anyone use fescue hay?

[Cannon_Farms]

for 5 years now my base to my feeding program has been rye hay, but for whatever reason this year it is almost impossible to find. My goats flat out refuse to eat burmuda and Im not ever sure they will touch the fescue but its becoming a forced choice.
I want to know what you have to use with it to keep your goats in good condition.

[Alice In TX/MO]

My hay meadow has some fescue in it, and the goats eat it and are fine.

Keep in mind that fescue can cause the amniotic sack to be thick and difficult for the kid to escape without assistance.

[Cannon_Farms]

yea, I know, right now no one is pregnant but Im really low on options.

[loli]

We always feed large rounds of fescue and native grass mix hay to our meat goats. Really don't have much of a problem with it. They seem to be doing just fine. We do check out in the fields when our goats kid to be sure they don't have problems.

[Cannon_Farms]

I have a 2 acre dry lot in plain view so not much searching around here. We are going to be hand breeding this year since I have two breeds so I can pretty much know when to expect kids and manipulate things if I have to.

[mamaC11]

i've not been doing this long but where we are at fescue and bermuda are the only choices so I'm hoping fescue is OK! we just bought a good bit of bales of it @ 3.50/bale.

[motdaugrnds]

Fescue is fine and will not harm the udders as long as you harvest it in the milk stage. If you use fescue that has started heading out, you're pretty much asking for udder problems and even birthing problems.

[ozark_jewels]

I've fed lots of fescue hay. If its cut young and put up right, its fine for goats. People tend to cut it to late and then its basically a beef cow hay.
For what its worth, I've never had any problems in my does kidding out after feeding on fescue hay. But, its never the *only* hay I fed.