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HOW AND WHERE TO GET HAY ANALYSIS?
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mybutch12@...
Could I please get a link to info on how to go about hay analysis? I can't seem to find that, although I believe I saw it somewhere.
-- GAIL and Sunday Oct 2018 MO https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/GAILANDSUNDAY.pdf |
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Hi Gail,
A fella ECIR member here. Are you looking for a link to Equi-Analytical? It is the lab that many of us use for our hay analysis. Here is a link to their site and to the form you fill out to send with your hay sample. Fill out the form, include a baggie of forage sample, and mail in to the company. Instructions are on their site. https://equi-analytical.com/supplies/ You can order free kits on the form (forage bag, forms, preprinted envelopes). They also sell a hay probe, which many of us have ordered (worth the investment as gives more accurate analysis then pulling from outside of bale - if you can). Any more questions? Let us know. -- Robyn & Toons North Bay, CA April 2016 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Robyn%20and%20Toons https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=9117
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gypsylassie
Hi Gail, I don't have the link, but I can give you the info.
To start, go to the Equi-Analytical website. Under supplies you can request a forage sample kit. You'll get a ziplock bag, a sample info sheet to fill out that lists the different tests and a postage paid envelope to mail
it in. That's all free. You want test 603 Trainer. It uses wet chemistry which is the most accurate.
They also sell a very good, but kind of expensive, hay probe. If you buy that from them, they'll give you a free hay test. It is Not the one you want, but they'll apply the price of it to the 603 test. You'll need to pull
samples from 20 or so bales of hay, preferably from different areas of the hay stack, to get a nice representation of the hay. It's best to use a hay probe which will do core samples. If your only option is manually pulling samples, wear a long sleeve shirt
and reach into the bales and pull out handfuls. Not as good as a probe, but better than nothing. Put your samples into a clean container and mix them up a bit, then take handfuls and put into a large ziplock bag.
Fill out sample form with your info and mail to Equi-Analytical.
In order to save money, you can also have them do just the ESC and Starch tests first, designate Wet Chem, and if that comes in under 10%, have them run the rest of the tests.
The Equi-Analytical web site has a lot of good info to read thru.
Laura K Chappie & Beau over the bridge
N IL 2011
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mybutch12@...
Thank you for the help!
-- GAIL and Sunday Oct 2018 MO https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/GAILANDSUNDAY.pdf |
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mybutch12@...
Thank you. Since we are using a mixture from several different fields, I probably should just get a sample from what I suspect may be too rich for my laminitic mare. It doesn't sound feasible to get samples from
each of the different hays, right? -- GAIL and Sunday Oct 2018 MO https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/GAILANDSUNDAY.pdf |
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If you can identify which hays are from where, you should analyze them separately. The reason is that when you feed a mixture of hays, or if you alternate from different sources, they will always go for the sweeter hay first rather than eating a combination and that hay will have a strong effect on the insulin level. The other reason is that you can't tell by looking what hay may or may not be too high.
-- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com |
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