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- From: teresa@astro.as.arizona.edu (Teresa Bippert-Plymate)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Re: WHAT IS FERMENTED HAY?
- Keywords: HAY FERMENTED
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.164930.17649@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 16:49:30 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.130558.6464@netfs.dnd.ca>
- Sender: Teresa Bippert-Plymate
- Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- In article <1993Jan25.130558.6464@netfs.dnd.ca> razm@ncs.dnd.ca (Michael Raz) writes:
- >My horse developed a mild respiratory infection about 3 months ago and
- >once we cleared it up he became slightly sensitive to the mold/dust in
- >hay. We put him on cubes which he does eat but not with a great deal of
- >enthusiasm and I don't feel he gets the bulk he would get from hay. I
- >have recently tried him back on hay but soaking and rinsing it in hot
- >water 2 to 3 times before feeding and so far so good. My question has
- >to do with fermented hay. What is it and how is it made? I have heard
- >that it is excellent for sensitive horses and was also told that it is
- >simply silo hay. Anyone have any information on it? Thanks.
-
- I feed my fellows this feed. It is hay that has been put into hermetically
- sealed bags, with yeast, when it is still a little moist. It is strange
- looking stuff, it looks like peat moss but smells like beer! The advantages
- of this feed is that the dust and mold found in regular hay is not present,
- so horses with respiratory problems do very well on it. Also, the moisture
- content is higher, so the feed is closer to grass in the way it digests, so
- there are fewer incidents of sand and impaction colics. The bags can be
- stored anywhere and as long as they are not punctured will last over a year
- without loss of nutrition. And the yeast provides "good bugs" for the guts
- and supplemental B-vitamins (just like Brewer's yeast). Another plus is the
- fact that there is very little waste. Some horses love it from day one, some
- have to "warm up" to it. The hage I get from Texas is fermented alfalfa hay
- with molasses added. But the hage can be made from any type of hay. EQUUS
- magazine had an article on this feed a few years back, and gave it a glowing
- report. And I like it a lot. The guys are healthy and happy, and it's easy
- for me to use and store. (My distributor brings it out and STACKS it for me!)
- I posted the address from off the last set of bags I bought, and I hope this
- is the right one now, as they seem to have moved.
-
- Teresa
- Leo the QH
- Arussito the Caballo Espanol
-