Frecs
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I have my hay bales (Coastal Bermuda) stored on a porch by the rabbitry. The porch was "walled" with heavy mill plastic. Key word there is "was". The recent high winds did it's destructive magic on the plastic and now some of my bales are getting wet. :x
Yes, I know I can't feed the wet bales to the rabbits as they will likely start molding very soon.
The bales will likely get used in the chicken coop and/or spread in the chicken yard for them to turn into garden mulch for me.
What I'm thinking out loud about is what to do once the bales that didn't get wet are gone... I think I "know" that I can use fresh forage during the growing season and won't need hay until the Fall but I guess I need to hear it once again... as I mentioned, the hay I'm using is Coastal Bermuda, horse quality, but I consider it mostly a fiber source rather than a protein/nutrient source. Things I would replace with as forage would be Willow (carolina willow), mulberry leaves (if I can find me a tree!), fresh grass clippings (with lots of weeds mixed in--my "lawn" is a large weed patch mostly!)....
Yes, I know I can't feed the wet bales to the rabbits as they will likely start molding very soon.
The bales will likely get used in the chicken coop and/or spread in the chicken yard for them to turn into garden mulch for me.What I'm thinking out loud about is what to do once the bales that didn't get wet are gone... I think I "know" that I can use fresh forage during the growing season and won't need hay until the Fall but I guess I need to hear it once again... as I mentioned, the hay I'm using is Coastal Bermuda, horse quality, but I consider it mostly a fiber source rather than a protein/nutrient source. Things I would replace with as forage would be Willow (carolina willow), mulberry leaves (if I can find me a tree!), fresh grass clippings (with lots of weeds mixed in--my "lawn" is a large weed patch mostly!)....
