Kinsale Farms is proud to offer quality square and round bales in Orchard Grass, Eastern Gamma Grass, and an Alfalfa/Timothy and Orchard mix.
- Delivery can be arranged within 200 miles for cost plus delivery fee
- 10% discount available for purchases over 50 bales
- Call for current prices and availability
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| Eastern Gamma Grass is a warm-season grass that is palatable, nutritious and readily eaten by all classes of livestock. A tall leafy grass, it produces a tremendous and high-quality volume of forage. It has a tap root that allows it to remain vegetative while other grasses die in the summer droughts.
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Orchard Grass has excellent feeding characteristics. Because it is fairly low in protein, it is excellent for feeding older and/or inactive horses. Orchard grass is very soft and green. According to ADM Alliance Nutrition analysis examples, orchard grass contains approximately 7-11% protein, 0.3-0.5% Calcium, 0.2-0.35% Phosphorus and has a 40-52% TDN count.
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Alfalfa is a leafy green legume that is highly nutritious and has a high yield rate. ADM Alliance Nutrition studies show that alfalfa hay has approximately 15-20% protein, 0.9-1.5% Calcium, 0.2-0.35% Phosphorus and a TDN content of 48-55%.
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Timothy is a popular grass hay. It is fairly easy to harvest as clean hay, free of molds and mildews. Timothy is a nutritious hay by itself, but can become even more so when grown as a mix with a high quality legume.
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How To Choose The Best Hay For Your Horse
Good quality hay is clean, sweet-smelling and leafy. A forage test will help you determine the nutritional qualities of the hay. The best way to determine hay quality is through a forage test from a single lot of hay. A lot is from one field which has been cut, baled, handled and stored under uniform conditions. The sample should be a consolidation from the center of 15 to 20 bales. Click here to learn how to interpret a forage test.
You need to understand your horse's nutritional needs before buying hay. For example, lactating mares and performance horses in moderate- to heavy-work have higher nutritional requirements than older horses or those that are idle or in light work. The best indicator of all, however, is your horse. The hay must be something that he will want to readily eat and will keep him at his proper body weight and meet his nutritional requirements.
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Recommended Nutrient Intakes for Horses with an Expected Mature Body Weight of 1100 lbs.1
| Class of Horse |
Crude Protein
(% in diet) |
Calcium
(% in diet) |
Phosphorus
(% in diet) |
| Recreational |
10 |
0.30 |
0.20 |
| Pregnant |
11 |
0.45 |
0.35 |
| Lactating |
13 |
0.55 |
0.35 |
| Weanling |
14 |
0.70 |
0.40 |
| Yearling |
13 |
0.50 |
0.30 |
| Moderate Performance |
11 |
0.35 |
0.25 |
| Heavy Performance |
12 |
0.35 |
0.25 |
1 Chart adapted from the NRC (1989) "Nutrient Requirements of Horses"
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