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Storing square hay bales for a year

  • 18-04-2015 8:52pm
    #1
    MagicManCan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭


    Well lads,
    Was thinking about buying some square hay bales for next winter as its cheap at the moment. Just wondering would they be ok for next winter or go off? If they'd be ok what would the feed value be like? And do many people feed hay only over the winter?
    Also is 1 round bale about the same as 10-12 square ones?
    Cheers!


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  • #2
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,546 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    MagicManCan wrote: »
    Well lads,
    Was thinking about buying some square hay bales for next winter as its cheap at the moment. Just wondering would they be ok for next winter or go off? If they'd be ok what would the feed value be like? And do many people feed hay only over the winter?
    Also is 1 round bale about the same as 10-12 square ones?
    Cheers!

    Should be Fine in storage. Depends on what baler but around 12 bales to a round bale is about right could be upto near 20 sometimes


  • #3
    High bike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭High bike


    If it's stored inside will be perfect,I always thought 10 to 12 per round bale but open to correction


  • #4
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Round here, oul fellows will tell you, "old hay is like old gold" !


  • #5
    High bike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭High bike


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Round here, oul fellows will tell you, "old hay is like old gold" !
    i wouldn't argue with that:D


  • #6
    Green farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭Green farmer


    I've often used 3 year old hay. Was still perfect in every way. Not sure about older then that though. It's the quality of the thing at the start determines a lot.


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  • #7
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Green farmer wrote: »
    I've often used 3 year old hay. Was still perfect in every way. Not sure about older then that though. It's the quality of the thing at the start determines a lot.
    The only thing is that it completely dries out.


  • #8
    High bike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭High bike


    Green farmer wrote: »
    I've often used 3 year old hay. Was still perfect in every way. Not sure about older then that though. It's the quality of the thing at the start determines a lot.
    Correct,if it's made right it lasts for years


  • #9
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,459 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    No harm to bait up the place where you are storing it as the mice will have a field day with the strings especially during the summer when they will be breeding like mice :(


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