harplady
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A relative gave me a bale of hay and it has a very high clover content. Is clover fattening? |
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Charlcie
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Clover, as far as nutritional value, is very close to alfalfa. Hay, generally speaking, is not "fattening". Your high energy foods - grains or concentrates are what put on fat.
The type of clover has a bearing on the actual nutritional content as it does vary...
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Dry Matter | DE (kcal/kg) | % TDN | % Crude Protein | % Crude Fiber | % Calcium | % Phosphorus | | Fresh Red Clover | 22.7 | 600 | 14 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 0.41 | 0.06 | | Red Clover Hay | 87.0 | 2170 | 49 | 14.1 | 25.5 | 1.30 | 0.22 | | Fresh White Clover | 17.6 | 500 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 0.25 | 0.09 | | White Clover Hay | 90.7 | 2200 | 51 | 17 | 22 | 1.72 | 0.29 | | Fresh Crimson Clover | 17.6 | 500 | 10 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 0.24 | 0.05 | | Crimson Clover Hay | 88.8 | 2190 | 50 | 14.8 | 24.6 | 1.22 | 0.24 |
Your grass hays will be lower in protein and higher in fiber than clover or alfalfa hays, with a slightly lower TDN (total digestible nutrients). If you are feeding the clover hay, I would reduce the pellets slightly if you are feeding the hay free choice. Otherwise, just offer the hay 2 or three times/week.
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Charlcie
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Well...I see for some reason, the content of the tables didn't come through...weird. No matter. The info is the same. I was just trying to give you the composition of some of the clovers and clover hays out there.
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