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Doc-t posted an update
Hey lucky us! We gain an hour of sleep tonight!
I’m working hard developing content, recording podcasts and answering Facebook group questions (for the time being as we transfer over here more). I distributed the podcasts to the appropriate topics so now when you look up a topic you will see the podcast for that topic listed there. I’ll admit it would have been easier to do as I did them.
Anyway I needed to make a few new topics and one was for molds and mycotoxins. I don’t have a picture of a moldy bale of hay. If someone here has one please DM it to me with permission to use it and I will change out the picture of the horse eating hay you see below. Thanks.
Off to the north again next week. I hear it’s getting cold….
KathyM2 Comments-
Don’t have an image to share, but we just sidelined half a dozen bales that were on the musty side. I always find it interesting when I hear “don’t feed moldy hay”, as the first indicator I get that hay might be borderline, before appearance or odor is apparent, is my horses’ refusal to eat it.
As an aside, I bought Standlee compressed timothy bales (easy to transport) to add a little variety to the regular fescue hay now that our grass is dying out. I found that I can’t touch it with bare hands or I immediately begin to itch and burn like I’ve plunged my hands in a nettle patch. What is up with that? Horse eats it like it’s candy.-
I’m not sure why you are reacting to it. You should ask Standlee – it might be something they have applied to the hay in the drying / compressing process. Let us know what they suggest.
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