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Mouldy hay

  • 17-01-2015 1:58pm
    #1
    Connemara Farmer
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    Cleaning out a shed for a fella and came across maybe 15 small bales of bad hay, pure dangerous stuff (glad I had my mask).

    What's the right way to dispose of it? Not sure if you're allowed to burn that type of thing or not, probably land spread it.


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  • #2
    severeoversteer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 871 ✭✭✭severeoversteer


    Connemara Farmer wrote: »
    Cleaning out a shed for a fella and came across maybe 15 small bales of bad hay, pure dangerous stuff (glad I had my mask).

    What's the right way to dispose of it? Not sure if you're allowed to burn that type of thing or not, probably land spread it.

    id say burning is the only way if you get the weather,
    I burned hay round bales this year and they burned away to nothing, you need a digger or some machine to toss out the bale when its burning though as it just tends to burn the outside of the bale,


  • #3
    Connemara Farmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭Connemara Farmer


    severeoversteer wrote: »
    id say burning is the only way if you get the weather,
    I burned hay round bales this year and they burned away to nothing, you need a digger or some machine to toss out the bale when its burning though as it just tends to burn the outside of the bale,

    Yeah I know what you mean, they're only small squares so a fork would do that job I'd say. Just wondering if it's OK to burn them re Dept or CoCo.


  • #4
    farmerwifelet
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    You need to ring the local fire stations or any fire station that might respond to a call out. You need to give them your location and time you will burn at. Otherwise if someone calls the fire brigade out you are liable for the call out charge which is a couple of hundred euro. Probably best to call them again when fire is out to let them know too then if there is a real emergency they can respond.


  • #5
    sh1tstirrer
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    farmerwifelet wrote: »
    You need to ring the local fire stations or any fire station that might respond to a call out. You need to give them your location and time you will burn at. Otherwise if someone calls the fire brigade out you are liable for the call out charge which is a couple of hundred euro. Probably best to call them again when fire is out to let them know too then if there is a real emergency they can respond.

    Why go to all that hassle for 15 small sq bales, just throw them on the dung heap or into an open slurry lagoon.


  • #6
    dodo mommy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭dodo mommy


    I have a few round bales of this year's hay that are bit dusty I wounder is it any harm feeding it to springers?


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  • #7
    Greengrass1
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    dodo mommy wrote: »
    I have a few round bales of this year's hay that are bit dusty I wounder is it any harm feeding it to springers?

    If there dusty there fine but musty is a different storey it could make them abort


  • #8
    orm0nd
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    If there dusty there fine but musty is a different storey it could make them abort

    highest risk is with animals that are 'cutting' the teeth , infection can set through the gums,


    OP

    dung heap is the place for place for 15 bales


  • #9
    Connemara Farmer
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    Dung heap seems simplest alright. Wouldn't like to have been without a mask there today, would be poisoned!


  • #10
    Base price
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    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    Why go to all that hassle for 15 small sq bales, just throw them on the dung heap or into an open slurry lagoon.
    I would not recommend throwing them into a lagoon. Do you have a lagoon?
    Dung heap is best and let them rot down over time.


  • #11
    raher1
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    Connemara Farmer wrote: »
    Cleaning out a shed for a fella and came across maybe 15 small bales of bad hay, pure dangerous stuff (glad I had my mask).

    What's the right way to dispose of it? Not sure if you're allowed to burn that type of thing or not, probably land spread it.

    Great for burning hedges, natural material not illegal


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  • #12
    sh1tstirrer
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    Base price wrote: »
    I would not recommend throwing them into a lagoon. Do you have a lagoon?
    Dung heap is best and let them rot down over time.
    I have, why wouldn't you recommend it?


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    Base price
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    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    I have, why wouldn't you recommend it?
    Cause it would be some fun when agitating with 15 bales of hay in it presuming they were broken up. We find that any accumulation of straw/hay makes agitating a nightmare.


  • #14
    sh1tstirrer
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    Base price wrote: »
    Cause it would be some fun when agitating with 15 bales of hay in it presuming they were broken up. We find that any accumulation of straw/hay makes agitating a nightmare.
    Do you use a propeller or pump agitator?


  • #15
    Base price
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    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    Do you use a propeller or pump agitator?
    Both. Tried the propeller on its own once and it wasn't able to stir it up properly at either agitation points. Got contractor in with pump and both of them working seemed to do the job.
    Only problem we have is if the grass (growing on top) has not been killed off properly or there is a lot of straw that has not rotted properly.


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