldy if there was some accidentally in the net.

They wouldn't eat the wet, as the smell is very acidic.

 

[Toast]

Nah, i wont eat mouldy bread so my horses dont eat mouldy haylage. Especially as it can cause COPD

 

[Tammytoo]

You wouldn't feed mouldy hay, so don't feed mouldy haylage - take it back!

 

[spike123]

black mould absolutely no way as toxic but the white mould is actually harmless and providing there isn't too much of it I have never had an issue with it. I wouldn't feed it on purpose though.

 

[Marydoll]

Are we talking yeast here or bluish mould ?
You can identify the yeast areas easily by their smell.
An obvious mouldy look or smell and i wont use it.

 

[now_loves_mares]

I struggle to use a bale of haylage before it goes off (big bales) so I pull out and dispose of anything looking remotely dodgy, just because I know I'll end up chucking the last 1/3rd of the bale anyway. However if it wasn't for that, I'd not be too fussy with small bits of white mould, but I always make sure mine have way too much haylage so they can pick out the bits they do and don't want. Mine is very selective

 

[PennyJ]

If you mean the stuff that looks a bit like the white coating on brie or camembert then yes, if I can separate it, I give it to them to pick over and they seem to like it, it all gets eaten. If its a really thick clumpy lump then no. Black mouldy funny smelling stuff - never ever ever.

 

[eggs]

The White stuff is sugar not mould so OK to use.

Gone off haylage has a horrible vinegary smell. If I open a bale that smells of I won't feed any of it and my supplier swaps the bale for me. I also don't feed if it is overly wet and definitely not any that has black or green/blue mould.

 

[Tnavas]

If the haylage smells fine then it is OK to feed with the white mould which is yeast. If the haylage smells sour and has black mould then definately not.

 

[applecart14]

I thought it was the sugars that come up from the haylage that give it is white area but someone else said it was yeast.

We had a bale last week with white in the corner so we just tore the corner of each section. This was big baled haylage.

 

[Marydoll]

It is yeast that is the white creamy almost beer smelling patches, its produced when it ferments, im happy to feed with this, but blue mould not a chance id feed it.