I agree grass is excellent for wearing down teeth. Both Greater and Ribwort Plantain are said to be very good as well as they are so fibrous.
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I agree grass is excellent for wearing down teeth. Both Greater and Ribwort Plantain are said to be very good as well as they are so fibrous.
Today's forage walk
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Looks a pretty walk. What did you get?
Tippertappertoby
Young Bun
Ooh, I didn’t know you could feed those! I have lots of beech!
I have just stood and watched Tui and Tethra consume their fresh forage breakfast :shock: The capacity they have for consumption of green leaves I find quite astonishing. I think I would struggle to eat that much and when you consider how much smaller they are :lol: I was laughing in particular at Tui this morning. We have lots of Cow Parsley in the garden and most of the plants are now quite large and producing flowers. I had taken the whole top off one such plant. Tui started at the bottom, which was almost as thick as an outer celery stalk and started to make her way up with it not leaving her mouth. When she was half way up she decided it wasn't worth the risk of losing some to Tethra so she carried it off to finish it :lol:
For those that are interested in such trivia, they had Cow Parsley, Chickweed, Sowthistle, Red Deadnettle and lots of very long stalky grass
For those that are interested in such trivia, they had Cow Parsley, Chickweed, Sowthistle, Red Deadnettle and lots of very long stalky grass
I have just stood and watched Tui and Tethra consume their fresh forage breakfast :shock: The capacity they have for consumption of green leaves I find quite astonishing. I think I would struggle to eat that much and when you consider how much smaller they are :lol: I was laughing in particular at Tui this morning. We have lots of Cow Parsley in the garden and most of the plants are now quite large and producing flowers. I had taken the whole top off one such plant. Tui started at the bottom, which was almost as thick as an outer celery stalk and started to make her way up with it not leaving her mouth. When she was half way up she decided it wasn't worth the risk of losing some to Tethra so she carried it off to finish it :lol:
For those that are interested in such trivia, they had Cow Parsley, Chickweed, Sowthistle, Red Deadnettle and lots of very long stalky grass
Lucky bunnies
I’m always amazed how quickly a pile of apple sticks are de barked and eaten!
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
ahhhh, sorry I meant hazel. beech not too great
Beech is one of those 'not really sure' plants. It doesn't feature on my usual goto site, which is https://kanin.org/node/190. But it is shown on this site as being OK http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/Food/Branch/Branch_en.htm. And is shown as toxic on this list https://www.thesprucepets.com/safe-woods-and-plants-for-rabbits-1239351
I've never fed it, but I don't have a source, so haven't been tempted.
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
In our previous house we had beech hedge that divided us from neighbours. I seem to recall JB&M eating more dried leaves in autumn than anything. I did give them a few back then but haven't in recent years as its on the suspect list. But I always get hazel & beech confused, esp when I talk about them (not so much with picking as i use the same trees)
Thought so :thumb:
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
so glad you saw this, I don't want to be poisoning your lovely goats & bunnies
keletkezes
Wise Old Thumper
Found a humongous patch of hemlock, well, lots of spread out patches, so I'm thinking of making a video with a comparison as there's loads of cow parsley nearby too
loobers25
Warren Veteran
Oh my gosh pleaseee do!Found a humongous patch of hemlock, well, lots of spread out patches, so I'm thinking of making a video with a comparison as there's loads of cow parsley nearby too
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loobers25
Warren Veteran
Guys I'm absolutely gutted
I dried my forage for a week on my hanging dryer and then when it was crispy dry I put my forage into saved galens garden forage bags
I have just checked it all and it's all got white spores all over the bags and forage and feels damp again I thought they would of been ok as they had forage in them before so many bags and hours spent foraging :, (
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I dried my forage for a week on my hanging dryer and then when it was crispy dry I put my forage into saved galens garden forage bags
I have just checked it all and it's all got white spores all over the bags and forage and feels damp again
I thought they would of been ok as they had forage in them before so many bags and hours spent foraging :, (Sent from my GT-I9195 using Tapatalk
loobers25
Warren Veteran
Yes they have a zippy shut bit along the top. Do you think there isn't enough air? The ones in paper bags are fine ;(
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joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
it must be lack of air if your others are fine. i just use a tiny bit of tape to stop everything falling out if they fell over, so boxes and bags are semi open. pack quite loosely. I think maybe they weren't 100% crispy dry. Good thing you checked now rather than at end of summer
Bless you
bBeech is fine for goats, they’d eat the hedge bare if they could :lol: the goats eat ivy, live nettles and huge triffid brambles with thorns too :lol:
