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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: langdon on April 29, 2010, 06:49:34 pm

Title: wet hay
Post by: langdon on April 29, 2010, 06:49:34 pm

now that the wet weather is here, with the hay that is outside in a hay rack,
how long can it stay in rack for goats since i dont want to be running back and forth everytime it comes
to rain.#thanks langdon.

Title: Re: wet hay
Post by: little blue on April 29, 2010, 07:48:16 pm

whats your hay rack fitted to?
can't you put a "porch" or cover over the top... as long as it doesn't drip down onto the goats!

Title: Re: wet hay
Post by: Roxy on April 29, 2010, 11:05:23 pm

Have you asked this before?  Maybe it was someone else?  Or did I dream it had been asked?!!!

If hay gets wet, I doubt your goats will eat it.  If the rack has a top on, it should keep it dry or dryish.  Wet hay is not good for livestock.  Perhaps on the wet days put less out, if you do not want to be bringing it in and out.

Title: Re: wet hay
Post by: langdon on April 30, 2010, 10:45:56 am

i havent been brining it in and out, i just dont like the thought of it!!!