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- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!ingr!piston!ferricpl
- From: ferricpl@piston.detroit.ingr.com (Pat Ferrick)
- Subject: Re: Winter Pasture Care
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.190311.24144@piston.detroit.ingr.com>
- Summary: Round Bales
- Organization: Intergraph, Midwest Regional Office
- References: <1992Nov17.220836.5144@synapse.bms.com> <18NOV199208491326@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:03:11 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In article <18NOV199208491326@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu>, broy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu (Barbara Roy) writes:
-
- (Much stuff deleted)
-
- > I feed big round
- > bales all winter in a 3 acre lot, so the horses get a little running around
- > room even in the winter.
-
- I don't meant this as a flame, but I was under the impression that feeding
- horses round bales is not especially healthy for them. The barn where my horse
- is boarded used to do this in the winter. They have decided not to do this
- anymore because of the numerous vets who have voiced their collective concern
- over this practice. They are notorious for mold, which can upset the digestive
- tracts of some horses. I believe round bales are meant for cows who do not
- seem to be as sensitive.
-
- Has anybody else found this to be true?
-
- Pat
- Golden Ghost(who is happy that the cold weather is here and that his riding time
- has been curtailed somewhat!)
-