Lawn clippings as hay?

this is what I do for my rabbits too.

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I have taken to fertilizing the lawn with organic lawn fertilizer to increase production of cheap feed supplement.

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I haven't. I do a section at a time, a tank of gas every other night. If a few look a little green I just toss them aside.

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Our pigs will eat them when they are fresh.

My vet advised against giving my pet rabbit grass clippings. Too much chance of rodents having run through & infecting Buns with listeriosis. Sue

I just fed my goats two bags of grass/weed clippings this evening. In the spring / summer months I supplement the grass clippings with their hay. They all run to the manger when I start up the lawn mower 'cause they know they will be getting fresh greens. I use a push mower with a bag.

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There are a couple problems with "haying" lawn clippings. One is getting them dry. It take a lot of raking, spreading, raking, spreading and. . . .

The second is the individual clippings are so small and fragile the hay turns into powder if you stack it too tall/deep or move it around much.

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that's why I suggested a weed eater.

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Champagne D Argent, White New Zealand & Californian Cross Rabbits

My cattle do that here too - when the wife bags the lawn if it gets too tall, she's going past the cattle yard 75% of the time & dumps the clippings in their feeder. They look pretty disappointed when she goes by & no bagger on.

Not that this is a large part of the cattle feed in the big picture, but enough that they notice.

--->Paul

I have fed rabbits grass clippings for many years. Just make sure there isn't any milk weed in it.

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If you have the time and it makes you feel good go for it. I fantasized about making small scale hay for years but could never come up with anything even remotely efficient. My time is tight and I just couldn't get anywhere close when you can buy a square bale for $4-6 or a round bale for $20-30.

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