Hay

Karen Cole · 07-13-2008, 06:21 PM

150 bales of oat hay in the barn and another 100-150 on the way, extra cool because it's our first cut off our very own field!!!!

Karen

equine.trailrider · 07-13-2008, 10:55 PM

Congratulations! That's awesome!

Chic · 07-14-2008, 08:18 AM

Yup! Congrats! I would love to have that kind of security for my horses. It has to be a very nice feeling.

Karen Cole · 07-14-2008, 06:41 PM

Thanks now we are praying for rain!!! If we get a good rain soon we'll have a second cut and not have to buy any square bales at all

Karen

prancingpony · 07-14-2008, 08:23 PM

Oh Congrats!!! What a nice feeling that must be!! I am so happy for you.

I just talked to a gentleman who will sell me 800# round first cut bales for 30$ each. He just has to make sure he gets 50 bales of second cut and anything extra off the fields and he will sell me that amount in 1st cut bales!!

So let's all do a rain dance!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOHOOOO!!!

short_kid · 07-14-2008, 08:26 PM

No rain dance yet.

I have hay down in my field. Can we do the dance say in 2 days?

prancingpony · 07-14-2008, 08:49 PM

Sure!!! And then it can rain like all get out the next 3 weeks!!

short_kid · 07-14-2008, 08:51 PM

Sounds about right

Pony express · 07-14-2008, 09:20 PM

Congrats! My loft is full, approx 500 bales. Should last my 3 horses and 2 goats all winter. They have 8 acres of pasture to eat until fall. My neighbor gave me about 200 bales for my husband helping to roof her house and I bought 300 for $3 per bale (square large bales).
Thank god I don't have to worry about not having enough this winter.

blueberry · 07-14-2008, 09:30 PM

DH just cut 20 acres of second cutting today. Hold off the dancing till we get our baled too!!!

short_kid · 07-16-2008, 09:12 PM

WHO DANCED? someone jumped the gun and did the rain dance early. It must have been some dance

Well, we got all the hay from the field and stacked in the barn except for about 30 or so. I guess I feed those first. How did everyone else make out?

equine.trailrider · 07-17-2008, 07:24 AM

We got a ton of rain but less than what I expected. The sky was amazing with pink lightening! It was really pretty to look at.

blueberry · 07-17-2008, 08:13 AM

My hubby got our stuff round baled before it rained, so we are safe

I feel bad for anyone who had not gotten to that point. I was glad, though, for some rain. The garden and grass needed it. I know for a fact that it will rain sometime next week between Mon and Wed. They had predicted scattered thunderstorms for then, but even if it showed clear skies it would rain---it always does during the horse show days at the Tuscola Co. Fair

short_kid · 07-17-2008, 12:05 PM

It was raining so hard at one point that as I was walking, I had a hard time seeing because of the rain in my eyes. Then it started to hail. All the lightning and wind, it was all something else.

Karen Cole · 07-17-2008, 05:10 PM

We ended up with 307 bales of good oat hay

Oats are harder to dry than regular hay so we ended up with almost 50 that were to wet to put in the barn but it worked out. We sold it to some cattle friends of ours they will be able to feed it befor it goes bad. Didn't make a profit but breaking even is better than a total loss.

We've not been to the farm yet but if it rained and we get more we'll have a good second cut and be set for the year .

Karen

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07-13-2008, 06:21 PM
Karen Cole Long Yearling Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,328	Hay 150 bales of oat hay in the barn and another 100-150 on the way, extra cool because it's our first cut off our very own field!!!! Karen

07-13-2008, 10:55 PM
equine.trailrider Yearling Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 899	Congratulations! That's awesome! __________________ -I'll Take A Cold One. Make It A Draft! visit me at http://www.freewebs.com/sunshineacres

07-14-2008, 08:18 AM
Chic Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,209	Yup! Congrats! I would love to have that kind of security for my horses. It has to be a very nice feeling. __________________ Jewlery For Your HorseThe Kelley Square "I cannot do everything, but I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." Edward Hale

