I doctored Rocky this morning. It doesn’t look bad, but I left the bandage off today. I just don’t like seeing them moist and damp looking all the time. And I want Mack to look at it too this evening. Rocky, after all is his horse.
I saw and interesting phenomena just now.Yesterday when I was coming home, I noticed a lot of hay meadow had been mown and were drying. Today it appeared the balers were trying to windrow the hay, but the wind is so bad, that parts of the windrows would break loose and go rolling across the meadow. They looked like giant caterpillars being rolled over and over:). I notice tractors just sitting, so maybe they are giving up. Too bad. Rain is forecast this evening. I’m sure they would like to get it bailed before that. But it might require chasing the hay down:)
Becky
Baling hay is not supposed to be a game of chase :~)
We’re hopefully only a couple weeks away from first cutting here... I am really looking forward to hay that is not this dusty old crap.
I know what you mean about wanting to give the foot some air dry time, they do end up grey and shriveled looking wrapped. Is it scabbed over or does it break open when he moves? Still lame on it?
Heh, I'll bet that DID look strange. I've never seen that happen before, but then we don't get that kind of wind around here very often. I hope they do manage to get it baled, but if they don't, it won't hurt it too bad to get wet as long as they let it dry out again before they bale it. Some people, specifically prople with insulin resistant horses like my Tennessee, like to get hay that's been rained on. It reduces the non-soluble carbs by quite a bit and keeps them from having to soak their hay if the NSC level is too high.