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Discussion on Rice Straw Roundbales
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Member:
cmatexas
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 11, 2011 - 4:54 pm:
Please advise on dangers of allowing free access to rice straw round bales. My assumption is very low nutritional value vs. high risk of colic.
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Member:
cmatexas
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 - 12:05 pm:
Gonna repost here, hoping to get a response since I can't find anything specific about rice straw bales. We share our place with someone else, and during the winter we split hay. This year she bought rice straw bales, thinking it would be safe. I won't let ours have access to it, and I am trying to convince her that she shouldn't either. Fine for the cows, not for the horses!
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 - 6:48 pm:
Hello Michelle,
Not only do I not have any experience with rice straw I cannot find much of what I would consider a authoritative source on this. I too would assume this is little more than something for a horse to chew on and not a source of nutrition.
DrO
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Member:
mrose
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 - 7:05 pm:
In Sacramento, CA area, where they grow a lot of rice, I've heard of rice straw used as bedding; I've never heard of it used for feed.
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Member:
mrose
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 - 7:06 pm:
https://www.carrb.com/84rpt/StrawUses.htm
Just found this link; it may be of some help
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cmatexas
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 - 9:59 pm:
That was what I figured. Everyone is so desperate that people are baling anything that will sit still and charging HUGE prices. Someone took advantage of her, and now she will have to find suitable hay with much less money to spend.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 - 10:52 am:
Good link Sarah, sorry to hear about your friend Michelle. Perhaps she can use it as bedding?
DrO
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