Looking for ideas how to grind or chop hay for my 24 year old mare. Curently in good shape, teeth maintained and UTD on medical care. (She is also on 24-hour turn out with access to a stall.)
She has always been a hay diva. Hoovers alfalfa but picks at coastal.
Last winter the alfalfa eventually got very stemmy and she would strip the leaves off, leaving the stems. Some of the alfalfa I have been getting this year is already starting to look stemmy.
I have tried several of the bagged chopped forages, but she just looks at them and says, âMehâ. The one brand of forage she did like is no longer available from my local feed stores.
Tried soaking alfalfa cubes, but that was hit or miss with the Picky Princess.
If I find a way to chop my own, I could just buy hay as usual (I have a gelding, too) and chop hay for my diva. Any ideas or suggestions how to chop? Is there a hay chopping aparatus or something is this something I am going to have to MacGuyver?