Feeding burnt alfalfa

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KST Goat Farm

Discussion Starter · Nov 2, 2021

So the farmer i buy alfalfa from had a haystack fire this summer. He said i could have all the burnt and loose hay for free if I would clean it up. So I went over there and got all the stuff that was good hay and not very burnt and the goats ate most of that. So now I have a trailer full of hay that is burnt. It still has the leaves on it.
So is there a problem with feeding burnt hay to goats?

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ksalvagno

· #2 · Nov 2, 2021

I would think the heat would kill all the nutrients but not sure it would actually harm them. They may not like the taste.

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toth boer goats

· #3 · Nov 2, 2021

I honestly wouldn’t feed it.

What caused the fire? If it was wet mold and heat from that, could be deadly.

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KST Goat Farm

Discussion Starter · #4 · Nov 2, 2021

ksalvagno said:
I would think the heat would kill all the nutrients but not sure it would actually harm them. They may not like the taste.

Most of them do like it. I have put some out for them and they ate it all pretty fast.

toth boer goats said:
I honestly wouldn’t feed it.

What caused the fire? If it was wet mold and heat from that, could be deadly.

I think they baled it too wet and it was mold. But the hay that burned is from 3 or 4 different cuttings. I tried not to get any mold.

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happybleats

· #5 · Nov 2, 2021

Here is an article that may help you decide to feed or not....it was a study done on the effects of burned hay as feed..

Effect Of Heating On Feed Value Of Hay

www.thecattlesite.com

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