07-14-2008, 06:41 PM
Karen Cole Long Yearling Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,328	Thanks now we are praying for rain!!! If we get a good rain soon we'll have a second cut and not have to buy any square bales at all Karen

07-14-2008, 08:23 PM
prancingpony Started Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,424	Oh Congrats!!! What a nice feeling that must be!! I am so happy for you. I just talked to a gentleman who will sell me 800# round first cut bales for 30$ each. He just has to make sure he gets 50 bales of second cut and anything extra off the fields and he will sell me that amount in 1st cut bales!! So let's all do a rain dance!!!!!!!! WOOOOOHOOOO!!! __________________ Breeder of fine Gypsy Sport Horses http://www.freewebs.com/faewillow/ Equine Gifts at http://www.cafepress.com/faewillow

07-14-2008, 08:26 PM
short_kid Started Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 2,023	No rain dance yet. I have hay down in my field. Can we do the dance say in 2 days? __________________ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

07-14-2008, 08:49 PM
prancingpony Started Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,424	Sure!!! And then it can rain like all get out the next 3 weeks!! __________________ Breeder of fine Gypsy Sport Horses http://www.freewebs.com/faewillow/ Equine Gifts at http://www.cafepress.com/faewillow

07-14-2008, 08:51 PM
short_kid Started Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 2,023	Sounds about right __________________ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

07-14-2008, 09:20 PM
Pony express Started Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 2,404	Congrats! My loft is full, approx 500 bales. Should last my 3 horses and 2 goats all winter. They have 8 acres of pasture to eat until fall. My neighbor gave me about 200 bales for my husband helping to roof her house and I bought 300 for $3 per bale (square large bales). Thank god I don't have to worry about not having enough this winter. __________________ I don't regret the things I've done. I regret the things I didn't do when I had the chance.

07-14-2008, 09:30 PM
blueberry Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: great lakes area Posts: 748	DH just cut 20 acres of second cutting today. Hold off the dancing till we get our baled too!!! __________________ Proud horse mom to: Genie the beauty queenie (3yo QH) Tess the best (5yo QH) "To err is human, to forgive is equine"

07-16-2008, 09:12 PM
short_kid Started Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 2,023	WHO DANCED? someone jumped the gun and did the rain dance early. It must have been some dance Well, we got all the hay from the field and stacked in the barn except for about 30 or so. I guess I feed those first. How did everyone else make out? __________________ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

07-17-2008, 07:24 AM
equine.trailrider Yearling Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 899	We got a ton of rain but less than what I expected. The sky was amazing with pink lightening! It was really pretty to look at. __________________ -I'll Take A Cold One. Make It A Draft! visit me at http://www.freewebs.com/sunshineacres

07-17-2008, 08:13 AM
blueberry Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: great lakes area Posts: 748	My hubby got our stuff round baled before it rained, so we are safe I feel bad for anyone who had not gotten to that point. I was glad, though, for some rain. The garden and grass needed it. I know for a fact that it will rain sometime next week between Mon and Wed. They had predicted scattered thunderstorms for then, but even if it showed clear skies it would rain---it always does during the horse show days at the Tuscola Co. Fair __________________ Proud horse mom to: Genie the beauty queenie (3yo QH) Tess the best (5yo QH) "To err is human, to forgive is equine"

07-17-2008, 12:05 PM
short_kid Started Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 2,023	It was raining so hard at one point that as I was walking, I had a hard time seeing because of the rain in my eyes. Then it started to hail. All the lightning and wind, it was all something else. __________________ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

07-17-2008, 05:10 PM
Karen Cole Long Yearling Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,328	We ended up with 307 bales of good oat hay Oats are harder to dry than regular hay so we ended up with almost 50 that were to wet to put in the barn but it worked out. We sold it to some cattle friends of ours they will be able to feed it befor it goes bad. Didn't make a profit but breaking even is better than a total loss. We've not been to the farm yet but if it rained and we get more we'll have a good second cut and be set for the year . Karen