Help - haylage query

[dandelions]

How long can you keep haylage for to feed?

At my yard they have hayalge that was made last summer and are planning to feed this winter. Is it still ok to feed?

[Anna*]

I could be wrong but I think, if it's been stored correctly, it should be okay. The good things about Haylge is that it looks and smells great...when it's good! So it should be fairly easy to tell if it's past its best.

I'm interested to know the answer to this, too.

[moose]

Traditionally superstion has it that you shouldn't feed this years haylage till after Christmas

I've fed haylage which is 18 months old and its fine but at about 2 years old I've found that it tends to start going the wrong way.

I'd be interested to know what other people think too

[mandm]

Gone off haylage is very easy to detect. It will be mouldy and dusty if it is no good. You wouldn't have a problem identifying it.

[lynette]

Providing there is no damage to the wrapping it should be fine. We have also used old haylage and there were 2 bales that had gone off due to bird damage to the wrapping.

[erarab]

Ditto comments above.

It is usually very easy to tell when its gone off, it just smells 'wrong' and the healthy white mould turns green