My horses are on livery at a local farm and it's going fine. I had the offer of haylage from the farm at £15 a bale, or small bale hay at £5 each (!). My horse and pony have always had hay, but that price is crackers for me so would like to move them on to haylage.
Dpony is 19, recently had a bout of colic (now on D&H Safe & Sound which suits him) but has to be in at night so needs more to munch on, he's been having a slice of hay. I had thought of mixing haylage with hay to start with so that it's not full on straight away, but want advice on whether it should be soaked or not. One person on the yard does, the other doesn't!
I was going to do the same to dhorse by way of introducing it, as he feels that all new food is poison and spends a lot of time snorting at it for the first few days - but as above, should it be soaked? He's a nearly fit 10yo TB who has a tendency to drop weight over the winter.
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frostyfingers · 13/11/2012 15:34
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