Posted by JimS on September 05, 2016 at 18:28:29 from (50.247.112.17):
In Reply to: donkey hay posted by rkc9700 on September 05, 2016 at 18:00:02:
We got a load of hay that was foxtail infested. It was amazing how all the animals were able to eat around it. When done feeding there was a pile of foxtail and everything else eaten out. We graze in pasture with foxtail and all the animals avoid it. If a pasture is grazed hard on initial growth, the foxtail doesn't seem to get established. I am certain the animals eat it when it is young but won't touch it old. If I mow just before the foxtail tops, it stinks and the animals won't eat anything in that field.
I would caution about over feeding donkeys. One of the reasons for their popularity in third world countries is they can exist on next to nothing. Where I care take, they have three donkeys. The previous help was feeding a flake of alfalfa a day for three and the donkeys were all morbidly obese. Once over weight, it is amazingly difficult to get the weight off of them. They will put weight on their crest and even if you do get weight off, the crest will simply fall over. In other words, get them fat and they are essentially ruined. Even if seemingly ok, as they age, all sorts of problems will arise that donkeys don't normally experience. We now feed one flake of orchard grass per two head (one has since died) and they are grazing muzzled when out for the day.
I don't know if any of this helps, but this is my experience with it.
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