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Greg C. SW IA

08-14-2004 09:32:28

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Made 360 bales (squares) yesterday, but noticed while stacking them, that some were still a little more damp than I'd like them to be.It looks like there's 75 or so wet ones. Unfortunately spreading them and rebaling isn't an option. (weather and time) My neighbor said he usually just stacks them on the cut side and salts them. The only question I have is, is this allright for hay that is to be fed to horses? I forgot to mention that this grass hay. I'm also curious about temperature, I've heard that you don't want it to get above 150, is this correct? Thanks Greg

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Leland

08-14-2004 22:50:23

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Re: Wet Hay in reply to Greg C. SW IA., 08-14-2004 09:32:28

As long as you spread the bales out you should not have a problem put a lot of damp hay up and never had any reported problems . If you want you always could put a big fan in there for a few days to move air around

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kyhayman

08-14-2004 18:28:41

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Re: Wet Hay in reply to Greg C. SW IA., 08-14-2004 09:32:28

I usually put any wet bales in a shed where I can lay them out on edge with no bale touching another. Temperatures: up to 100 is fairly normal, may get dusty above 90. Anything up to 130 will typically develop a white mold. From 130-160 you'll get some nasty mold. Over 160 and you have potntial fire material.

Heat in and of itself wont hurt horses. The reason the hay gets hot is from microbial growth. Microbial growth=mold, even if you cant see it. A little mold in square bales fed to outside horses along with good hay where they can pick what they want is generally ok unless the horses are working (racing, jumping, etc). Any dust can casue some real funky respitory problems in competiton horses. Inside horses, any mold is a bad plan. If they cant walk it off if they ingest some causes a nasty high colic that is generally untreatable and generally fatal unless you want to spend big bucks (local equine hospital charges $50,000 (and up, if complications) for the surgery and rehab for that with about a 40% chance of success).

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jimont

08-14-2004 14:14:21

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Re: Wet Hay in reply to Greg C. SW IA., 08-14-2004 09:32:28

Greg - I'd stook them in the field for a few days in order for them to cure and cool down. By stooking , I mean to place one bale on edge with 2 bales each side (long side up) and finish with one bale on edge in the gap left between the four vertical bales. Clear as mud, right? Try it and you'll eventually figure it out. By stooking in such a way , rain will not enter the bales far enough to do any damage, while air will help finish curing it. I've been told that mould will form if temps reach 90 or over.
Several barns have been lost here in Ontario this year due to "hot" hay --- beware !!

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