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Starshine Ranch
Why would you want to even take the chance on this hay?
I had to use an inhaler on one of my horses this summer... she got an RAO and I have no idea how it happened but watching her struggling to breathe was no fun and the treatment was expensive. Pass on that hay... don't take the chance! -- Linda in Grass Valley, CA 2020 Midnight and Ostara https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Linda%20Midnight%20OStara |
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No worries, Ronelle. Hope it helps.
-- Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 ECIR Group Inc. President 2021-2022 HOW TO SEARCH THE ARCHIVES: https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/wiki/1993 |
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Sorry, Nancy. I did not see that.
-- Ronelle and Yoyo 2015 Bend, Or, US |
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Hi Ronelle
Want to make sure you saw this response to your previous post. https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/topic/95322359#285877 I have purchased rained on hay several times. I trusted my grower who is a neighbor who would take back any bales I found suspicious. It worked out well on at least three occasions, both second and first cut. -- Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 ECIR Group Inc. President 2021-2022 HOW TO SEARCH THE ARCHIVES: https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/wiki/1993 |
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celestinefarm
Ronelle, I personally would pass on this hay. Rained on hay can sometimes be acceptable when dried properly, but it depends on how much rain. A soaking rain with the ground wet makes properly drying hay really difficult. You can ted ( turn, aerate) the hay several times to dry it, but the wet ground will continue to keep the moisture in it ( which is why you have to ted it several more times to attempt to save the field) , This is more like cow hay, than horse hay.
Soaking this hay will simply , IMO, make the mold worse by helping to incorporate it deeper into the stems. I have two Haygain steamers and have read much of their and other's research papers on steaming. Haygain will tell you that steaming kills mold and other pathogens, but it has limits on what it can do, and they warn you not to attempt to revive moldy hay with them. I wouldn't chance it with this hay. You are right to be concerned, listen to your little voice. -- Dawn Wagstaff and Tipperary Saline, MI 2003 Tipperary Case History |
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My neighbor and I had been considering some orchard grass that the farmer said it got rained on in the field after cutting. He turned it several times and when dry, he baled it. We do not know what moisture content was at that point. We did send in a sample for testing (Equi-Analytical) and did a custom mix (Wet Chem?). The ESC/Starch was 5.9, moisture content 9%, but the mold count was 9,700,000. My neighbor said she was told the lowest level for "barely ok" was 1,000,000. I read papers from Univ. Kentucky, published in 2014, that said "soaking the hay can remove the respriable particles concentration by at least 88%, and may reduce the amount of mold present." The ESC/Starch is really good for my horse, but I'm scared of the mold. Can I get any thoughts on this?
-- Ronelle and Yoyo 2015 Bend, Or, US |
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