I just found out that I can get pure alfalfa hay, in excellent shape, from my neighbor. As much as I want. I have 3 bales of it now...and...in all the years I had horses, I've NEVER seen hay of this quality. call me gobsmacked.
anyway. THAT solves my problem of a protein source for the natural feeding which I want to get going with them.
but..now I'm kind of lost. I can buy oats, wheat (PROBABLY both hard red and soft), soybeans (expressed), um...I think I can get barley from my grain mill....I can always ask him to order some in for me..or go to the guys that brew...
corn, of course, but ...
so. what kind of mix? what else should I look for if anything? I know salt...a salt lick sort of thing? This is pretty exciting, if you ask me
Do I feed some grass hay as well as alfalfa? um....golly..so many questions and I could screw them up SO easily....
as to WHY I want to go with grains...I don't like that I can't be certain what's in the pellets. I'm going to be having chickens as well as rabbits, so I can just use my grains for them, tooo (that's how I feed chickens...not on pellets or mash usually)...and I know what they're getting.
anyway. THAT solves my problem of a protein source for the natural feeding which I want to get going with them.
but..now I'm kind of lost. I can buy oats, wheat (PROBABLY both hard red and soft), soybeans (expressed), um...I think I can get barley from my grain mill....I can always ask him to order some in for me..or go to the guys that brew...
corn, of course, but ...
so. what kind of mix? what else should I look for if anything? I know salt...a salt lick sort of thing? This is pretty exciting, if you ask me
Do I feed some grass hay as well as alfalfa? um....golly..so many questions and I could screw them up SO easily....
as to WHY I want to go with grains...I don't like that I can't be certain what's in the pellets. I'm going to be having chickens as well as rabbits, so I can just use my grains for them, tooo (that's how I feed chickens...not on pellets or mash usually)...and I know what they're getting.