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Supreme Being
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| this year since we have 7 horses and this year i've gone back to college. to save a little bit of money and spin out a bale of haylage, we have started feeding barley straw which has abit of hay in it and haylage to all the horses and the seem to really like it and feeding the straw in the net has stopped them eating the wheat straw we use for bedding. does anyone else feed straw n haylage?
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Fluttering on a Cow Pony
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kenny has hay, but hes bedded down on barley straw and i find when hes had a fresh bale on he has a little munch on it its never done him any harm tho
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Nope - never fed straw 1. because Tehya has such a delicate tummy and 2. because I never would have thought to do so tbh) She eats Aubiose so could never be bedded on straw as she'd make herself very poorly!
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Our haylage is very rich and until they get used to it, it can give the odd horse loose poo so those get some barley straw mixed in the haylage in their net. Some of it is usually left in the net in the morning but it can be useful and save some money. I'd keep an eye on what's coming out the other end though as it's quite binding 
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Supreme Being
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We pop a little straw in with our hay to bulk it out a bit, the boys dont seem to mind and munch it quite happily
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| You see! You live and learn on this forum! Never heard of doing that before!
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