Freshly cut grass as a feed?

fryup

Just wondering...can you feed horses and cattle freshly cut grass from a lawn?

The lawn has no weedkiller or any additives in it.

Odelay

Don't feed it to horses, big risk of colic depending on the type of horse.

fryup

^^^^

and why is that? how does freshly cut grass differ from grass growing in the ground?

Jaysus Christ

Would you not let it grow on and wrap it.

Who has the maps for this lawn?

Jb1989

fryup wrote: »

^^^^

and why is that? how does freshly cut grass differ from grass growing in the ground?

It's too short and mulched up, causes trouble in the digestive system. Some people chance it and are lucky. Others are not so lucky

Buford T. Justice XIX

fryup wrote: »

Just wondering...can you feed horses and cattle freshly cut grass from a lawn?

The lawn has no weedkiller or any additives in it.

No!

Avoid at all costs.

There may be dog sh!te in the grass which will expose any female cattle to neospora which can cause abortions and if the grass isn't eaten straight away it can ferment and animals nosing through it later can get listeria infection which can kill.

fryup

so freshly cut grass is dodgy...but hay is fine? whys that?

Bigus

The length of it ? Also some cut grass has exhaust fumes mixed in

Pawwed Rig

How about adding it to a silage pit for cattle?

Buford T. Justice XIX

fryup wrote: »

so freshly cut grass is dodgy...but hay is fine? whys that?

There is less of a chance dog sh!tting in a hay field than on a lawn seeing as they stay mostly around the house. And hay doesn't ferment like silage (or it shouldn't) so when the dumped grass is disturbed to get to the properly preserved stuff at the bottom, some of the poorly fermented stuff on top gets eaten also leading to listeria infection, so I was told.

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

How about adding it to a silage pit for cattle?

Same problem as above. Now you're potentially adding neospora to be mixed through the whole silage pit so a large number of females can be exposed to infection.

Lawn cuttings, keep them to yourselves and either compost them yourselves or add to the brown bin.

Pawwed Rig

Cheers. Always wondered that.

philstar

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

There is less of a chance dog sh!tting in a hay field than on a lawn seeing as they stay mostly around the house.

really i thought farm dogs would just as likely to crap in the fields..don't they have the freedom of whole farm to roam??

Kovu

philstar wrote: »

really i thought farm dogs would just as likely to crap in the fields..don't they have the freedom of whole farm to roam??

It's more likely that the dog will be going round the lawn area as he'll be kept around the garden area while the farmer is inside. Dogs are just as likely to be restrained to a small area on farms too.

Buford T. Justice XIX

philstar wrote: »

really i thought farm dogs would just as likely to crap in the fields..don't they have the freedom of whole farm to roam??

Not here they don't. Dogs not under control cause havoc on farms, whether they are farmers dogs or neighbours dogs.

We have a strict policy here with sheep on the farm. Dogs enter, they die. Our own dogs are locked up at night or tied up if we aren't here during the day and are tied up until they understand their boundaries. If they don't learn, they are shipped off. I wouldn't tolerate someone elses dog loose on my land and I don't tolerate my dogs on someone elses land.

As Kovu said, dogs stay around where the farmer is, if they aren't waiting for me when I come out, they are tied up till they learn it.

I have no tolerance for this 'sure, he isn't doing any harm' sh!te when I warn people about their dogs behaviour, they have received a warning. I won't tolerate any messing with my stock.

fryup

Jaysus Christ wrote: »

Would you not let it grow on and wrap it.

Who has the maps for this lawn?

what does this mean?