AlaskanShepherdess
Ridin' The Range
Brome
The cost of feeding Nigerian Dwarfs for a year
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AlaskanShepherdess
Ridin' The Range
If I just dumped in a bale and let them have at it, which I have done, they eat right around double that.
SDGsoap&dairy
Loving the herd life
If they are capable of eating double that, why not double their hay ration? Here we don't ration hay at all- it's available free choice. I've never had an issue with anyone being overconditioned on just grass hay. Just big healthy hay bellies. 
Brome is not known for being high in protein like the legume hays, so I wouldn't think free choice would be a problem.
Brome is not known for being high in protein like the legume hays, so I wouldn't think free choice would be a problem.
AlaskanShepherdess
Ridin' The Range
Because if I don't they get fat, not just big bellies but actual fat! Took me a long time to figure out why they were so fat and wouldn't lose any weight!
All summer long this year they are getting all the browse they want plus hay and the ones that don't need to gain weight aren't so I'm pleased.
I think a friend told me that it's possible that for some reason that particular hay (from that haymaker) may be high in sugar.
All summer long this year they are getting all the browse they want plus hay and the ones that don't need to gain weight aren't so I'm pleased.
I think a friend told me that it's possible that for some reason that particular hay (from that haymaker) may be high in sugar.
