My Geese love their Hay

[Miss Lydia]

Lydia, I don't think it will be a problem. Geese are known to graze in fields without water right next to them to wash it down.

Thanks J when I went in to let them out this morning they were both fine, nervous mommie here I guess.

 

[Iain Utah]

Lydia, I'm glad to hear all is well with your precious babies this morning.

 

[Faith SL]

I buy horse quality timothy/rye/fescue mix hay and alfalfa from the local feed store for my geese. The timothy mix hay is entertaining for the geese, but what they really love are the large green alfalfa stalks in the alfalfa bales. They will pull out and happily munch the stalks, and the chickens and peafowl enjoy eating the smaller green alfalfa leaves and stuff so nothing goes to waste.

Some of you guys are lucky with hay being around $6 per bale! Big 3-twine (150+ lbs.) bales cost almost $20 each around here! It goes a long way for poultry, but it still seems a bit pricy for just dried and baled grass especially for people feeding larger livestock.

 

[psue]

I buy horse quality timothy/rye/fescue mix hay and alfalfa from the local feed store for my geese. The timothy mix hay is entertaining for the geese, but what they really love are the large green alfalfa stalks in the alfalfa bales. They will pull out and happily munch the stalks, and the chickens and peafowl enjoy eating the smaller green alfalfa leaves and stuff so nothing goes to waste.

Some of you guys are lucky with hay being around $6 per bale! Big 3-twine (150+ lbs.) bales cost almost $20 each around here! It goes a long way for poultry, but it still seems a bit pricy for just dried and baled grass especially for people feeding larger livestock.

the 6.00 stuff is about 50 to 80 lbs on average, not a big price difference when you figure by pounds

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

My last bales were 26.00 each this past week. Gotta love trucked in hay

 

[Dwen]

I bought my geese a bale of orchard grass 2 weeks ago, but they only play with it. Any ideas on how to encourage them toward actually eating it?

 

[Faith SL]

the 6.00 stuff is about 50 to 80 lbs on average, not a big price difference when you figure by pounds

Ah, got it. I was thinking really big bales for that price - the local feed store here only sells the big heavy 3 twine bales.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I bought my geese a bale of orchard grass 2 weeks ago, but they only play with it. Any ideas on how to encourage them toward actually eating it?

Maybe cut back on their regular feed, just a thought.

 

[aoxa]

My chickens are eating the hay as well :/

 

[psue]

My chickens are eating the hay as well

so will your turkey

everythng around here likes their hay but I limit how much the chickens and turkeys get due to cost. The rabbits and geese get the biggest part of the hay we feed