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A Flake of hay is a 3 to 4 inches thick (typically, but can be thinner) and is made as the hay is baled. The baler picks up clumps or patches of hay and compresses them into bales in layers. Once the bale is finished it is tied up into a neat rectangular package. When you cut the ties on the hay it will come apart a bit and you can see each flake that went into the bale.
Many people, especially horse people tend to feed horses by the flake, which is an incorrect way to feed animals as each flake may weight out differently even though they are the same overall dimensions.
Flakes are also called Slices, pats, sections, leaves (or leafs), or biscuits, depending on what part of the world you live in.
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How many flakes of hay is in 15 pounds?
about 3-4 flakes depending on the crop of hay This really depends on the hay quality, cutting of hay, species of forages in the hay and the baler. I've had 80 # bales with 20 flakes in a bale and others with 5 flakes. the same baler with the same settings can also have bales weighing from 50# to 100#. The best thing to do is take a representative sampling from the bales, weigh them and weigh individual flake and take an average.
How much does an average flake of hay weigh?
Depends on the type of hay and how tightly the hay was baled, as well as how big of flakes the baler was set to.
Horsess that freequently exercise need what?
horses that frequently exercise need hay and grain. i recommend giving them two flakes of hay in the morning. At night give them two flakes of hay and grain. You should give them about four cups of grain and ponies get only two.
What is group of hay called?
A "group" of hay is referred to as a bale. This only applies if the hay has been gathered up by a machine called a baler. However, it can also be called a stack of hay if it is put into a stack, or a swath or swaths of hay if the hay has been cut but has not been gathered yet. Flakes of hay refers to the pieces that can be taken from a square bale when feeding animals.
What is a group of hay?
After hay is cut and dried it is tied into round or rectangular units called bales. Once the bale is cut open it naturally falls apart into sections referred to as flakes.
How many flakes in a bale of hay?
Since a "flake" is the amount of forage compressed in one ramming cycle of the baler, this is completely variable depending on the quality and kind of hay, the size of bale produced by the baler, and other factors as well. I've seen as few as eight flakes in one bale, and as many as thirty.
What does a flake of hay look like?
A flake of hay is essentially a "slice" of a bale of hay. When a bale is made in the field by the baler, it's layered with about 10 - 13 "clumps" of hay, compressed, tied with wire or twine, and spit out in the rectangular shape you're used to seeing. When the twine is cut, the hay tends to come apart in those layers, each of which is about 3"-4" thick, which we call "flakes".
How many flakes are in a bale of hay?
Since a "flake" is the amount of forage compressed in one ramming cycle of the baler, this is completely variable depending on the quality and kind of hay, the size of bale produced by the baler, and other factors as well. I've seen as few as eight flakes in one bale, and as many as thirty.
What is a group of a hay called?
After hay is cut and dried it is tied into round or rectangular units called bales. Once the bale is cut open it naturally falls apart into sections referred to as flakes.
What does hay mean in Spanish?
"Hay" means, "there is" or "there are."
Does hay fever necessarily mean the fever contains hay?
No, but it can be caused by hay.
What does hay clearing mean?
"Hay Clearing" means to clear the hay from the ground.
