Over at Holistic Horse, I came across this interesting tip to salvage the good hay out of round bales that have become wet: Chain Saw Bad Hay to Save Usable Feed. I know I threw out round bales I suspected of having mold in them and there were about a half dozen of them turning to compost when we sold our hobby farm. I never thought of slicing off the good part, simply because we didn't think it could be done and since didn't own a chainsaw, probably wouldn't have wanted to try it with borrowed equipment. I don't know if I'd trust myself to use a chainsaw safely! I think the one caveat for this tip is to make sure there is no mold in the hay you've salvaged. Sometimes in a tightly packed round bale mold might not be obvious. I would unroll the salvaged parts and stick my nose into the hay, just to be sure.
Chain Saw Bad Hay to Save Usable Feed originally appeared on About.com Horses on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 08:51:16.
