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Foobar

  • Joined Mar 2012
  • South Wales
Musty hay
« on: March 11, 2015, 03:44:13 pm »
Some of my lovely sweet smelling home-made (hand made) hay has gone musty :(.  It was stored in a shed for a couple of months - I've used this shed to store hay in before but maybe not for quite so long and maybe usually there is more ventilation with me going in and out of it (it's an ordinary garden shed).


It's still green and hasn't changed colour at all.  The smell is all the way through the bales (i.e. inside and out) but there are no dark or mouldy patches anywhere on them.


Is there any way to revive these bales?  (Currently the sheep are turning their noses up at it :(.)  or must I consign these to the compost heap?

clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: Musty hay
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2015, 04:38:02 pm »
Once it has gone musty it's a compost job only.
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

Foobar

  • Joined Mar 2012
  • South Wales
Re: Musty hay
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2015, 04:46:11 pm »
Bum. Thought as much though.  Well, you learn from your mistakes :)  I will reserve the shed for temporary storage only in future :)

clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: Musty hay
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2015, 06:38:48 pm »
You could also use them for the hay equivalent of straw bale growing. Get some tomatoes going in them  :thumbsup:
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

 

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