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Grub

02-13-2007 13:47:47




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Guys,
I have a chance to buy some good oat/grass hay in small bales and I have dry storage for it. With prices headed up and hay seemingly in short supply I'd like to fill my barn so my question is, can hay go bad? Maybe this pile lasts me 2-3 years, would the last bit go rot or lose protein? I can't imagine why it would, but I'd like to hear your feedback.

Thanks. Grub




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jiskies2

02-13-2007 18:55:17




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 Re: Hay storage in reply to Grub, 02-13-2007 13:47:47  
as someone had said, you won't have to worry about the feed value after a couple of years cause by then you'd probably have a lot of loose bales from the mice eating the strings, etc. they can do some damage in a few months even.
gotta tie 1/2 of some oat straw bales from this year.
jeff



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Sid

02-13-2007 17:18:23




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 Re: Hay storage in reply to Grub, 02-13-2007 13:47:47  
Personaly I would not want more oat hay than I could feed up in one season, because of mice.



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KEH

02-13-2007 18:45:32




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 Re: Hay storage in reply to Sid, 02-13-2007 17:18:23  

I've had the same experience Sid mentioned with mice in oat hay.

KEH



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jmixigo

02-13-2007 16:19:13




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 Re: Hay storage in reply to Grub, 02-13-2007 13:47:47  
According to Auburn University, grass hay loses about 5% in the first 12 months. Then continues to lose about 1% a year, if PROPERLY stored.



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flying belgian

02-13-2007 15:23:08




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 Re: Hay storage in reply to Grub, 02-13-2007 13:47:47  
yes the hay will lose some feed value. it starts losing it from the minute it is cut. If you have ever seen hay come out of a barn after 15 to 20 years you would see that it is completely brown with no feed value what-so-ever.



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Randy as in Randy-IA

02-13-2007 15:20:57




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 Re: Hay storage in reply to Grub, 02-13-2007 13:47:47  
Hi , I read on one of these forums not to long ago that someone had some thirty year old hay tested and it was still good . It was dry hay in a barn that was going to be torn down . I can't say if it was a joke or not but I'm a little skeptical . A couple or three years shouldn't hurt the quality from what I've heard as long as it's kept dry and has good ventilation in the barn . I know when I was a kid on the farm in Georgia there was hay in the hay barn that hadn't seen the light of day for years and and years and it was fed to the show horses my great-uncle raised ( Tennessee Walkers - Anyone remember Country Doctor or Drug Dealer ? Those were the names of two of his best horses ) For what it's worth ...Randy

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jmixigo

02-13-2007 16:15:13




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 Re: Hay storage in reply to Randy as in Randy-IA, 02-13-2007 15:20:57  
Would that have been ole Lou Hall? Independant Insurance agent in Columbus (Midland), Ga. I remember Drug dealer very well.



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df

02-13-2007 14:42:35




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 Re: Hay storage in reply to Grub, 02-13-2007 13:47:47  
Over a long period of time the hay may get Musty. If you are feeding cows you will have no problem. I would be careful on horses.



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