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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

We used square bales.  Flakes is a good term, I just
don't recall we ever used a word for that.
I will ask my brother, and he being a good big brother
will undoubtedly tell me what he has told me many
times before.  That being how dumm I am.
Van Dell



--- Gloria Morris <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/21/06, VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Don't think I've ever heard the term "flakes" in
> > relation to hay.
> > Van Dell
> >
> 
> Van, maybe you are used to round bales. But square
> bales consist of
> flakes of hay. When you cut open a square bale and
> pull off some of
> the hay, you will find that it is like a loaf of
> sliced bread. These
> "slices" are referred to as "flakes."
> 
> --- Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:
> 
> > The loft is great for horses.  Much easier to have
> > traps to drop the hay
> > down than trying to carry it from stall to stall,
> 
> As to dropping flakes of hay from a loft to horses
> below, that works
> fine if you confine the horses to stalls. Of course,
> getting the hay
> UP into the loft requires much greater effort than
> stacking it at
> ground level. But if you have no labor issues, or if
> you can pay to
> have the hay delivered and stacked in the loft, then
> loft storage is
> not such an issue. I've never confined my horses (or
> sheep or cow,
> etc.) to stalls except with one that is sick or
> injured or (rarely)
> after an ice storm when the ground outside is too
> treacherous for an
> animal to safely traverse. Normally I allow all
> larger livestock to
> come and go from an open shed at will. Due to that,
> I feed hay from
> larger common feeders.
> 
> Gloria
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