Herefordcross
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Is Oat and Soybean hay safe for horses?
msscamp":eno4r50p said:Oat hay is safe, although you might want to experiment a little to find the right amount due to the grain. Soybean hay can be a little tricky because of the possibility of blister beetles. Unless you know where the hay came from and know it's blister beetle free, I believe I would pass because they are highly toxic and could very easily kill your horses.
msscamp":mn18ld79 said:Alice, blister beetles tend to hang out in alfalfa fields, too, given the right conditions.
Herefordcross":3wwwoknr said:Is Oat and Soybean hay safe for horses?
hayray":osg5kmxd said:Herefordcross":osg5kmxd said:Is Oat and Soybean hay safe for horses?
You can feed all the oat hay you want to horses, there is never enough oats in it to cause any over feeding.
msscamp":3gwmed8n said:hayray":3gwmed8n said:Herefordcross":3gwmed8n said:Is Oat and Soybean hay safe for horses?
You can feed all the oat hay you want to horses, there is never enough oats in it to cause any over feeding.
Never say never. Perhaps the situations I've seen oat hay fed are the exception to the rule but, as with most things - it IS possible to overfeed oat hay.
I doubt it, that pony was probably going to founder anyways - did it have a crested neck like a chronic founder case?tallarook":3r5lqjms said:msscamp":3r5lqjms said:hayray":3r5lqjms said:Herefordcross":3r5lqjms said:Is Oat and Soybean hay safe for horses?
You can feed all the oat hay you want to horses, there is never enough oats in it to cause any over feeding.
Never say never. Perhaps the situations I've seen oat hay fed are the exception to the rule but, as with most things - it IS possible to overfeed oat hay.
We had a welsh pony mare (in foal) founder on oaten hay, maybe our hay in Aus is baled different. We tend cut cut it when the head is milky, leave it for about 7 - 12 days then bale it. Is this what you guys do?