Posted by HalWA on March 24, 2009 at 15:35:26 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: Left over hay posted by pburchett on March 24, 2009 at 08:58:32:
If it has been covered it should be just fine. The only thing I would worry about for keeping it for next year is mouse damage. Mice like to get into bales and eat what they want and nest in the rest. They leave a lot of manure and urine over time. But it should be OK if you feed it first.
One time when I was a kid, we were given half a barn load of hay that had been there for about 10 years. We were really short of hay that year, and this hay was free--the owner just wanted his barn emptied. So we hauled load after load out of there. The hay was pretty smelly from the mice and there were lots of turds that dropped out. But it was free and it kept our beef herd going that Spring. They didn't like it much. We fed good hay to the milk cows.
These days I would worry about catching some disease from the mouse droppings, but back in the 60's we didn't know anything about such problems, and didn't end up with any. We didn't even use dust masks when we handled that cruddy hay...OH WELL!
Having barn cats around helps, especially if they are raising a litter of kittens. My mama cats have been incredible hunters and really keep the mouse population down here. Good luck!
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