Frozen Hay ??

[Lorraine L]

I might try to claim "Inventor of the year "

As some of you know, i have to soak all of my hay so when i arrived at the yard this morning, my hay was actually "Hay Ice Cubes "
Sunny could not eat my dry hay, so i had to come up with an idea to thaw it .............. lightbulb moment coming up ....

I lifted each block and put it on the bonnet of my car.
(Obviously it was still warm from driving to the yard ) I had to keep turning each section over, but hey ( pun ) it works.

[DebbieR]

We're an inventive lot on IHDG aren't we!?

Would like to be able to use hay (frozen or not!) but unfortunately we have to buy the haylage from the yard at 15p a kilo.

[Furiey]

It was having to deal with frozen hay after soaking and finding a pony with hay that had frozen in the net before he could eat it that led me to start feeding dengi hi-fi. Good idea using the hot car though.

[jill]

My hay was horrible and black after it had been soaked, frozen and thawed. I've given up for the duration - if Caspar gets fat we'll deal with that later.

[sunnylynn11]

Do you soak hay to get rid of the sugars or the dust?, it its for dust, invest in a hay steamer, all you need is a wheelie bin and a wallpaper steamer, drill a hole in the bottom & put the hose part of the steamer on the bottom. Works a treat

[Susan]

When I soaked hay in winter when it is is like this I brought the tub inside the barn and kept it tucked well inside so it didnt get the worse of the freeze.

[beany1]

I've seen a horse get colic supposedly after eating frozen hay (that had been soaked).

I put my coat on the ground to pick up feet yesterday and it was frozen and crunchy when I put it back on!