[bazzais]

To be honest me misses has lot of stuff that she wont feed to the ponies - the sheep lap it up too.

Not saying, as you, feed shiet - but there is some good stuff out there thats good fodder but not upto spec of the pet owners.

[bazzais]

60 small bales should do £3 odd quid a bale should be fine

[bazzais]

What dont get eten - good as bedding (but not toot too much!!!)

[SallyintNorth]

I think there's a big difference between Wiltshire grass and Cumbrian grass, Steve!  Our sheep need help to grow lambs, keep themselves healthy and lay down enough milk for twins in a Cumbrian winter.

[firther]

our sheep won't touch poor hay round here, last time we had some we had to put mollasses on, all though they love that stuff lol

[Azzdodd]

I was going through 1 round bale every 2-3 weeks in the winter that was feeding 1 horse 8 sheep and 4 goats....and every 3 I had haylage

[ZaktheLad]

We make our own, but if I do need to buy in then I purchase the best I can get my hands on.  I will not consider feeding crap hay to my sheep but there again they are kept more as pets then as a small business venture, so I try and give them the best I can in all respects and a small profit at the end of the day through selling my lambs is all I ask for and is a hobby more than relying upon it as a source of income.  By taking crap hay you are risking ragwort and all sorts of horrors which I personally do not think is worth the risk to the overall health of the livestock. 

[SteveHants]

We make our own, but if I do need to buy in then I purchase the best I can get my hands on.  I will not consider feeding crap hay to my sheep but there again they are kept more as pets then as a small business venture, so I try and give them the best I can in all respects and a small profit at the end of the day through selling my lambs is all I ask for and is a hobby more than relying upon it as a source of income.  By taking crap hay you are risking ragwort and all sorts of horrors which I personally do not think is worth the risk to the overall health of the livestock.

Its illegal to sell hay with ragwort in, regardless of quality. Poorer hay may have thistles in, but you pick all that stuff out when you spread the bale out. Not found any ragwort in mine yet. I generally take it that if I put hay down and they don't eat it, they aren't hungry. the only time I have seen my downs sheep (and most of the down is almost 'golf course' short) eat hay was when it was in over 4ins of snow or last spring when the downs were this strange brown coulor.

[ZaktheLad]

It may be illegal, but unfortunately that doesn't stop people selling it/giving it away       .  Just a case of Buyer Beware if looking at gift hay - nothing to stop you opening a bale of what has been offered before you commit